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Guitars – the Museum
Music museum in Umeå, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guitars – the Museum is a museum located in downtown Umeå, Sweden. The museum is located in a brick building that previously hosted the school Vasaskolan. The building dates from 1904.[1] It shares the venue with a rock club, a restaurant, a music store and a record shop. The museum opened in late January 2014, in connection with the inauguration of the European Capital of Culture in Umeå.
![]() The museum photographed from Vasagatan in March 2014. | |
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Established | 2014 |
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Location | Umeå, Sweden |
Coordinates | 63°49′38″N 20°16′5″E |
Type | Music museum |
Director | Jonas Svedin |
Website | guitarsthemuseum |
The museum is run as a joint venture led by the people behind the music store, 4Sound, and the rock club, Scharinska, (which has retained the name even after the move from Scharinska villan to Vasaskolan),[2] whom also are behind the investments in the guitar museum.[3][4] Umeå municipality has supported the museum enterprise both through renovation and adaptation of the premises,[5] and with an annual co-funding of 2.4 million Swedish crowns during 2014 and 2015.[6]