The museum is located in the Strykjärn (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of Norrköping.
[1][2][3] The museum documents work and everyday life by collecting personal stories about people's professional lives from both the past and the present.
[4] Since 2009, the museum also houses the EWK – Center for Political Illustration Art, which is based on work of the satirist Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004).
The exhibition also consisted of presentations of the working life museums in Sweden and a number of rooms with themes such as: leisure, world, living and consumption.
The exhibition consists of materials that are designed based on conversations between young people and researchers around Sweden.