Guitars - The Museum

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Guitars - The Museum, the finest vintage guitar collection around. Welcome to Umea. Sweden. If you want to visit after 4pm (16:00) please make a reservation. Umea.
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Monday - Saturday guided tours at 1pm (13:00) and 3pm (15.00) - drop in. GUITARS. THE MUSEUM: THE FINEST GUITAR MUSEUM IN THE WORLD. Vasagatan. UMEA, the university town in northern Sweden, which has been selected as the European Cultural Capital for 2014, is home to one of the world’s finest vintage guitar collections. The collection of electric guitars and basses (some of which are valued at more than a SEK 1 million a piece) includes a Gibson Les Paul Sunburst and Switchmaster, a 1950 Fender Broadcaster (similar previously owned by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour), a couple of 1954 Fender Stratocasters and two 1959 Gibson Flying Vs and comprises over 500 pieces in total. It is the property and brainchild of twin brothers Samuel and Mikael Ahden who’ve both been collecting guitars for over forty years. Guitars, The Museum which is set to open in February 2014 will be housed over four floors in a modification of Vasaskolan´s premises, a building that will further comprise a live stage, a music shop, restaurant and bar. UMEA is well known as a musical hotspot having spurned popartists and rock groups like Refused, Cult of Luna, Trainspotters, Cleo, Invasionen, Tove Styrke, Caotico and Meshuggah as well as the successful nightclub Scharinska (which, incidentally, is to be re-housed in Vasaskolan), the Norrland Opera and the Umea Jazz Festival, one of the largest Scandinavian festivals for jazz. The guitar museum itself will be interactive and experience based and likely to accommodate around 30,000 visitors annually. Anna Olofsson, marketing manager for the municipality of Umea, said:
“There is no guitar museum of this kind anywhere. Being able to show off the collection is absolutely fantastic. The guitars are important elements in a culture that is shared by so many. In a peerless fashion, they speak of contemporary history and are very much in tune with Umeå´s local music scene. Furthermore, the museum is in harmony with plans for the Scharinska rock club, a music business and other operations coming to Vasagatan." Tourism in Umea is likely to experience a huge uplift in 2014 and Guitars - The Museum is currently in talks with some of the world’s most prominent musicians and pop-stars with a view to presentations and appearances at the venue. Europe:
Phill Savidge
Phill Savidge PR
http://phillsavidge.com
tel/fax +44 (0)208 348 0373
Mobile +44 (0)7887 584 242
[email protected]

Sweden:
Fredrik Fagerlund
www.guitarsthemuseum.com
+46(0)6325594
[email protected]

16/10/2026

NEWS IN THE WEB STORE. Order your The UÅ Colours Tee here:
https://guitarstheshop.com/sv/produkter/t-shirts/guitars-the-ua-colours-tee-large.html

Have a nice weekend!
GTM - t-shirt team.

09/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE - just in. During the Umeå Jazz Festival we will host a Pre-listening party to Drummer Extraordinaire Morgan Ågrens new album "Sorry I´m late, I saw a dog."

Check out the rig rundown here and keep your eyes open for the - soon to be posted - event in the museum bar. The Pre-listening will be Saturday 24th at 2pm.

Have a nice Weekend!
/ GTM - drum team.

A so called "gear rundown"😁 -a little thank you from me for the su...

28/09/2026

SAM & MIKE - The Museum Staff wish to congratulate you on your birthday today Monday 28 September. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

16/09/2026

DONATION. Stort tack till Sören Sandström som i dagarna har donerat denna mycket fina elgitarr av märket Hagström. Årsmodell 1961. Vi lyfter på hatten och tackar än en gång dig Sören för denna mycket storstilade donation. / GTM - guideteamet.

17/08/2026

STREET TEAM. Sam & Mike & Ford Roadster. Welcome to the museum! GTM - Rod Team.

25/07/2026

GUITARISTS OF THE DAY! - Sisters Viktoria Meugsi-Heuzr from Hungary and Veronika Heuzr from Helgum. Thank you for joining the guided tour and for rockin´out the garage. Welcome back anytime! / GTM - guide team.

24/07/2026

LASSE LYSTEDT and Umeå Jazz. Images of Ella Fitzgerald. Sonny Rollins. Satchmo and more - in progress. Welcome to the museum.

20/07/2026

GUITARISTS OF THE DAY! - Chihuahuas Bonnie (from Aneby, Smaland) and Majli (from Riala, Sweden) with guitar collector Sam and festival producer Geir from Bodö, Norway. Voff!

18/07/2026

METAL FRONTS. A couple of metal six strings for the weekend

16/06/2026

FEEDBACK. Gör gärna som Sandra från Tyskland. Skriv ner några rader om ert besök hos oss. Här ett exempel från Google. Det gör oss ännu bättre och speciellt känns det otroligt roligt att läsa era tankar om vår utställning. Best / GTM - guide team.

Adress

Skolgatan 59
Umeå
90329

Telefon

+46(0)90 58 090

Webbplats

http://www.guitarsthemuseum.com/

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