Torekällberget Open Air Museum, Open-air museum in Södertälje, Sweden.
Torekällberget is an open-air museum on the hill of that name in central Södertälje, opened in 1929 and divided into a Town and a Countryside. The Town is built around Tenngjutartorget with 18th- and 19th-century houses moved from Södertälje's centre, including the Strömstedtska huset, which holds the city museum. The Countryside holds Råbygården, the Nora windmill and the Lideby schoolhouse of 1862.
The open-air museum was inaugurated on 7 July 1929 on what was then Amerikaberget, led by Vilhelm Sjögren of the Östra Södermanlands Kulturhistoriska Förening. Its first buildings were Nora windmill from Mörkö parish and Råbygården farm from Grödinge. During the 1960s redevelopment of central Södertälje, 72 buildings were demolished and culturally valuable houses such as Solbackens café and Strömstedtska huset were moved here. The museum became municipal in that decade.
Visitors can watch craftspeople demonstrate traditional techniques and see how people organized their daily routines in rural Swedish communities. The seasonal events show the customs and celebrations that marked the rhythm of life in those times.
The site offers ample parking and accessible pathways so visitors of all abilities can explore the buildings comfortably. Guided tours in multiple languages are available on weekends to help you understand the history and daily routines shown throughout the museum.
The animal enclosures at "Landet" keep endangered Swedish landraces: Bohus cattle, Linderöd pigs, Roslag sheep, Gotland rabbits, Gutefår sheep and goats. The museum cooperates with zoos on conserving these breeds, so the farmyard doubles as a gene bank rather than a petting zoo.
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