Fotografiska Stockholm is not only the world's most highly regarded museum dedicated to the wonderful world of photography. It is also home to a restaurant which has won international awards and was named Museum Restaurant of the Year 2017. A restaurant with sustainable pleasure and majestic waterfront views, a very cool bar and inspiring venues for diverse events and conferences. Moreover, we have a popular photography Academy and a shop well stocked with photography books. All gathered in the beautiful Stora Tullhuset, Stockholm’s old customs house from the 1910s.
The museum is centered on a network of world-leading photographers. Since its opening, Fotografiska has produced more than 190 exhibitions featuring the works of icons such as Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Sarah Moon, Nick Brandt, Ellen von Unwerth and Andres Serrano, as well as of countless young, promising photographers. By being responsible and taking a stance on controversial issues, Fotografiska helps build opinion and plays an active role in Swedish society. The museum's goal is simple, to inspire a more conscious world through the power of photography to bring people together, raise awareness and create positive change.
Fotografiska opened in Stockholm in 2010, but is now expanding with the opening of satellites in Telliskivii Creative City in Tallinn, Whitechapel in London and Park Avenue in New York. By establishing galleries overseas, Fotografiska hopes to reimagine the traditional museum experience and create meeting places where people are encouraged to hang out and socialize, be inspired, question the status quo and grow as individuals. Something happens when we experience art – we find our fellow human beings and we find ourselves.
