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Scared or prepared? An interactive show on the individual as a resource in crisis and war, past, present and future, made with Save the Children.
One station drops you into a long power cut and asks what you would do. Another makes you pick what matters most to have at home when a crisis hits. That is how this show works: you make the choices yourself.
It sits under the vaults of the Testsalongen on Armémuseum's entrance floor. It began as a container exhibition that toured upper-secondary schools in every Swedish region from 2022 to 2025, and the museum has reworked it with Rädda Barnen. A new section covers what is good to keep at home, how VMA public warnings work and what shelters are for. Films and audio stories let people describe their own crises: the Drottninggatan terror attack, the Hälsingland forest fires, the Second World War and the war in Ukraine.
Schools use it to teach Sweden's total defence, so it suits teenagers and anyone drafting a plan for their own home. It is included in museum entry: 140 SEK for adults, free under 19.
Look for
The power-cut station
Look for the station that sets you a long power outage and asks you to choose, step by step, what you would do.
The home-preparedness section
The new part shows what is good to have at home in a crisis, how a VMA public warning reaches you and what shelters are for.
The first-person stories
Films and audio recordings of people who lived through the Drottninggatan attack, the Hälsingland forest fires, the Second World War and the war in Ukraine.
Good for
- Rainy Days
- Teenagers
Skip if
You came for uniforms and cannons: this is decision stations, films and audio stories about crisis preparedness.
With kids
Under-19s get in free. The films and audio stories cover a terror attack, wildfires and war, so younger children may need an adult alongside.
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- Rädd eller bereddCourtesy of Army Museum (Armémuseum)
- Reflections through timePhoto: Karin Björkquist
- War of the corsetsJens Mohr, the Hallwyl Museum/SHM, CC BY 4.0
- Medieval FashionPhoto: Ola Myrin, The Swedish History Museum/SHM
- Army Museum (Armémuseum)I99pema / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska museet)Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)FriskoKry / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- NationalmuseumJacob Shaw / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet)Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0