ABBA The Museum.

Who Should Visit

• Pop music fans and ABBA loyalists Anyone who wants to hear the band’s story and see the original costumes and gold records.
• Families The singing, quizzes and stage make it easy to enjoy across ages; children up to 6 go free.
• Fans of stage and music production Mixing original music and the Polar Studio replica are built for them.

Who Should Skip

• Quiet-museum lovers This is a museum where you sing, dance and perform, not a hushed gallery.
• Travellers short on time The museum itself recommends around 1½–2 hours inside the exhibition.

Setting Expectations: Interactive Entertainment vs. Static Displays

In the museum’s own words, it is “not just about the original costumes, gold records and so many other wonderful items of memorabilia – it’s about you!”

• Interactive You can sing, play a quiz, mix original music and perform on the hologram stage.
• Memorabilia Original costumes, gold records, and replicas of places where ABBA lived and worked, furnished with their belongings.

The Fifth-Member Hologram Stage

The signature draw: you step onto the museum’s large hologram stage and perform as the fifth member of ABBA, alongside Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Frida.

• Filming yourself Filming is not allowed in the exhibition, with one exception: you may film yourself while using the interactive features, such as the stage.

The Polar Studio Replica

Few places are as strongly connected with ABBA as the Polar Studio. In the museum’s replica almost everything is original: Benny’s piano, Björn’s guitars, Frida’s and Agnetha’s microphones and note stands, and the mixing desk.

Singing, Quizzes and Mixing

Around the exhibition you can sing, test yourself in an ABBA quiz and mix original music.

From 1966 to Brighton, and the Gold Room

The story runs from the start: the Folkpark in 1966, where Björn and Benny first met, to Brighton in 1974 and the big breakthrough.

• The Gold Room The members’ stage outfits, including the Waterloo costumes, with gold records and record covers, all originals.
• After 1982 A permanent part of the museum covers what came next: Chess, Benny Andersson’s Orchestra and Mamma Mia!

The Audio Guide

The audio guide runs on your own phone: scan the QR codes in the exhibition to listen.

• In their own voices In Swedish and English the ABBA members tell their own story; the museum has also recreated their voices with new technology in German, Dutch, French and Spanish.
• Other languages Finnish, Russian, Italian, Polish, Chinese and Japanese.

Tickets and Time Slots

Tickets are bought on the museum’s website, for a date and a time slot (ABBA The Museum: FAQ).

• Your time slot That is the time you need to enter. The museum recommends arriving on your chosen time slot, not sooner, to avoid a queue at the entrance.
• One entry The ticket is valid for one entry on the chosen date and time.
• Changes Tickets can be cancelled and refunded up to 24 hours before the booked time slot.

Cards Only

The museum does not accept cash, only card payments.

How Long to Allow

The museum recommends around 1½–2 hours inside the exhibition, and says it usually has the most guests in the middle of the day.

House Rules

• Lockers A limited number of free lockers; there is no space for larger bags or luggage.
• Strollers Not allowed inside the exhibition for fire-safety reasons; staff show you where to park them, and a limited number of baby carriers are available.
• Photos Take as many as you like, but without flash.
• Food and drink Not allowed inside the exhibitions.

Getting There

The museum is at Djurgårdsvägen 68 on Djurgården, and there is no parking by the museum. The museum’s own directions:

• Tram or bus Tram 7 or bus 67 to the stop Liljevalchs/Gröna Lund.
• Ferry The Djurgården ferry or M/S Emelie to Allmänna gränd.

Pairing with Vasa and Skansen

Two other Djurgården museums are often put in the same day:

• Vasa Museum The 1628 warship, one of the world’s best preserved 17th-century ships. Its ticket rules are the opposite of ABBA’s; see the comparison below.
• Skansen The open-air museum, also on Djurgården.

Eating at the Museum

The Visitors Bistro is at the entrance level, in the same building as the museum, for a meal or a fika before or after your visit.