Overview

ABBA the Museum is dedicated to the Swedish pop group of the 1970s and 1980s, ABBA. The museum tells the story of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad from their childhood and early musical careers, through the ABBA years and life after ABBA. There's lots to see and listen to. The museum is also interactive so you can mix a record, test your ABBA knowledge and even perform on stage with them. The museum is step free, with lift. I love ABBA and this was the perfect day out for me, it was joyful, uplifting and a lot of fun.

Transport & Parking

ABBA the Museum is near to close to the Vasa Museum, see seperate review, so I did both museums in the one day. I travelled to the museums by ferry boat from Gamla Stan, old town, to Djurgarden, which took about 10 minutes. From the ferry it is only 2 - 3 minutes walk. There are also buses and trams that stop close by.

Access

On the ground floor is the ticket office and shops, selling all things ABBA including things you never knew you couldn't live without, be warned its very tempting. There is also a cafe on the ground floor with indoor and outdoor seat, but I didn't use it. There is a lift to the lower floors. On one floor is an accessible toilet and the Mamma Mia exhibition. Then it is down another floor to the main ABBA exhibition which is all on one level. There is lots to see, listen to and it is also interactive. For an additional charge you can buy an audio guide, which has commentary from all the members of ABBA and I'd recommend it as it made the visit extra special. The video film clips don't have captions unless someone isn't speaking English and then there are English subtitles. There's a lot of information to take it, lots of fun things to see, it was a bit of time travel back to the 70s and 80s of my youth and I loved it. The only thing which I felt they could improve on with regards to mobilty was to provide seating. I spent about 3.5 hours in the museum, and my back was killing me later as I had been standing too long without support. Half way round there was the ABBA interactive stage show, where you could join a virtual ABBA on stage, via ramp access, and sing and dance with them. This was about the hal way point and there I noticed a lot of fold up stools. I had a seat and then asked if I could take the stool around with me for the rest of the tour and they said yes. The first permanent seating i saw with back support was in the final section, life after ABBA, see photo of red chair. I think the fold up stools should be available at the start of the exhibition for people who need them.

Toilets

There was an accessible toilet, which was quite large and had grab rails. The floor was a bit messy with toilet paper, but I was unable to bend over and pick it up.

Staff

Staff were very helpful in explaining how to scan my ticket so I could save my singing, however I got home and it doesn't appear to have worked. I was looking for something specific in the shop, as I had seen it online but couldn't find it, and she looked and found me the final one.

Anything else you wish to tell us?

I loved it, highly recommend.

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