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Museum of Gothenburg

Coordinates: 57°42′23″N 11°57′48″E / 57.70639°N 11.96333°E / 57.70639; 11.96333
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The City Museum of Göteborg (Gothenburg).

The Göteborg City Museum (Template:Lang-sv) is in the city centre of Gothenburg, western Sweden. It is located in the 18th-century East India House (Template:Lang-sv), originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices. The city museum was established in 1861.

The City Museum is a cultural history museum. It displays Gothenburg and West Sweden’s history, from the Viking Age to the present day. There is a permanent exhibition about the Swedish East India Company. However, the maritime history of Gothenburg has a separate museum of its own.

The museum is also used as a public forum for the Gothenburg Town Planners to display new ideas and visions of the city for the citizens.

57°42′23″N 11°57′48″E / 57.70639°N 11.96333°E / 57.70639; 11.96333