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Sights & Activities
Västerbottens Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.vbm.se
; Gammliavägen; 10am-5pm, to 9pm Wed)
The star of the Gammlia museum complex, the engrossing Västerbottens Museum traces
the history of the province from prehistoric times to Umeå today. Exhibitions include an
enormous skis-through-the-ages collection starring the world's oldest ski (5400 years old),
and an exploration of Sami rock art and shaman symbols. Of the temporary exhibitions, a
photographic portrayal of a single family through several decades, shot by Latvian photo-
grapher Inta Ruka, was particularly moving. Take bus 2 or 7.
Bildmuséet
GALLERY
11am-8pm Tue, to 6pm Wed-
Sun)
In its new home next to the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, this state-of-the-art modern-art
museum showcases the likes of
Right is Wrong
- four decades of contemporary art in Ch-
