The Car Museum
The Car Museum showcases the development of cars from the late 1800s to the present day and contains one of Europe’s finest car collections. Currently, about sixty vintage and classic cars are on display, including a 1936 Mercedes 540K once owned by Prince Gustaf Adolf, who was the father of our king, and a 1939 Cadillac V8 previously owned by Gustav V and which has lent its name to Kungens Kurva.
Other unique cars in the collection include the 1955 Mercedes 300 SL “Gullwing,” a 1934 Mercedes 290A, a 1931 Cadillac V16 ordered by Ivar Kreuger, a 1936 Horch 853, a 1921 RR Silver Ghost, a 1898 Hertel, a 1898 Clement Panhard, and a 1931 Austin Ulster.
Hanging from the ceiling are about fifty models of vintage aircraft, the largest of which, the B17 Flying Fortress from 1942, measures 3.2 meters between wing tips. Additionally, a few hundred model cars and accessories for vintage cars can be viewed. The environment is complemented by a large number of exciting enamel signs and beautiful old gas pumps.
Technical Museums
In the carriage house, you will find Europe’s largest jukebox collection. It showcases the technical evolution from barrel organs, music boxes, phonographs, and gramophones up to the era of jukeboxes. The exhibition displays jukeboxes from the Antique Age, Silver Age, and the colorful Golden Age.
Travel back in time and experience the bicycles from your grandfather’s days! At the bicycle museum, you will find Sweden’s oldest bicycle from the late 1700s, many high-wheelers from the entire 1800s, ‘Östbergare,’ velocipedes, children’s bicycles, tricycles, and Itera, the so-called Eternal Bicycle from Wilhelmina from 1982. There are also around twenty motorcycles, many from the 1920s, and Varg-Olle’s speedway bike!
The Carriage Museum
In the carriage museum, which is located at the nearby Sparreholm Castle horse center, you can see a large number of gigs, traps, carriages, and utility items, all related to horses. The collection comprises about fifty carriages and sleds from the late 1700s up to the 1940s.
There are also beautiful harnesses and carriage models, along with a saddlery. Most of the carriages have been collected and restored to excellent condition by Siv von Rosen.