Volvo Museum
In February 2010 my girlfriend and I were on a roadtrip in Denmark and Sweden. Of course we visited the Volvo Museum in Arendal (near Gothenburg, Sweden). Here are some pictures I took there, unfortunately not all pictures are really good but you’ve got a nice impression of the museum. If you’re in Sweden you really should visit the Volvo Museum, it’s really nice and there is also a nice merchandise-shop which isn’t expensive (the books and goodies are pretty cheap).
Volvo Museum 2010
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The road to the Volvo Museum | A Volvo building |
Again the road, with a lot of snow | The entrance of the Volvo Museum |
The Volvo genealogy | Volvo T43 tractor |
The Volvo ÖV4 (Jakob), Volvo’s first car | The closed version of the OV4: Volvo PV4 |
Dashboard and interior of the Volvo PV4 | Volvo PV651 |
Volvo Your Concept Car (YCC) | At that moment the ropes were removed so it was possible and allowed to take a picture of the interior of the YCC |
Again the dashboard of the Volvo YCC | The YCC upholstery, which is exchangable with other covers (the car is designed by women, you could expect this kind of features) |
The Volvo VESC concept car | Front of the Volvo VESC |
Volvo VCC | The kids corner of the Volvo Museum: a Volvo V50 with some paintings |
The Volvo V50 at the kids’ corner also has a dual dash | The Volvo TR704 taxi |
The very small Volvo Tandem Concept Cars (TCC) | The red Volvo TCC |
Rally-versions of the Volvo Amazon and 544 | Volvo SCC at the Volvo Museum, the C30 is based on this concept car |
The front of the Volvo SCC | The Volvo S40 for the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) |
Volvo PV831 taxi (aka: the Sow) | The Volvo PV52 |
Volvo PV654 | The Volvo PV60 which was a gift for King Carl Gustav’s 50th birthday |
Volvo PV56 | The PV36 aka Carioca |
The Volvo Philip prototype | Volvo P1900 |
Dashboard of the Volvo P1900 | Volvo P1800 Rocket prototype |
The Volvo P1800 Jensen, as seen in The Saint | Headlight washer system on a Volvo P1800 |
The Dutch corner of the Volvo Museum, with the Volvo 66, 480 ES, 343 Special and a 440. All cars were produced in Born | Volvo LV28 light truck |
Volvo LCP 2000 concept car | These seats are a lot bigger than it looks on the photo |
The Volvo ECC prototype, the S80 is based on this concept car | Volvo Duett |
Volvo VCC | A Volvo C70 Touring Car scale model |
Volvo Amazon of the Swedish Police | Volvo Amazon P120 |
A model of the Volvo Amazon | The Volvo ACC prototype, which should become the XC90 |
The Volvo ACC2 concept car, based on the V70 | The front of the Volvo ACC2 |
Volvo 940 saloon | A nice Cream Yellow Volvo 850 T-5R |
The Volvo 850 Estate BTCC | A scale model of the Volvo PV 831 |
Volvo 780 | Volvo 760 GLE |
A Volvo 700-series car at a crash test | A Volvo 480ES and a 440 at the Dutch corner |
Volvo 480 Cabrio prototype | Volvo 343 rally-version |
Volvo 343 Special | Volvo 263 fastback prototype |
A two-tone Volvo 262C and a 240 Polar Italia | The Volvo 242 Group A touringcar |
A 1979 Volvo 244 Turbo, owned by Gyllenhammar | Volvo Amazon Combi |
Volvo 3CC concept car | And that’s how dirty my good old 850 became after 5000km travelling trough snow, storms and a lot of sprinkled salt |
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Visiting the Volvo Museum
If you want to visit the Volvo Museum, here is some useful information:
Opening hours:
– Tuesday–Friday 10 am – 5 pm (closed on Monday)
– Saturday–Sunday 11 am – 4 pm
– Wednesday 10 am – 6 pm
– Public holidays: closed
– June, July and August: Monday 10 am – 5 pm
Entrance:
– Adults: 50 kr
– Children: 6-12 years 20 kr
– Family: 100 kr
– Free entry for Göteborgspasset
– Free parking.
Adress:
Volvo Museum
Arendal skans
405 08 Göteborg
How to get to the museum
By car: from the E6, E20, 40 or 45: drive towards Hisingen and then take road 155 (Öckerö/Torslanda). Follow the signs to Volvo Arendal and Volvo Museum.
By bus/tram: Take tram 5, 6 or 10 to Eketrägatan. Change to bus 32 towards Volvo Torslanda via Arendal. Bus stop Arendal Skans. Follow the signs to Volvo Museum which is 100 meter by the sea from the bus stop.