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Attraction and exhibition
The ABBA museum is very much more than an ordinary museum of exhibitions and originals. There is something exceptional with the museum of one of Sweden’s most popular music exports. Certainly there are some of the band members’ original and fantastic stage-used costumes, as well as the quantity of gold records, original belongings, handwritten lyrics, memorabilia and so much more. However, the main part of the experience - and the most important feature to the exceptional museum - is the visitor. The visitor experiences plainly how it is to be the fifth member of ABBA. By getting the chance of trying the bands extraordinary scene-cloths, challenge their singing voices in the polar studio, experience holograms and not at least live out the dream of joining the band on stage, the visitor are really “walking in and dancing out”, as the museums slogan stated.

There are attractions enough for the ABBA-fans to look around for a whole day and the guide begins with the very start of the four young musicians founding each other to establish the band. The tour continues through the big day in Brighton 1974 when they took the world by storm with “Waterloo”, till the very end in 1982, however, still more current as ever with the musical and later made motion picture, “Mama Mia!”.

The Polar studio
The Polar Studio - originated by Björn and Benny and Stig Andersson - is the magic place where the ABBA sound was created. On the museum you have the chance to see the equipment, touch the mixing console and feel the atmosphere where lovely music was produced.

Brighton
1974 was the year of breakthrough for the band. The Eurovision song contest in Brighton was about to change the view of the band forever. As a visitor you have the chance to see some of the original articles from the trip and re-experience the marvellous victory with “Waterloo”.

Benny’s Piano and the Phone
At the museum a most significant and self-playing piano is placed. The one and only Benny has access to it, and who knows when it plays. A red phone just four specific persons have the number to is placed in the hallway, a good idea to pick up if it starts to ring(ring).

Audio guide and gold records
Listen to the band members own words of memories and their side of the fantastic carrier. To sell over 379 million records results in great many gold records. See yourself!

“Stikkans” office and the Scrap Book
Stikkan, or Stig Andersson - one of the most important and most influent persons to the bands greatness, took care of the paper work. Take a step into his office. A proud father’s collection. See original savings of newspaper clipping from Gunnar Ulvaeus.

The helicopter and the clothes
The Arrival-helicopter from the famous cover of the album is on the museum! Besides the music, ABBA’s spectacular and crazy clothing is what made the band famous. The museum has recovered them and Frida’s part of the decisions is presented.

Mamma Mia!
1982 the band decided to take a break, however, they continues to be up-to-date with the most seen musical “Mamma Mia!”, that premiered 1999 in London and the motion picture based on the musical with the same name that made it on the screen in 2008. Even though Abba split up over 30 years ago, the movie featuring their music, is the most successful movie-musical ever.

Viggsö
An archipelago outside Stockholm, it was here the magic was created. For weeks the band - especially Björn and Benny - spend time by the piano and with the guitar. On the museum you will see where some of the most classic songs were written.

And so much more
The Museum is located in the same building as the “Swedish Music Hall of Fame”, where the Swedish musical history has room for unique events, exclusive exhibition and “wall of fame” over Sweden’s pop music legends. In connection to the museum the wall of fame with artists famous over the world like Roxette, The Cardigans, First Aid Kit, Swedish House Maffia and Robbyn as the “Swedish music “under” “ as well as the artists forming the Swedish musical culture. There are a lot of inspiring views on the museum and so much more, it is a need to.

T he location
The museum is located at Djurgården in Stockholm, just a few minutes from the city Centre. It is positioned between the amusement park “Gröna Lund” and the “Liljevalchs art venue”, as well as just across the “Skansen-museum” and a minute walk to the famous “Vasa-museum”. The band wanted the museum to be located in Stockholm with the main reason that most of the music were recorded here.

The museum shares building with the “Swedish Hall of Fame” and the “History of Swedish Popular Music”. Once you receive your ticket you get an ID that uploads your singing and dancing that you do on the museum. The ID generates a page on the “abbamuseum” website and you can thereby listen and watch your performances again and again after your visit.

If you are an Abba fan the museum is a must to visit, the museum is one of a kind - Abba-fan or not. The different activities and originals as well as the museums part of the Swedish Music Hall of Fame, makes you understand “Abba the Phenomenon” in a whole new way. In Sweden you cannot fully understand how huge the band have been over the world, and how many people they have influenced.