The natural history Museum of Gothenburg is located in the Park Slottskogen. Modern building, designed by architect Ernst Torulf, was opened on 9 July 1923. Founded as the Museum was October 31, 1833, by order of the Royal Institute of science and natural history, and for almost a century, the house served him former office of the East India company in the centre of Gothenburg (today it houses the City Museum). To date, the natural history Museum is the oldest Museum in the city.

The entrance to the Museum is located in the new part of the building, which is devoted to special projects and temporary exhibitions. There is also a lecture hall and a café where you can try food from natural and organic products not only visitors to the Museum, but just strolling in a Park townspeople. In the old part of the building there are permanent exhibits, basically, it models and stuffed animals and insects from all corners of our planet. Permanent exhibitions of the Museum largely not been updated since the early 1970-ies, so attentive visitors may notice some inaccuracies and shortcomings. For example, weak reclassification of species, or the mention of Angola as a Portuguese colony.

The most famous exhibits is the Malm whale and the African elephant. A young blue whale was found off the coast of the fjord Askim, in the South of Gothenburg in 1865. The African elephant was shot dead on 4 December 1948 in Angola current at the time curator of the Museum. The age of an elephant at the time was 45 years old, and weigh 6 tons. The manufacture of this piece took about three years. To date, the effigy of an African elephant at the natural history Museum of Gothenburg has been acknowledged as the best in the world.