What is 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.
People have carved and painted on rocks and in caves all around the world. Here in Tanum, people from the Bronze Age carved thousands of pictures on the smooth rocks in the landscape. This collection of images is so rich in content and so distinctive that it has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
One of the highlights when you visit the museum and the Tanum rock carvings are the guided tours in Swedish and English that take place every day during the summer season. If you prefer, you can walk on your own among the rock carvings. You can also go on a guided tour at night-time, when you can see the rock carvings by torch light. That is a really memorable experience! You and the whole family can go to the reconstructed Bronze Age farm and see how people lived 3000 years ago.
The Bronze Age farm
You can experience Bronze Age life on the farm in our reconstructions of longhouses from the Early and Late Bronze Ages. As a visitor, you can try various exciting craft activities during the summer season.
The sheep roam freely around the houses, while the pigs are kept in an enclosure behind the farm.
We also have cultivation projects where we grow genuine Bronze Age crops such as emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, millet, grey peas and broad beans. The farm is not only a historical reconstruction that is very much alive, but is also a centre for the museum's summer camp activities and an important part of our guided tours.
In the summer months, we arrange activities such as Bronze Age life and craft demonstrations.
For more information about dates and times of activities at the Bronze Age farm, go to:
Programme and activities at Vitlycke museum
If you would like to book a guided tour of the Bronze Age farm,
go to guided tours under the tab for visiting.
The exhibition: Images - Bronze - Stories
The exhibition takes you on a journey back through time to the Bronze Age world. You will meet Akaz, Nenna, Alawin, Glicc and Gläär - people we have re-created from archaeological findings in tombs and settlements.
In the story of their lives and adventures, you get a real insight into what life was like in Tanum 3000 years ago.
Rock Art shop
The Rock Art Shop is a beautiful, exciting and well-stocked museum shop. The books on sale cover everything from children in the Bronze Age and the wonderful world of rock carvings to modern research on topics such as archaeology, ecology, philosophy and religion.
