Östergötlands Museum is Linköping’s main regional museum, with collections that range from local history and archaeology to art, design, and photography. It gives useful context to a city that many visitors otherwise experience only through the cathedral and old town.
The museum is a good choice when you want to understand the wider province, not just tick off Linköping’s prettiest streets. Its strength is breadth: enough art for a gallery visit, enough history to explain the region, and enough changing exhibitions to justify checking what is on.