Its galleries comprise around 10,000 square meters, and the museum attracts annually about 350,000 visitors.

The collections consist of more than 55,000 objects and artifacts, 1 200 shelf metres of archival records and documents, 200,000 drawings, 800,000 images and about 40,000 books.

Its present building is designed in the functionalistic style by architect Ragnar Hjorth [sv], and was opened in 1936.

)[2] The jury cited the museum's focus on inclusivity, calling it "the favorite place of all small geniuses.

The jury particularly cited the exhibition Megamind, for "its high quality design, total accessibility and basis of serious research and development of contents [that] reaches a new level in children’s museums.