Nobel Prize Museum, Viking Museum and Vrak: Which Stockholm Museum First?

The three museums sit in two different places: the Nobel Prize Museum is in the Old Town, while the Viking Museum and Vrak are on Djurgården. That decides most of the planning. A day on Djurgården can hold the Viking Museum and Vrak with the Vasa Museum; the Nobel Prize Museum fits with a walk through the Old Town.

Nobel Prize Museum

The Nobel Prize Museum ticket costs €14.51 per person, is rated 4.3 out of 5 and has 1,283 reviews. The museum is at Stortorget 2, on the square in the middle of Gamla Stan. The booking page says the ticket is valid for one day and that it includes the temporary exhibition and a guided tour. It describes the permanent exhibition as more than 200 objects connected to laureates, and, according to the booking page, the ticket is “wheelchair accessible”.

The museum’s own opening hours for November are closed on Mondays, 11:00–17:00 Tuesday to Thursday and at weekends, and 11:00–21:00 on Fridays. In December it is open 11:00–18:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, and closed on 24, 25 and 31 December. Last entry is 15 minutes before closing, and individual days in December differ, so look at the museum’s calendar. Visitors under 18 get in free, according to the museum’s site.

Guided tours last about 20 minutes and are included in admission. From October to December the museum lists English tours at 11:15, 13:15 and 15:15 Tuesday to Sunday, with an extra one on Fridays at 19:15, and a Swedish tour at 14:15. You cannot pre-book them: you sign up at the entrance, and places are limited. If you want the tour, arrive before the time rather than after it.

The Viking Museum

The Viking Museum ticket costs €21.68 per person, is rated 4.6 out of 5 and has 897 reviews. The museum is on Djurgården, and the booking page lists the ticket, an audio guide, the Ragnfrid’s Saga ride and daily guided tours in Swedish or English. For the audio guide you need your own smartphone and headphones.

The museum’s site gives 11:00–17:00 Monday to Friday and 10:00–17:00 at weekends, with a separate guided-tour schedule for school breaks and holidays. English tours run at several fixed times on weekdays, for example 11:30 and 12:30, and on weekends from 10:30. The site says the schedule can change.

With children: the ride takes eleven minutes. The booking page recommends it for children aged 7 and older; the museum’s own site recommends that children under 7 ride with an adult. The booking page also lists children under 6 as not suitable for the ticket, and does not allow luggage, large bags or pets. The museum itself has let children aged 0–14 in free with a paying adult since 24 October 2026 (not for groups), so check whether you need a child ticket at all. Strollers can be taken inside in the low season, but must stay outside on public holidays, school holidays and in summer.

Vrak

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks is within walking distance of the Vasa Museum, on Djurgården, and is part of the Vasa and Vrak combined ticket, €28.57 per person. The booking page says the wrecks are shown digitally through VR and holograms, and no wrecks are on display. It adds a daily English tour at 15:00 and says the museum takes cards only. Details of the combined ticket are in our Vasa Museum guide.

Which first

• One museum and short on time: the Nobel Prize Museum on a Friday evening, or from 11:00 on any day except Monday, is easy to add to a walk through Gamla Stan.
• Children aged 7 and older: the Viking Museum, with its ride, is the one built for them.
• Interested in ships and the sea: the combined Vasa and Vrak ticket.

More museums are on our page for museums and tickets in Stockholm, including Skansen and ABBA The Museum.