Museums

The Eko Museum in the Ätran valley is our biggest museum and covers the whole of the Ätran valley between Falköping and Ulricehamn. The area has 80 different visiting points, all of which depict "Agriculture over 6,000 years". The visiting points include nature reserves, inns, a prehistoric village, mills, rune stones and burial grounds.
A complete brochure about the Falbygden/Ätradalen Eko Museum is available at the visiting points and from the Tourist Office.

Kronogården at Trädet, one of the visiting points at the Eko Museum, is a 19th century farm with an agriculture and brewery museum, a nature exhibition and a walking area, cafe. Open every Thursday, May 18 - August 31, 6 pm - 8 pm.

Ulricehamn Museum is housed in the town´s first school, which dates from 1868, and depicts different eras in the history of the community. The basic exhibitions include costumes, crafts, an ironmonger´s, a grocery store, toys and the self-sufficiency of the agricultural community. During the year temporary exhibitions are arranged and this summer there is a crafts exhibition. The museum is open on Tuesday 12 noon - 4 pm, Thursday 12 noon - 6 pm and Sunday 2 pm - 6 pm. No admission fee.
Tel. +46 321 272 39.

Ulricehamn Art and East India Museum is housed in the old railway station in the centre of the town. Displays include Chinese ceramics from 2,500 BC through to the beginning of the 20th century. The museum also houses a small art department. Open: Sundays 1 pm - 6 pm. Admission 20 kronor. Tel. +46 321 150 90.

Hålvägarna at Timmele is a site worth seeing where the bridle path passes through a 4.5 m deep gorge.

The Sten Sture Monument at Skotteksgården is a reminder of the battle on the Åsunden ice in 1520 when Sten Sture the younger was so badly wounded that he died shortly after.