Malmö – First, Best and Most Beautiful

Malmö Museum’s major new city-history exhibition takes you on a journey through 150 years of everyday life, struggle, crisis and creativity in Malmö—from industrialisation to a knowledge city. In 1870, Malmö became Sweden’s third-largest city and an important part of the country’s industrialisation. How did the city undergo such a rapid transformation from a provincial town on the edge of the realm into an industrial power? The exhibition is on display at Teknikens och sjöfartens hus, Malmöhusvägen 7.

150 years of Malmö’s history

The exhibition tells the story through universal events, objects and accounts spanning 150 years in Malmö. We do not stop at the rise and heyday of the industrial city, but move on through world wars, disasters and economic crises to what the city represents today: a bold, creative underdog that refuses to be subdued.

The exhibition tells one part of Malmö’s history:

Malmö grows 1870–1896
We are thousands 1896–1914
Higher wages and more bread 1914–1918
Sweden’s most modern city 1918–1939
Alongside the war 1939–1945
Towards brighter times 1945–1964
The city and capital 1964–1985
From collective to individual 1985–2018

If you have seen Malmö, you have seen the world