Stockholm and the surrounding area offer so much to see and do, that even if you lived here for a few years, you would probably never see and do everything. Still, one can certainly try. So I have divided this section into a number of areas.
In this section, I will offer up comments about the museums I've gone to including directions on getting there using public transportation.
Millesgården - The Carl Milles Estate Museum - Carl Milles väg 2, Lidingö. - 08-4467590 - take the red Tbana line north to Ropsten. Go downstairs and take the bus #203 and get off at the front door. Carl Milles was one of Sweden's premier sculptors and this museum/estate provided me with one of my most memorable Stockholm afternoons. We arrived about 90 minutes before closing and wandered around among the impressive sculptures but the really neat part of the experience was sitting down at the lowest part of the terraced yards in the sun looking at the amazing artworks and glancing at the beautiful vista of water and land that spread out below. This really warrents a four hour visit, no sweat. Hours vary with season, current entry is 50SEK.
Swedish Museum of Architecture/Museum of Modern Art - Skeppsholmen. To get there, catch bus 65 near Sergalstorg, near the north exit of the Tbana stop at T Centralen. As an aside, Skeppsholmen means, approximately, ships island. It was a shipyard at some time in the past and also, according to my local contact, housed some sort of military installation. The reason I put these two museums together is because they have a common entrance and you can save money getting a pass to see both with a single 75Kr ticket. Both museums are well worth going to see. I personally agree with the person who said "90% or art is shit", but the 10% of cool stuff here I found really cool. After awhile the whole experience tends to overload the visual sense, but there are some real gems here. Of course, the 10% of cool stuff probably lies in the realm of subjectivity so I won't get into specific displays. The Arkitektur Museet has much of interest including models, plans and photographs from all sorts of famous and not so famous buildings around the world. There are also some interactive computer driven displays and a good bit of explanatory display about much of the work, some even in English. The displays in the Arkitectur Museet made me want to jump on a plane and look at some of the buildings described.
Nordisk Museum - Djurgarden
Vasa Museum - Djurgarden -