#62 Abba The Museum

The facts: I went on a Saturday afternoon, and I was told to come back at an allotted time about 2 hours later - which is pretty good since it has only opened.
It costs 200kr, which is pretty expensive.
It's not very big- the rooms are packed with different things to see and take in - and unfortunately they are packed with people too. So I think they could have spread it out a lot more.
The Swedish Hall of Fame is small and disappointing.

 The phone didn't ring :(

 Nice costumes

 The recording studio

 The "Become a 5th member" hologram

 This quote on a wall near the end of the museum made me sad

 A wall of their releases

And a wall of all their awards

So, the "Become the 5th Member of Abba" hologram thing was pretty disappointing. The holograms are very cartoon-y, I had really expected it to be more realistic. Nevertheless your video is recorded online, so you can go back and download it and keep it forever! There is also the karaoke booths, a quiz with different difficulty levels, a music mixer thing, a video that puts you in the video for dancing queen (although it doesn't look quite right), a thing that takes a picture of your face and then puts it on a cartoon Abba member - and then you can dance as them. There is also a disco room blaring Dancing Queen for those who feel they want to dance (no one did). They had lots of pictures and quotes from songs and tvs playing their songs and stuff all over the museum, and basically anything about Abba you ever wanted to know.

Swedish Music Hall Of Fame

This was pretty much the room

The Swedish hall of fame was disappointing - there are so many famous songs that have been written or produced by Swedes and they barely got a mention in a list on a wall. . .They really could have done a lot with this museum, and I feel it was just shoved onto the side of the Abba Museum to fill in space. They have different rooms with some information and samples of songs that were popular from the 1920s to today. It was nice but it could have been a lot better.

Just to point out that I am not a big Abba fan, I just know the singles like Dancing Queen etc etc. The museum provides a lot of background about each member, how the band started, the stories behind some of their songs, their recording equipment, outfits, albums, awards etc. There is also the interactive things like the karaoke, quiz, dancing, music mixer etc which are fun. There is really a lot, but it is all very close together, and I think they could have made it bigger and easier to see at a more comfortable pace.

If you're an Abba fan you simply have to go, but if you're not it's still interesting and I would recommend it!

#60 Absolut Spirit Museum Stockholm

A museum about vodka you say? Well, not exactly. The Absolut sponsored museum features some artworks and paintings  that show the Absolut bottle, some insightful poems about alcohol, and a few interactive type exhibits. It is quite small and does not include any free shots, but it's not bad.

Andy Warhol artwork

This was cool

 Very random feature 

 Alcohol trees?

There were some. . .poems? I'm not sure if that's what they were, but anyway they made some interesting comments on alcohol use. There were also things that you could spray to give you the smell of things used in alcohol such as elderflower or liquorice which was fun!

They also had a button you could press which showed how alcohol was made, and a "hangover room" which was disappointing - you enter a little room that looks like a bedroom or something, lights flicker, and you listen to someone complaining they have a headache and call in sick to work.

The alcohol thing

The Hangover Room

There was a video room where you could lie down and watch as someone went from being sober to really drunk, which was nice. Also, there was a temporary exhibition on liquorice, but since I hate the smell and taste I didn't spend much time in there. 

So for 100kr this museum probably isn't the best value, and if you only have a limited time (or budget) I would recommend you visit somewhere else. But it is quite interesting, and it fills in some time if you want! It is located on Djurgarden, beside the Vasa museum.