Editing Museum of Work (section)

== Overview ==
The museum is a national central museum with the task of preserving and telling about work and everyday life. It has, among other things, exhibitions on the terms and conditions of the work and the history of the industrial society. The museum is also known to highlight gender perspective in their exhibitions.

The work museum documents work and everyday life by collecting personal stories, including people's professional life from both the past and present.<ref>[http://www.arbetetsmuseum.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&catid=&Itemid=149 Vi samlar på berättelser – Forskning & bibliotek], hämtat 2013-10-23</ref> In the museum's archive, there is a rich material of memory collections and documentation projects – over 2600 interviews, stories and photodocumentations have been collected since the museum opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arbetets museum – Samlingar & Forskning|url=https://www.arbetetsmuseum.se/samlingar-forskning/|work=arbetetsmuseum.se|access-date=2017-11-24|language=sv-SE}}</ref>

The museum is also a support for the country's approximately 1,500 working life museums that are old workplaces preserved to convey their history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arbetets museum – Arbetslivsmuseer|url=https://www.arbetetsmuseum.se/arbetslivsmuseer/|work=arbetetsmuseum.se|access-date=2017-11-24|language=sv-SE}}</ref>