nordiska museet

NORDISKA MUSEET


Nordiska musset which translates to The Nordic museum, is a museum located in central Stockholm,Sweden. This is a museum with magnificent exterior and enticing interior. This museum includes the cultural work and its history of Sweden from 16th Century till now. This museum was built before with an other motive. This was first built for another purpose, but later it was used as museum. The founder of this museum was Artur Hazelius, who also founded open air museum Skansen. The part of the museum shown above is called onion dome. This is one of the famous tourist attractions in Stockholm. It has maximum amount of visitors as it is a easy and beautiful way of knowing the Swedish culture. This museum has over 1.5 million objects in its collections. They also have above 6 million photographs from 1840s to today. For the construction,brick and granite was used for the walls,while concrete was used for the roof. It takes its style from  Dutch influenced Danish renaissance architecture,buildings like Frederiksborg Palace. The museum research library contains 3,800 shelf meters of literature from 16th century on wards. The Swedes are immensely proud of their culture and heritage. That's why they protect and enhance their culture. This museum is the result of that thoughts of the swedes. The museum is open almost all days but timing might differ based on the conditions.The museum id free for 18 years our under but for rest it may contain a certain amount for sure. But those who like knowing the cultures and the history of the Swedish people and its country it is definitely a go to place. The place is worth visiting and people might get a idea and knowledge about Swedish culture.