Museums and collections
Arkivcentrum Syd
Large parts of southern Sweden’s cultural heritage are stored in the archives at Arkivcentrum Syd. Lund University, the Regional State Archives in Lund (Landsarkivet), the Regional Archives (Regionarkivet) and the Lund City Archives (Lunds stadsarkiv) are all based in this building, which has reading rooms with around 70 seats and over 450 000 shelf metres of archival material.
Arkivcentrum Syd website (in Swedish) – Find Arkivcentrum Syd on Google maps
University Archives
At the University Archives (Universitetsarkivet) you can find documents from the University’s foundation in 1666 to today. The archives are open to the public.
University Archives on the Lund University staff pages
Folk Life Archives
Most aspects of people’s way of life and customs and traditions are documented in the Folk Life Archives (Folklivsarkivet), which are Sweden’s oldest archives of traditions. The archives also include the Skåne music collection, which documents folk music from Skåne.
University Library exhibitions
Besides its extensive library activities, the University Library also puts on regular exhibitions.
University Library exhibitions on the library website
Lund University art collection
The University’s art collection is composed of paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings. It contains works from the 15th century to the present day, with an emphasis on Swedish 19th and 20th century art. Dutch 15th century art is also well represented and the collection also includes high-quality modern Chinese art.
The extensive collection of drawings and engravings comprises around 1 500 works and spans six centuries. It includes works by masters such as Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn.
The collection is primarily available for research and academic teaching, but parts of it have been displayed to the public at various times, including at Kulturen in Lund.
A number of the most important works of art in the collection are on permanent display in Gamla Biskopshuset in Lund.
Contact information
University Museeum
Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson,
Chairman of the Lund Universitety Historical Society
Charlotte [dot] Erlanson-Albertsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
Visiting adress:
Lindforska huset,
Kulturen i Lund
University Archive
universitetsarkivet [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 1670
Visiting adress:
Porfyrvägen 20, Lund
Folk Life Archives
etn [at] etn [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 4373
Visiting adress:
Porfyrvägen 20, Lund
Lund University art collection
Emma Jönsson
emma [dot] jonsson [at] skissernasmuseum [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 83 88
