Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm is one of two major natural history museums in Sweden (the other is located in Gothenburg). The museum was founded in 1819 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in order to make available to the public collections gathered by the Academy since its inception in 1739. The museum was separated from the Academy in 1965.

One of the first curator of the collection of the Academy of Sciences was Anders Sparrman, a student of Carl Linnaeus and one member of the expedition of Captain James Cook. Another big name in the history of the museum - a zoologist, paleontologist and archaeologist Sven Nilsson, who as curator of the museum in 1828 - 1831-ies resulted in the order of zoological museum's collection.

Today the Museum of Natural History, whose collection consists of nearly ten million exhibits, aims to promote knowledge about the natural world, inspiring people to take better care of our planet. His keepers and employees apply every effort to become a museum is not only the center of knowledge, but also became the most popular place for meetings and discussions both amateurs and experts. In this regard, the museum not only stores, expands and shows visitors a unique collection assembled over many years, and regularly conducts basic research.

Modern building for a museum in the area Freskati built by architect Axel Underberg and construction of the dome was completed in 1916. Later, next to the museum it was built by the University of Stockholm.

The Natural History Museum is a cinema IMAX, which is also the biggest planetarium in Sweden.