Sweden 2021 part XII - A petrol museum


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July 28th 2021
Published: February 7th 2022
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A little known, but very fascinating, museum Over the years we have visited many museums of various kinds. We have found that those that cover a very narrow theme often tend to be very good. In the town Älvsbyn we heard of one museum that seemed to fit the profile of covering a narrow theme - namely a petrol museum. That sounded odd but interesting. We decided to visit it. Strictly the mu... Read Full Entry



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There were objects everywhere and often there was a story behind the objects as well.
Not politically correctNot politically correct
Not politically correct

Not OK then, not OK now.
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Bosch

Spark plugs
Enamel signsEnamel signs
Enamel signs

Enamel signs for Mobiloil and OK
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Petrol pump

Old style petrol pump
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Esso extra motor oil



11th February 2022

Petrol museum
Cool!! I too enjoy these types of museums. There’s a flour museum in Minneapolis and a sex museum in Shanghai. Both are fascinating! Thanks for sharing the petrol museum.
12th February 2022

We love hearing of other theme museums
Thank you for the recommendations on other theme museums. I will look them up on internet and we might try to visit them one day. /Ake
12th February 2022

We agree completely
These small quirky museums are often the best. Thanks for taking us along. We visited a barbed wire museum in Texas and it was amazing. Eager to read about the one you plan to go to next year. My uncle was an executive at Texaco so it was fun looking at these items. The museum of Death & the Museum of Broken Relationships are worth visiting in LA. There is a very cool Pez museum in Burlingame, CA. Happy travels.
13th February 2022

Those museums sound interesting
I think we already knew of one of those museums. The others are new to us. I have copied links to them and if we are around any of them we'll try to schedule a visit. /Ake
13th March 2022

Personal Museum Tour
Wow, how fortunate you were to get your very own personal tour of this museum. I imagine you indeed got to learn much more from the owner himself. I enjoy off-the-beaten-track locations, so I'm sure I would have loved this too. Nostalgia often brings back lovely memories ?
16th March 2022

He told us a lot
He both talked about specific items and explained them and his own reasons for starting the collection in the first place. It was very interesting to listen to his stories. /Ake
6th August 2022
Mobil

A petrol museum...What a Gas!!!
Love the idea of this museum Ake. And best of all you had the collector turn up for your private tour. There is nothing better than the collector sharing his or her obsession and carrying one along with his or her vibe. So much more interesting than just turning up and looking. Reminds me of the Shell cards my Dad used to get me as a kid, and ones we immersed in country towns last year (war, fish & weird collectables). And also the 'surprise collection' blog I haven't got around to finishing. Ah the quirks of the obsessive collector...even better when it leads to their private museums...the World would be a duller place without them!
7th August 2022
Mobil

Some collections are increadible
I agree that it is fascinating to see some private collections. I can't understand where they find the time to acquire all the items in their collections. They must spend thousands of hours. In Stockholm I once visited a collection of historical medical litterature. It is possible that that collection is the largest in the world of its kind. It is not open for public though, I was invited by a lucky coincident. Also that time the collector showed me around. He explained that when he had a decent size collection doctors, professors of medicin and others started to donate their own relevant books to him. People working in the field of medicin bought books they found at auctions or in second-hand bookstores because they thought it was fun at the moment. Later on they didn't know what to do with them so they gave them to the collector. Some of them only had one or two, others had several hundreds. So once the collection was large enough it kind of grew on its own. /Ake

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