Museum of World Culture

• Address: Södra Vägen 54, 412 54 Göteborg, Sweden
• Phone: +46 10 456 12 00
• Website: varldskulturmuseet.se
• Date of foundation: 2004.
• Architects: Edgar Gonzalez and Cecile Brizac

The main attractions of Sweden are concentrated in the Swedish city ​​of Gothenburg . When examining them, do not forget to visit the Museum of World Culture.

Basic information

Before you buy a ticket, ask where you are going and what you'll see:

1. The museum was opened relatively recently, in 2004.
2. The museum building was built in a modernist style, and the materials were glass and concrete. It is compact and elegant at the same time, for which its creators, Cecil Brizak and Edgar Gonzalez, were awarded the prize in the field of architecture.
3. The World Culture Museum is located on the slope of Södra vägen, in the busy Gothenburg district.
4. All world cultures are interrelated, because they are based on individual national and ethnic characteristics. It takes into account the individuality of a particular person: this is how the culture issue is covered on the museum's website, which has come to its mission in a very peculiar way.

What is interesting about the museum?

The purpose of creating the Museum of World Culture was acquaintance of visitors with cultures and subcultures of the whole world, and the approach was used the most unconventional. For example, the main exposures at the time of the opening were:

• the problem of AIDS in the period of globalization;
• the work of Fred Wilson;
• African demons;
• Orinoco: myths and people;

In addition, the museum regularly hosts a variety of exhibitions, concerts, poetry evenings, shows films, dance evenings are organized, etc. You will not only examine the main exposition, but you can also get acquainted with modern technologies in museum practice.

How to get there and visit?

There is a museum in the immediate vicinity of the University of Gothenburg, just 10 minutes walk from it. From the city center you can get here via Götaleden / Götatunneln / E45 (on the route there are toll expensive) or through Nya allén (12 minutes).

The museum tour lasts 1 hour.