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Guitars - The Museum, the finest vintage guitar collection around. Welcome to Umea. Sweden.

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GUITARS. THE MUSEUM: THE FINEST GUITAR MUSEUM IN THE WORLD.
Vasagatan. Umea. Sweden.

UMEA, the university town in northern Sweden, which has been selected as the European Cultural Capital for 2014, is home to one of the world’s finest vintage guitar collections. The collection of electric guitars and basses (some of which are valued at more than a SEK 1 million a piece) includes a Gibson Les Paul Sunburst and Switchmaster, a 1950 Fender Broadcaster (similar previously owned by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour), a couple of 1954 Fender Stratocasters and two 1959 Gibson Flying Vs and comprises over 500 pieces in total. It is the property and brainchild of twin brothers Samuel and Mikael Ahden who’ve both been collecting guitars for over forty years. Guitars, The Museum which is set to open in February 2014 will be housed over four floors in a modification of Vasaskolan´s premises, a building that will further comprise a live stage, a music shop, restaurant and bar.

UMEA is well known as a musical hotspot having spurned popartists and rock groups like Refused, Cult of Luna, Trainspotters, Cleo, Invasionen, Tove Styrke, Caotico and Meshuggah as well as the successful nightclub Scharinska (which, incidentally, is to be re-housed in Vasaskolan), the Norrland Opera and the Umea Jazz Festival, one of the largest Scandinavian festivals for jazz. The guitar museum itself will be interactive and experience based and likely to accommodate around 30,000 visitors annually.


Anna Olofsson, marketing manager for the municipality of Umea, said:
“There is no guitar museum of this kind anywhere. Being able to show off the collection is absolutely fantastic. The guitars are important elements in a culture that is shared by so many. In a peerless fashion, they speak of contemporary history and are very much in tune with Umeå´s local music scene. Furthermore, the museum is in harmony with plans for the Scharinska rock club, a music business and other operations coming to Vasagatan."

Tourism in Umea is likely to experience a huge uplift in 2014 and Guitars - The Museum is currently in talks with some of the world’s most prominent musicians and pop-stars with a view to presentations and appearances at the venue.

Europe:
Phill Savidge
Phill Savidge PR
http://phillsavidge.com
tel/fax +44 (0)208 348 0373
Mobile +44 (0)7887 584 242
[email protected]

Sweden:
Fredrik Fagerlund
www.guitarsthemuseum.com
+46(0)6325594
[email protected]

Mission

Grand Opening. Feb 2014.

Products

Vintage guitar collection. Concerts. Food & drinks. Music retail store. Exhibitions. Djs. Live acts. Photo studios. Recording studios.

Address: Västra Norrlandsgatan 30 Vasagatan 20 , Umeå 903 29, AC, SE
Phone: +46 90 580 90
moc.muesumehtsratiug@kirderf
City: Umeå
Zip Code: 903 29


Opening Hours

Monday: 10:00-00:00
Tuesday: 10:00-00:00
Wednesday: 10:00-01:00
Thursday: 10:00-01:00
Friday: 10:00-02:00
Saturday: 10:00-02:00


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Mycket bra museum för musikintresserade. Den guidade turen var väl värd pengarna och guiden hade mycket intressanta och roliga historier att berätta om flera av gitarrerna.
Ett fantastiskt museum. Rekomenderar det starkt
Hade en guidad visning med en av bröderna. Det var mäktigt att höra den personliga berättelsen om hur dom skaffat sig gitarrerna och deras möten. Kul även om man som jag är helt ointresserad av gitarrer.
Fantastisk samling gitarrer och fantastisk story hur samlingen blev till. Öppet Måndag - Lördag klockan 12-18:00. Tre guidade turer varje dag klockan 12 & 15 & 17:00 - drop in.
super bra museum även om du inte har ett stort intresse för gitarrer. Passa på att gå med på den guidade visningen.
Detta museum är värt ett besök även om man inte har elgitarrer som sitt största intresse. Delta i den guidade turen!
Fantastiskt museum.Ett måste för alla som gillar musik.Förutom alla gitarrer finns det massor av foton och annat som har med musik att göra.Missa inte
Helt fantastiskt
Helt fantastiskt! Vilken gedigen samling av gitarrer och basar.
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