Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (The Marcus Wallenberg Hall) is a
vehicle
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museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
in
Södertälje
Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea ...
, in the
Swedish province
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of
Sörmland.
Background
The museum is situated on
Nyköpingsvägen, together with the head office of
Scania AB
Scania AB is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general indus ...
, alongside the lake Saltskogsfjärden, which the locals call ''Scaniasjön''.
The museum is named after the late financier
Marcus Wallenberg, Sr., who contributed to the development of Scania in the early 20th century. The ‘’Marcus Wallenberg-hallen’’ is Scania’s visitor centre.
Exhibits
A varied series of early
Vabis
Vabis was the abbreviation and later also trademark of Sweden, Swedish railway car manufacturer Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje, which translates ''Wagon Factory Limited Company of Södertälje'', established in 1891 in Södertälje. Vabis ...
,
Scania-Vabis
Scania AB is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general indus ...
and Scania vehicles can be found in the museum. Among other items,