Category: Museum i Stockholm
Skokloster Castle
The owner, General Wrangel, died in battle in 1676. About the Skokloster Castle Skokloster Castle, built in the baroque style between 1654 and 1676, is one of the mayor monuments from the period when Sweden was one of the most […]
Museum of Sigtuna
About the Museum of Sigtuna Sigtuna, a town founded on the shore of Lake Mälaren 1,000 years ago, was once Swedens most important city housing the royal courts, political contacts and center of the newly introduced Christianism. At this time, […]
Swedish Army Museum in Stockholm
The Swedish Army Museum is situated at Östermalm in central Stockholm. The Swedish Army Museum, or Armémuseum in Swedish, exhibits Swedens military history from the Vikings to the present. The displays include weapons, trophies and other objects related to the […]
Aquaria Water Museum
About the Aquaria Water Museum Aquaria Water Museum The Aquaria Water Museum in Stockholm exhibits living ecosystems, with water as a common factor. This museum is devoted to water, and after all Stockholm is a city that is dependant and […]
Nordic Museum – Swedish traditions and trends
Description of the Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum (Nordiska muséet), located on Djurgården in central Stockholm, displays the cultural history of Sweden from the 16th century until today. The collections include enormous amounts of objects like furniture, clothes, house hold-objetcs […]
Swedish Royal Armoury – Livrustkammaren
The Royal Armoury is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustav II Adolph when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved. Located in the cellars of the Royal Palace in […]
Vasa Warship Museum
The royal warship Vasa, built for King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, capsized just minutes after leaving Stockholm (The Old Town) on her maiden voyage on 10th of August 1628. More than 300 years later Vasa was removed from the water […]
Hazelius får sin idé
När Artur Hazelius, Skansens grundare, sommaren 1872 vid stranden av Dalälven ser en syn som han sett flera gånger tidigare, hur det kära dalfolket lägger ut sina kyrkbåtar för att fara till högmässan i Leksands kyrka, blir han varse att […]
Stockholmskortet: Konst och arkitektur
Stockholm är en av världens museitätaste städer. Och av sammanlagt hundra museer är cirka tjugo inriktade på konst och arkitektur. Det finns med andra ord en hel del att uppleva för den som är road av svensk formgivning, ur såväl […]