Bohuslän Museum

The Bohuslän Museum is a local museum in Uddevalla presenting collections about regional art, history, and nature across multiple floors. Its exhibitions feature interactive displays that showcase the character of this Swedish coastal area.

The museum was founded to preserve the history of Bohuslän, with archives tracing back to 1862. These collections document the lives of individuals, farms, societies, and the region's significant shipbuilding industry.

The museum displays maritime rock carvings that reveal how early inhabitants lived and worked along the coast. These artworks show the deep connection between the region's people and the sea throughout time.

The museum offers a large library with around 27,000 volumes and computer stations with searchable databases of historical records. Researchers and genealogists will especially benefit from these resources for finding information about the region.

The museum maintains a picture archive with around 150,000 photographs documenting the region across many decades. Working with an association archive, it also preserves records from about 1,700 local organizations dating to the mid-1800s.