About the exhibition
The exhibition has two entrances, through The Viking World and Prehistories:
We travel
Why do people choose to travel and settle down in new places? In the exhibition you can be immersed in a film- and sound experience on the theme of travel and migration, with footage from the TV-series The History of Sweden on Swedish television (SVT).
Photo: Daniel Gustafsson, The Swedish History Museum/SHM.
We create
People have always used natural resources to create things. In the exhibition you can weave a sail together with other visitors. How did people in the Vendel and Viking Age travel? Take a look at an original Vendel Age picture stone with a sailboat, from our collections.
The exhibition also features a colorful mural by the illustrator and artist Yoyo Nasty. She has been inspired by the interactivity in the exhibition and original objects in the room.
Photo: Daniel Gustafsson, The Swedish History Museum/SHM.
Are you a puzzle lover? Discover an original object from the collections, made of bronze, and guess how it may have been used 3,000 years ago. You can also put together a 3D-puzzle of pottery and see a real fragment of Stone Age pottery from the collections.
Photo: Daniel Gustafsson, The Swedish History Museum/SHM.
We meet
People have always met other people. In the exhibition’s marketplace you can exchange and weigh goods. Another exciting meeting is with two human figures in bronze from the collections that are over 3,000 years old!
Discover an 800-year-old pen from the Middle Ages, from the collections. Were you inspired? Feel free to draw a portrait or write about a memory of a meeting you have had with someone, and hang it in our memory tree.
Photo: Daniel Gustafsson, The Swedish History Museum/SHM.
Photo: Daniel Gustafsson, The Swedish History Museum/SHM.
Original objects from the collections
In the exhibition Together through time, you will encounter the following objects from the museum collections:
- A fragment of a ceramic bowl from 3300–2800 BC. See images in our collections database: 267133_HST.
- Bronze figurines from circa 1400 BC. See images in our collections database: 96990_HST, 412473_HST.
- A bronze fibula from circa 700 BC. See images in our collections database: 96859_HST.
- A picture stone from 550–800 AD. See images in our collections database: 45110_HST.
- An ivory stylus (pen) from circa 1100–1500 AD. See images in our collections database: 205716_HST.
Plan your visit
The exhibition is on view December 16, 2023 through January 11, 2026.
Practical information about visiting the museum with children
Exhibition production
The exhibition is produced by National Historical Museums. Exhibition design by Groundfloor Studio.
Logo for “Historien om Sverige” on Swedish Television (SVT)
