Åbergin museo, Comic and toy museum in Bålsta, Sweden
Åbergs museum is a comics and toy museum in Bålsta, in Håbo municipality, housed in a converted late 19th-century barn near Väppeby gård. Its rooms hold one of the world's foremost collections of Disney objects, mainly from 1928–1938, plus items linked to The Yellow Kid and other 20th-century comic characters.
Lasse Åberg founded the museum in 2002. It occupies a converted barn from the late 19th century near Väppeby gård in Bålsta, in Håbo municipality. The core of the collection is Disney objects mainly from 1928–1938, alongside items linked to The Yellow Kid, the first comic character.
The museum's name comes from its founder, the entertainer Lasse Åberg, who opened it in 2002. Its core is a toy collection of hundreds of objects from 1928–1940, one of the world's largest Disney-themed collections. Alongside it hang comic originals by Carl Barks, Tove Jansson and Robert Crumb, and comic-influenced art by Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso.
The museum occupies a converted late 19th-century barn near Väppeby gård in Bålsta, in Håbo municipality, about 50 km west of Stockholm. It is reached by commuter train to Bålsta station, then a short onward trip to the site. The building is a former farm barn, so visitors should expect a rural setting outside the town centre.
The museum's collection of objects tied to The Yellow Kid, the first comic character, is a detail many visitors walk past. The museum also holds comic-influenced art by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jim Dine, shown alongside original comic drawings.
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