Västerbottens Museum
Västerbottens museum in the Gammlia area of Umeå, Sweden is a county museum with responsibility for the cultural history of Västerbotten County. The museum consists of the Gammlia open-air museum, a ski exhibition, an exhibition of Fishing and Maritime, the popular movement archive of Västerbotten County and a number of Sami camps.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gammliavallen and Helena Elisabeth Church.
Gammliavallen
Stadium
Photo: Artem Korzhimanov, CC BY 3.0.
Gammliavallen is a multi-purpose stadium in Umeå, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Umeå IK, Umeå FC and Team TG FF.
Helena Elisabeth Church
Church
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Helena Elisabeth Church was built on one of the largest islands of the Holmöarna group near Umeå in northern Sweden. Decades after the church was replaced with a larger building, in the 1950s the structure was moved to Västerbottens museum where it is still a church and an exhibit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lilljansberget and Öbacka.
Lilljansberget
Suburb
Photo: Fredriklarssonphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lilljansberget is a mountain, and since 2005 a residential area, in Umeå, Sweden. It is located next to the Umeå University. All the apartments are owned by AB Bostaden.
Umeå
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umeå, called Ume by locals, is a city near the mouth of the Ume River. It is the capital of Västerbotten County in northern Sweden, and with about 110,000 citizens it is the largest city in Norrland.
Västerbottens Museum
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Gammlia”
- Category: locality
- Location: Umeå stad socken, Umeå stadsförs., Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.82993° or 63° 49′ 48″ northLongitude
20.29011° or 20° 17′ 24″ eastElevation
64 metres (210 feet)Open location code
9GM2R7HR+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4539900775OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6295603
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Västerbottens Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Västerbottens museum”
- German: “Västerbottens Museum”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Västerbotten”
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