Welcome to Smålands museum, Sweden's oldest provincial museum,
with collections dating from 1792. Its oldest building dates from 1885 and was designed by the leading Swedish architect of the era, F. W. Scholander, on the initiative of Växjö county governor Gunnar Wennerberg.
Smålands museum reopened in 1996 as Sweden's museum of glass following extensive expansion and renovations. Småland's cultural heritage and the history
of Kronoberg County are profoundly informed by the work done and the lives lived on its rural industrial estates, which are now primarily devoted to the production
of glass. The museum has nationwide responsibility for collecting, documenting
and exhibiting Swedish glass and its production.

The glass collection is the source of the museum's international reputation. In addition to glass of all types, the museum's collections includes objects of cultural historical significance, visual art, textiles, church furnishings, archaeological finds and agricultural history. The separate numismatic collection (swedish) is the museum's oldest. The permanent exhibits center on two themes, Småland's rural industrial landscape and five centuries of Swedish glass.
Temporary exhibitions (swedish) are mounted on design, glass, visual art
and cultural history.