Västerbottens Museum

Västerbottens museum in the Gammlia area of , Sweden is a county museum with responsibility for the cultural history of . 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: county museum in Umeå, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Vaesterbottens museum” and “Västerbottens museum”
  • Address: Helena Elisabeths väg 3, Umeå, 903 04
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gammliavallen and Helena Elisabeth Church.

Stadium
Photo: Artem Korzhimanov, CC BY 3.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Umeå IK, Umeå FC and Team TG FF. is situated 210 metres west of Västerbottens Museum.

Church
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 2.5.
was built on one of the largest islands of the group near 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.

Sports venue
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Gammliavallen is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Umeå IK, Umeå FC and Team TG FF. is situated 170 metres southwest of Västerbottens Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lilljansberget and Öbacka.

Suburb
Photo: Fredriklarssonphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain, and since 2005 a residential area, in , . It is located next to the Umeå University. All the apartments are owned by AB Bostaden.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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, called Ume by locals, is a city near the mouth of the Ume River. It is the capital of in northern , and with about 110,000 citizens it is the largest city in .

Västerbottens Museum

Latitude
63.82938° or 63° 49′ 46″ north
Longitude
20.28932° or 20° 17′ 22″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Operator
Västerbottens museum AB, Stiftelsen Västerbottens museums
Open location code
9GM2R7HQ+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 446101577
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10173878
Wiki­data ID
Q3578460
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Västerbottens Museum” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Muzeu Västerbottens”
  • Belarusian: “Музей Вестэрботэна”
  • Bengali: “ভ্যাস্টারবটেনস জাদুঘর”
  • Bosnian: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Catalan: “Museu de Västerbotten”
  • Catalan: “Museus Västerbottens”
  • Cebuano: “Gammlia (parke)”
  • Cebuano: “Gammlia”
  • Chinese: “西博滕博物館”
  • Croatian: “Vesterbotenski muzej”
  • Danish: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Dutch: “Vasterbottens museum”
  • Dutch: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Estonian: “Västerbotteni muuseum”
  • Finnish: “Västerbottenin museo”
  • French: “Västerbottens museum”
  • German: “Västerbottens Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Δυτικής Μποθνίας”
  • Hindi: “वैस्टरबाटन मिऊज़ीअम”
  • Hindi: “वैस्टरबाटन म्यूजियम”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Västerbottens”
  • Japanese: “ヴェステルボッテン・ミュージアム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Norwegian: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Musèu de Västerbotten”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਸਤਰਬੋਟਨ ਮਿਊਜ਼ੀਅਮ”
  • Persian: “موزه وستربوتنز”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Västerbotten”
  • Russian: “Музей Вестерботтена”
  • Swedish: “Västerbotten Museum”
  • Swedish: “Västerbottens museum”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Вестерботена”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹر باٹن عجائب خانہ”

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