Nobel Prize Museum
Located in Stortorget, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden
Description
Nobel Prize Museum
“The Nobel Prize shows that ideas can change the world. The courage, creativity and perseverance of the Nobel Laureates inspire us and give us hope for the future.
Based on the Nobel Prize’s unique combination of fields – natural sciences, literature and peace – we at Nobel Prize Museum invite you to exhibitions, school programmes, lectures and dialogues about the great issues of our time.
We are a small museum with vast content. With the help of videos, donated artifacts and in-depth guided tours you meet freedom fighters, writers and scientists who all contributed to the greatest benefit to humankind.
Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) had a clear vision about the prize he created. In his will, he wrote that he wanted to reward those who had “conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. The Nobel Prize and the stories of the Nobel Laureates are the basis for a broad range of public outreach activities that show how we can learn from history in order to understand our present-day world and influence our future.”
-Nobel Prize Museum
Contact and information
Location: Stortorget 2, Old Town Stockholm
Tel: +46 8 534 818 00
Email: info.nobelprizemuseum@nobelprize.org
Chip’s Notes
The Museum was under construction when we visited, so the fee was half off. It was still worth the experience if for no other reason than to be reminded that human creativity drives so much that is good in the world. Or perhaps “change” instead of “good.” Human inventions are always a double-edged sword. Have you been to the Nobel Prize Museum? Please share your thoughts on that visit or about human creativity in general. We also took in a lot of Stockholm in our short visit. Read more about our time there on Days 600 and 601.