IKEA Museum
The IKEA Museum is a museum located in Älmhult, Sweden, that opened to the public on 30 June 2016. It presents the history of the furnishing company IKEA. It replaced IKEA Through the Ages (located in the Corporate Culture Center 'Tillsammans'), a smaller 800 m2 exhibition that showed 20 different room settings with IKEA furniture and objects.
IKEA Museum
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The IKEA Museum is a museum located in Älmhult, Sweden, that opened to the public on 30 June 2016. It presents the history of the furnishing company IKEA. It replaced IKEA Through the Ages (located in the Corporate Culture Center 'Tillsammans'), a smaller 800 m2 exhibition that showed 20 different room settings with IKEA furniture and objects.
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Exhibits
Exhibits
The permanent exhibitions of the museum are divided into four main sections: Our Roots Democratic Design IKEA Through the Ages The Many Sides of Ingvar Kamprad In addition, it hosts a number of temporary exhibitions. The museum hosts its collections, including a complete archive of its catalogues digitally on its website.
Building
Building
The IKEA Museum is in the same building where the first IKEA store opened in 1958. The store moved to a new location in Älmhult in 2012. At this time, work began on converting the store into a museum, with an original planned opening date of 2015. The conversion of the store was overseen by companies Wilkinson Eyre and Ralph Appelbaum Associates, along with local architect Uulas Arkitekter. The facade of the building was restored to recreate its original appearance, and the roof was replaced with the addition of a roof lantern. The museum has an area of 3500 m2. The museum also hosts a shop and restaurant, serving IKEA's famous meatballs. The IKEA Hotell, which opened in 1964, is located across the street from the museum.
The Museum of Furniture Studies
The Museum of Furniture Studies
In 2024, IKEA bought the defunct The Museum of Furniture Studies that was located in Stockholm and moved it to Älmhult.
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2016
IKEA Museum established.
2016
IKEA Museum is recorded from 2016.
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- 1.Ikea museum opens in Sweden celebrating firm's history – BBC News. BBC News.
- 2.IKEA Museum öppnar 30 juni i år. Allas.
- 3.Estes, Adam Clark. Let Me Take You On a Tour of IKEA's Bizarre Corporate Museum. Gizmodo.
- 4.Fessenden, Marissa. There is an Ikea Museum at the Company’s Headquarters in Sweden. Smithsonian Magazine.
- 5.Time travelling with IKEA catalogues 1951-2021 - IKEA Museum. WordPress på Azure.
- 6.Cha, Frances. IKEA museum set for 2015 delivery. CNN.
- 7.IKEA plans to open museum. The Daily Telegraph.
- 8.IKEA Museum. WilkinsonEyre.
- 9.Älmhult – IKEA’s cradle. Visit Småland.
- 10.Opam, Kwame. IKEA will open museum at original location in Sweden. The Verge.
- 11.IKEA Museum. Visit Småland.
- 12.Vadnal, Julie. What It’s Really Like to Stay in the IKEA Hotell in Sweden. domino. 12 April 2023.
- 13.Ikea köper möbler – vill att Älmhult ska bli globalt centrum för design. Sveriges Radio. 20 August 2024.
- 14.Moshizi, Tara. Ikea tar över möbeldesignmuseum. Dagens Nyheter. 20 August 2024.
- 15.Möbeldesignmuseum Stockholm flyttar till Älmhult. IKEA. 16 August 2024.
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