Nordic Museum

Nordic Museum
Nordiska museet
The Nordic Museum as seen from Skansen
Map
Interactive fullscreen map
Established1873 (1873)
LocationDjurgårdsvägen 6–16 on Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates59°19′45″N 18°5′36″E / 59.32917°N 18.09333°E / 59.32917; 18.09333
Visitors237 964 (2015)[1]
DirectorSanne Houby-Nielsen
Public transit accessMetro: Karlaplan metro station
Bus: 44.
Tram: Djurgården Line
Ferry: Djurgården ferry
Websitenordiskamuseet.se
The main hall.
The museum building.

The Nordic Museum (Swedish: Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to begin in 1520) to the contemporary period. The museum was founded in the late 19th century by Artur Hazelius, who also founded the open-air museum Skansen. It was, for a long time, part of the museum, until the institutions were made independent of each other in 1963.

  1. ^ "Besöksrekord på landets museer" (PDF). Riksförbundet Sveriges museer. Retrieved 22 November 2016.