New attraction opens at Djurgården: the Baltic Sea Science Center

We’re super excited to be welcoming a new attraction to Djurgården: the Baltic Sea Science Center!

Since 2015, Skansen and BalticSea2020 have been working together to protect the future of the Baltic Sea. They soon came up with the idea of having an information center that could host interactive exhibitions and give the public and school groups the opportunity to go ‘under the sea’ via giant aquariums and education centers with labs. The Science Center started being built in autumn 2016 and now they are almost at the finish line.

The Baltic Sea is a unique inland sea. The mixture of freshwater and salt water makes for a unique body of water that can’t be found anywhere else in the world. The freshwater from the main body of water mixes with the salt water from the Atlantic and creates a difficult environment that only certain plants and animals can survive in. The Baltic Sea is also a local environment for over 90 million people. Over time, problems with overfertilisation, intensive fish farming and environmental toxins have become increasingly serious, and information, political decisions and cooperation between organisations and the public are needed to reverse the trend. Together with a number of other organisations and initiatives that have been working on this for a long time, the Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen is a piece of the puzzle.

The work carried out at the Baltic Sea Science Center has been designed in consultation with representatives from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Stockholm University and BalticSea2020. The cooperation of these groups guarantees that all the information on display will be based on facts, and that it will be updated as research develops. The team will be active even after the Center opens in April 2019, and will be responsible for external monitoring and working closely with the research community – other national and international stakeholders will also be involved. The aim is to create a world-class educational center, give visitors an insight into what is under the Baltic Sea and what we can do to solve it.

Admission to the Baltic Sea Science Center is included in your Skansen admission, and the Center will be partially open to the general public, with the classrooms and laboratories being saved for pre-booked school groups.

The Baltic Sea Science Center will open its doors on 12th April 2019.

If you want to read more about our work with sustainability, visit sustainable.royaldjurgarden.se/en

The Baltic Sea Science Center belongs to a partnership that promotes the protection of the Baltic Sea (17.17)

The Baltic Science Center promotes scientific knowledge and research that contributes to healthier seas (12.a)

The Baltic Science Center increases public awareness of sustainable lifestyles (12.8)