Collection

The collection is moving – Loan services are temporarily closed.

Project Open Collections

Skissernas Museum and the Historical Museum are moving 11 million objects to a new shared storage facility – Open Collections.

The project aims to create an infrastructure for research and education where the collections of the Historical Museum and Skissernas Museum are cared for and made accessible in shared premises. The state-of-the-art 5,200 m² facility has climate control and high security to protect the collections, while also enabling the museums to receive groups for guided tours.

The Collection Is Moving

The move to Open Collections is expected to take place over a period of two years. Preparing and relocating the collections to the new premises is a major undertaking; therefore, access to the collections will be limited during this period.

Research services will be limited from October 2025 until the end of 2027, and access to physical material will not be possible. Loans from the collections will also not be available during this time.

Skissernas Museum manages Lund University’s art collection, which will be subject to the same restrictions during the move.

Large parts of Skissernas Museum’s collection have been digitised and are available to explore:
Explore the collection

The museum will remain open as usual throughout the entire relocation to the new storage facility!