Number 1Museum
Bure Arkiv
Go to see how Bureå’s sawmill and pulp industries are presented through their records, machinery and preserved company office.
Bureå
The best museums in Västerbotten: history
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The best museums in Västerbotten: history
Number 1
Number 2Museum
Finnfors kraftverksmuseum
See the station’s original machinery and trace how water entered through its hand-riveted inlet pipe.
Boliden
Museum
Holmöns båtmuseum
Go to see how clinker-built boats and the demands of fishing, seal hunting and farming shaped life on Holmön.
Holmön
Museum
Skellefteå museum
Go to follow the history of Skellefteå and the surrounding area from the Ice Age to the present through objects, images and stories.
Skellefteå
Number 5Museum
Burkmuseum Rolig & Rusk
See food products and other shop goods spanning the late 1800s to the present at the farm where Villattnet’s first store opened.
Burträsk
Number 6Museum
Forum Museum Rönnskär
Go to trace how the first gold find in Fågelmyran and discoveries in Boliden connect to the Rönnskär smelter and the people who lived and worked in the area.
Skelleftehamn
Number 7Museum
Museum Torfrid Olsson
Go to see Torfrid Olsson’s art in the place where he lived and worked.
Bygdeträsk
Number 8Museum
Olofsfors Bruksmuseum
Visit to see a preserved ironworks site dating to 1762 and its museum, galleries and event spaces. [1][2]
Nordmaling
Number 9Museum
Skellefteå museum
Go to explore Västerbotten’s local history through museum exhibitions, research resources and historic buildings at Nordanå.
Skellefteåkr
Number 10Museum
Skogs- och samemuseet i Lycksele
Go to see how the region’s forest history and Sami culture are presented alongside the historic meeting place at Gammplatsen.
Lycksele
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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