Kalmar Konstmuseum

About

Kalmar Konstmuseum serves Öland as a gallery, with its home at Stadsparken, Slottsvägen, 392 33 Kalmar, Sweden, placing it beside the parkland of Kalmar and within reach of the island's ferry crossing.

Visitors rate the gallery 4/5 across 280 reviews, a solid standing among the museums and galleries that draw people across the water from Öland. The exhibition programme covers art shown in a building that forms part of Kalmar's cultural quarter. For anyone based in Borgholm, Färjestaden or Mörbylånga, the gallery is a straightforward day trip by road and ferry, and Köpingsvik and Löttorp lie further north along the island's length.

The gallery opens Tuesday to Friday from 12:00 to 16:00, with Saturday and Sunday hours running 11:00 to 16:00. Its website, http://www.kalmarkonstmuseum.se/, carries the current exhibition listings and visitor information.

Öland's climate brings cool summers and cold, dark winters, so the busiest months for crossing to Kalmar fall between late spring and early autumn. Ferries and the bridge link the island to the mainland, making the gallery easy to fold into a day of travel. Rye bread, cured herring and lingonberry appear on local tables, and English is widely spoken alongside the Scandinavian languages, which helps visitors find their way to the gallery and back.