The IKEA Museum’s website presents “The Story of IKEA” through accounts of product ideas, company decisions and founder Ingvar Kamprad’s working principles. One story describes the hot dog as a model for good quality at a low price, an idea IKEA explored in the mid-1990s. Another looks at Kamprad’s view that mistakes can teach lessons. He set out his ideas about how IKEA should work in The Testament of a Furniture Dealer, published in 1976.

Other stories trace IKEA’s move into furniture sales in the late 1940s and the changes in purchasing, finance and distribution that followed. The website recounts a goal to sell LED bulbs for less than one euro, an attempt to promote indoor composting, and the story of a blue tote bag that has been in IKEA’s range for more than 30 years. Its accounts connect everyday products with the company’s approach to design and price.

Wikidata gives 2016 as the year IKEA Museum opened. The place is suited to visitors interested in IKEA’s history, products and business ideas.