Swedish Railway Museum

The Swedish Railway Museum, in , Gästrikland, is the national museum for Sweden's railway history. The Swedish Railway Museum is tasked with acquiring, preserving and supplying knowledge about Swedish railway history on the basis of the national collection.
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  • Museum
  • …is also known as “Järnvägsmuseet”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Statens maritima och transporthistoriska museer
  • Description: national museum for Sweden’s railway history
  • Email: info@jarnvagsmuseet.se

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hemlingby Church and Gävle Castle.
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Church
is situated 640 metres southwest of Swedish Railway Museum.
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Castle
is a palace in , , rebuilt several times since its foundation in 1583. is situated 2 km northwest of Swedish Railway Museum.
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Railway station
is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Swedish Railway Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gävle and Alderholmen.
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is a port on the Baltic Sea in , the southernmost part of .
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Locality
is a locality.
Suburb
is a part of the city of , situated… is situated 5 km west of Swedish Railway Museum.

Swedish Railway Museum

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Latitude
60.66175° or 60° 39′ 42″ north
Longitude
17.17111° or 17° 10′ 16″ east
Open location code
9FGVM56C+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 246956804
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1787641

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Swedish Railway Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف السويد للسكك الحديدية”
  • Armenian: “Շվեդական երկաթուղային թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Шведскі чыгуначны музей”
  • Chinese: “瑞典鐵路博物館”
  • Chinese: “瑞典铁路博物馆”
  • Danish: “Järnvägsmuseet”
  • Danish: “Sveriges Jernbanemuseum i Gävle”
  • Danish: “Sveriges Jernbanemuseum”
  • Dutch: “spoorwegmuseum van Gävle”
  • Dutch: “Zweeds spoorwegmuseum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف السويد للسكك الحديديه”
  • Finnish: “Järnvägsmuseet”
  • Finnish: “Ruotsin rautatiemuseo”
  • French: “Musée suédois des chemins de fer”
  • German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Gävle”
  • German: “Schwedisches Eisenbahnmuseum”
  • German: “Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum”
  • Irish: “Músaem Iarnróid na Sualainne”
  • Italian: “Museo ferroviario svedese”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Kolei Żelazne”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Szwecji”
  • Polish: “Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum”
  • Russian: “Järnvägsmuseet”
  • Russian: “Шведский железнодорожный музей”
  • Swedish: “Järnvägsmuseet”
  • Swedish: “Sveriges järnvägsmuseum, Gävle”
  • Swedish: “Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum”
  • Ukrainian: “Шведський залізничний музей”

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