The Prison Museum of Sweden, Midnight Sun Coast, Sweden

4.5 (135 reviews) Monday: Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #2 in Midnight Sun Coast Speciality Museums

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Experience prison conditions of the past in two unique prison buildings. Follow history from the old castle jail with its underground dungeons, dating back to the mid-1600s, to one of Sweden’s first penitentiaries, dating from 1847. You will witness the Swedish prison system, which developed from a period of public enforced shame and corporal punishment to a time when prisoners were isolated from society in what we now call solitary confinement. A visit to the Prison Museum leaves no one unaffected. When you visit the museum, borrow an audioguide in english or german for free!

Address

1-3 Hamiltongatan, Gävle 802 66 Sweden

Mobile

+46 26 65 44 30

Website

http://www.sverigesfangelsemuseum.se

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday :
Tuesday :
Wednesday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday :

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4.5 based on (135 reviews)

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4Mark S 5:00 PM Dec 16, 2018
Prison life from 1732
This was an unexpected surprise find. After visiting Gävle to see the Julbocken Christmas straw goat, we found a sign to this museum. It was really interesting and with an excellent audio guide that gave just enough interesting facts without being over the top. Really worth a visit and definitely worth visiting both parts of the museum.
4TapaniTT 5:00 PM Jul 8, 2015
Authentic but small
The museum consists of two buildings, one displaying older and the other one more recent prison history. To my understanding, both buildings are authentic prisons; you can see how the prisons actually looked like, and how the prisoners lived in them. The exhibitions are rather small, however; if you don't want to listen to an audio guide, it takes barely 30 minutes to go through both of them.