The best museums in Skåne: history

Ranked by the Sweden Herald newsroom and our readers, with the practical details you need.

1

Museum

Rundetaarn

Go for the chance to look through a telescope at the Observatory when telescope viewing is scheduled.

2

Museum

Kronborg Castle

Explore the casemates and halls, then see Øresund from the cannon tower.

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3

Museum

National Museum of Denmark

Go for an English-language guided introduction to Danish values and habits over the past 200 years.

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4

Museum

Rosenborg Castle

See the Danish crown jewels and Christian IV’s rooms in the castle he used as his home.

5

Museum

Amalienborg Palace Museum

The museum lets visitors walk through royal rooms and see objects from the Danish royal collection.

6

Museum

Cisternerne

To experience an art exhibition inside a dim, cold former water reservoir.

7

Museum

Statarmuseet i Skåne

Go to see reconstructed statar and farm-worker homes at the place where the museum says the history happened.

8

Museum

Wanås Castle

Go to see site-specific contemporary art spread through a beech forest and barns around a historic castle.

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How this list is made

Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.

Updated 3 November 2026

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