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Visitor information

ArkDes is located on the island of Skeppsholmen in the middle of Stockholm. You can easily get here by public transport, bicycle, or by foot.

Tickets

Throughout 2025, ArkDes offers free admission to the exhibitions.

Photo: Isak Berglund Mattsson-Mårn. 2022.

Opening hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10:00–20:00
Wednesday: 10:00–18:00
Thursday: 10:00–18:00
Friday: 10:00–20:00
Saturday: 10:00–18:00
Sunday: 10:00–18:00

2025
1 January, New Years Day: Closed
5 January: 10–18
6 January: Closed
18 April, Good Friday: 10–20
19 April, Passover: 10–18
20 April, Easter Sunday: 10–18
21 April: Easter Monday: Closed
30 April, Spring Bank Holiday: 10–18
1 May, Labour Day: 10–18
29 May, Ascension Day: 10–18
6 June, Sweden’s National Day: 10–18
20 June: Midsummer Eve: Closed
21 June, Midsummer Day: Closed
1 November, All Saints Day: 10–18
24 December, Christmas Eve: Closed
25 December, Christmas Day: Closed
26 December, Boxing Day: 10–20
31 December, New Years Eve: Closed

2026
1 January, New Years Day: Closed

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 13:00–19:00
Wednesday: 13:00–16:00
Thursday: 13:00–16:00
Friday: 13:00–16:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 13:00–16:00

Research services are open every other Thursday from 13:00 to 16:00.

To access the original materials managed by ArkDes, you need to book an appointment through the Research Services booking form.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00–17:00
Wednesday: 11:00–17:00
Thursday: 11:00–17:00
Friday: 11:00–19:00
Saturday: 11:00–17:00
Sunday: 11:00–17:00

The kitchen closes 30 minutes before closing.

Visit the museum

Exercisplan 4 ↗
111 49 Stockholm

Slupskjulsvägen 9
111 49 Stockholm

Plan your trip: SL website ↗

Bus 65 stops at ArkDes/Moderna Museet on Skeppsholmen.

Plan your trip: SL website ↗

The Blue Line (Kungsträdgården) is located approximately a ten-minute walk away from ArkDes.

The Red Line (Östermalmstorg) is also located approximately a ten-minute walk away from ArkDes.

Plan your trip: SL website ↗

The Djurgården ferry runs throughout the year from Slussen, stopping at Skeppsholmen.

Plan your trip: SL website ↗

ArkDes is located a ten-minute walk from Kungsträdgården, and twenty minutes from T-Centralen or Gamla Stan. To reach it, walk past the Grand Hotel and Nationalmuseum on Blasieholmen, which is opposite the Royal Palace. After crossing the bridge to Skeppsholmen, continue up the hill. You will find the entrance to ArkDes and Moderna Museet on your left-hand side.

Bicycle parking is available outside the entrance of ArkDes.

General parking is available outside the seaside entrance of Moderna Museet. A parking fee applies. Parking for disabled persons is available outside the main entrances of both ArkDes and Moderna Museet, as well as by Moderna Museet’s entrance facing the water. Taxis are permitted to stop outside the main entrance.

Practical information before visiting the museum

During 2025, there is free admission to the museum’s exhibitions. There may be a charge for guided tours and programs.

We offer booked guided tours in the museum for school students and the general public.

Click here to read about our school programs.

Click here to read about booked guided tours.

It is not permitted to bring jackets, umbrellas or larger bags into the museum. There are lockers and unattended cloakrooms in the entrance via Moderna Museet.

It is not allowed to bring food and drinks into the exhibition halls. You can find information about ArkDes and Moderna Museet’s restaurants and cafés here.

Accessible restroom with a changing table is located inside the auditorium foyer and in Café Blom. The doors are 90 cm wide. Accessible restrooms are also available at Moderna Museet.

You can find information about accessibility at the museum here.