Postmuseum
Go to see Sweden’s postal history alongside a hands-on post-office play exhibition for children.
Key facts
- Address
- Lilla Nygatan 6, StockholmMap and directions
- Opening hours
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Opening hours this week Monday Closed Tuesday 11:00 to 17:00 Wednesday 11:00 to 17:00 Thursday 11:00 to 17:00 Friday 11:00 to 17:00 Saturday 10:00 to 16:00 Sunday 10:00 to 16:00 - Price
- Free admission for everyone under 18.
- Website
- postmuseum.se
- Phone
- +46104364439
Facts checked November 2026.
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Postmuseum covers postal and stamp history, as well as how Sweden’s postal service works today. Its main exhibition, Post, follows almost 400 years of postal history. The museum’s timeline begins with Axel Oxenstierna founding Postverket in 1636.
Children can try Postis, a play exhibition where they sort, transport and deliver mail. Visit Stockholm says children can play post office there. The Treasury, or Skattkammaren, displays postal rarities including Mauritius stamps, a unique quarter sheet of four Skilling Banco stamps and franked letters. HEJ! explores communication by letter, digitally and in other ways.
The museum reopened in autumn 2024 after major renovations, according to Visit Stockholm. The venue’s website lists the AVI restaurant and digital exhibitions and other material to view from home, including a postal history timeline and selections from its mailbox and postcard collections. Visit Stockholm says the shop carries Sweden’s largest selection of stamps. Admission is free for visitors under 18. The website information available here gives no other ticket price or opening hours.
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Get there
Lilla Nygatan 6, Stockholm
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Events here
All in StockholmA little corner of Sweden
23 Oct to 30 Jan · Postmuseum
The Postal Museum's new exhibition Swedish stamps reflects the country we live in. In recent years alone, you'll find epatraktors, the king, peace symbols, suffrage fighters and many more motifs. Small pictures of Sweden that we then put on our letters, invitations, Christmas cards or small gifts we send to each other. But how are the motifs actually selected? What makes up the picture and how is a stamp designed? You'll find out in the exhibition A Little Corner of Sweden.
POST
23 Oct to 19 Oct · Postmuseum
With almost 400 objects in the postal history exhibition, POST welcomes visitors to an experiential and interactive exhibition that activates all the senses. Here you can follow the history of the post office from the 17th century until today. The exhibition highlights the hard work and both the people who made communication between people possible over five centuries and those who received mail. An exhibition for both adults and children.
Family tour at the Postal Museum
30 Oct to 11 Dec · Postmuseum
Welcome to the family tour of the POST exhibition. Every other Friday at 11:15 we go on a walk of about 20 minutes. We ride a stagecoach, climb on the post horse, greet the servant, look at the ice boat Simpan, peek into the train carriage, visit the post office and try on postal uniforms. It is okay to take fun photos through the exhibition! The family tour is included in the entrance ticket.
Brevskrivarkväll på Postmuseum
to 20:00 · Postmuseum
Who would you like to surprise with a Christmas greeting this year? Welcome to an evening of letter writing where you craft Christmas greetings to friends far away, the neighbor, or the relative you’ve never met. The Postal Museum sets the table with paper and pens.
Post Work - evening open with free admission once a month at the Postal Museum
to 21:00 · Postmuseum
One Thursday evening a month, we keep the museum open with free admission. At restaurant AVI, it's After Work with tapas and delicious drinks - a perfect way to round off the day with colleagues and friends. Sometimes there's also a tour that you can follow. Stay tuned, we'll be updating the program regularly.
Fri entré - Postmuseum 120 år
to 17:00 · Postmuseum
Tisdagen den 15 december fyller Postmuseum 120 år! Vi firar hela dagen genom att bjuda alla besökare på fri entré. Följ med på en historisk visning genom huset Från några få rum i starten växte museet sakta men säkert till att ta plats i hela huset. Är du nyfiken på hur vårt gamla hus har förändrats under de 120 år som museet har funnits? Följ med på en visning där vi berättar om både post- och museihistoria, pågår cirka en timme.
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Visit Stockholm (Stockholm Business Region), CC BY 4.0; Wikidata, CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Text and ranking by Sweden Herald. Facts are checked against the sources above; opening hours and prices can change, so check with the place before you go.
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