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The best museums in Småland: history

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The best museums in Småland: history

Sankta Gertruds sjukhus, SmålandNumber 1
Museum

Psykiatriska museet

Go to hear about the history of a hospital that once had about 1,400 patients and 900 staff.

Number 2
Museum

Museet Lilla Gunnebo

See objects from the 18th and 19th centuries inside a building dating to around 1685.

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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