ABBA The Museum in Stockholm

Even though ABBA took a break over 30 years ago, the movie Mamma Mia! featuring their music, is the most successful movie musical ever and almost 50 million people have seen the same-named musical production.

At ABBA the Museum in Stockholm, the legend lives on and on and on… as it should.

ABBA The Museum is located on the island of Djurgården, a brisk walk, or a short bus or tram ride from the city centre. The museum sits between Gröna Lund amusement park and the Liljevalchs art venue and is a 5-minute walk from Skansen Open-air Museum and the famous Vasa Museum.

ABBA The Museum showcases the band’s stage clothes, artefacts, concert footage, interviews etc. in a contemporary, interactive setting. Once inside the museum you can sing and dance with holograms of ABBA, don a digital costume (go for the famous Anni-Frid ‘tiger’ or Agnetha ‘cat’ tunic) projected onto you in a special booth.

Why you should visit

This place is unique, ABBA fan or not. The content and activities in the museum put the group’s musical achievements and influences in a historical context and it will help you understand ‘ABBA The Phenomenon’ better. The museum also has the full backing of the group and much of the material is from the group members’ own private collections.

So, if you are old enough to remember glam rock, platform-soled boots or maybe even watched live as ABBA sang ‘Waterloo’ and won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton in 1974, you should visit for a journey down musical memory lane. For everyone else, come and see ABBA and its entourage at the height of their creative and musical powers, get insights into the group members’ lives and see them as the global super troupers they will always be.