The Research Department

The Nobel Museum’s Research Department was established in 2003. Its research activities deal with historical, cultural and social aspects of modern science, medicine, peace, literature and economy, as well as Alfred Nobel and his time, Nobel laureates and their works, and museology.

The Department consists of eight researchers. The Nobel Museum has a research library with places for guest scholars, museum staff as well as external visitors.



The Department organizes a series of multi-disciplinary colloquia on Monday afternoons during the Academic Year. This is a forum for Swedish and international scholars to present and discuss new research. Every spring, the Department invites an international scholar of excellence to give the annual Neale Wheeler Watson lecture. The Department also organizes conferences and symposia.

The Research Department publishes two series of publications: Archives of the Nobel Museum, and Nobel Museum Occasional Papers.

The Department collaborates with Swedish and international universities and research institutes, such as Yale University, The Humboldt University in Berlin, Medicinsk Museion at Copenhagen University, The Institute and Museum for the History of Science in Florence, and Deutsches Museum in Munich. The ongoing development of new collaboration projects across disciplinary and national borders is central to the Research Department, and it is in line with the cosmopolitan and multi-cultural profile of the Nobel Museum.