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Nobel Center – a home for Alfred Nobel’s unique legacy

In Alfred Nobel’s will, there is a clear vision to work for the greatest benefit to mankind. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has honored scientists, authors, and peace advocates who do just that. Nobel Center will be a home for their stories, at Stadsgårdskajen by Slussen in Stockholm.

The Nobel Prizes address issues that concern us all. They highlight achievements in science, literature, and peace that can fundamentally change our lives, shape societies, and spark both hope and debate.

An international hub for science, literature, and peace

Nobel Center will offer space for exhibitions, programmes, and experiences across the Nobel Prize’s various fields. It will feature an auditorium for lectures, scientific symposia, and cultural events of all kinds.

It will be a house for Nobel Prize laureates, experts, students, schoolchildren, and visitors from Sweden and around the world. Here, Nobel Prize laureates can meet young visitors to inspire interest and engagement in science, literature, and peace.

Nobel Center will be a warm and inviting place to explore the Nobel Prizes and their significance—historically, today, and for generations to come.

New exhibition: creating a home for Alfred Nobel’s unique legacy

On 15 January 2026, a new exhibition opens at the Nobel Prize Museum, focusing on an ongoing project: creating a home for Alfred Nobel’s unique legacy.

Gain insight into the architects’ work, visions, and challenges. Listen to environmental scientists, particle physicists, and educators reflect on the possibilities offered by the new building. Consider which questions and themes you yourself would like to explore.

The exhibition is on display 15 January–23 April 2026.

An image showing the new Slussen from above, with a purple marking along Stadsgårdskajen indicating the location where the new Nobel Center will be built.
Created by Dbox/Foster and partner.
Kailash Satyarthi at Nobel Prize Teacher Summit 2022.
Kailash Satyarthi at Nobel Prize Teacher Summit 2022.  © Nobel Prize Outreach Photo: Clément Morin
Two children in lab coats and safety goggles are conducting a chemistry experiment using a pipette.
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi

Facts about the Nobel Center

  • The Nobel Center will offer a broad range of public activities including exhibitions, school programmes, lectures and conversations about the major issues of the future. The public activities that are already being conducted around the world, digitally and at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm’s Old Town, will be further developed and scaled up for the opening of the Nobel Center.
  • The Erling-Persson Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation will be funding the construction together with The Nobel Foundation.
  • David Chipperfield Architects has been engaged to design the Nobel Center at Slussen in Stockholm. This is one of the world’s most respected architectural firms, which also became quite familiar with the public activities surrounding the Nobel Prize during the previous Nobel Center project. The local architect will be Sweco.
  • Construction of the Nobel Center is planned on the property designated as Södermalm 7:87 (Hamnmästaren) along Stadsgårdskajen, just east of Slussen on the northern waterfront of Södermalm island. The property is part of the existing detailed local plan for Slussen, which has gained legal force. The site was originally intended for an office building. The local plan includes clear and binding limits on the building’s design, for example in terms of maximum height and width.
  • The start of construction is scheduled to start in 2027 with an opening in 2031.