About Vitlycke museum

Welcome to Vitlycke Museum and the Tanum rock carvings in Bohus county. We offer you unique insights into the Bronze Age world and a great experience for the whole family. Be amazed by the cultural landscape from 8,000 years ago and the enigmatic treasure of images that have been included in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

There has been a museum at Vitlycke since 1976 when the Tanum Rock Carving Institute was built and still today we’re an experience and knowledge center for the Tanum World Heritage area.

In January 2007 the Municipality of Tanum started a preschool for 1 – 5 year-olds at Vitlycke Museum. The preschool is a long-term collaboration between two organizations – Västarvet/Vitlycke Museum and Tanum Municipality. Exchange and cooperation take place at both organizational level and among the staff and the aim is to give the preschool a natural and cultural heritage profile.

Swedish Bronze Age rock art constitutes one of the world’s most interesting and best preserved prehistoric legacies. Rock art has been a major research focus in Sweden for almost 200 years. Recently, research and public interest in rock art has increased considerably.

Vitlycke Museum cooperates as a partner with the Foundation for Documentation of Bohus County Petroglyphs, which works for the reproduction and therefore the preservation of the pictorial treasure that exists in the form of rock carvings in Bohuslän.