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HISTORY OF NATIONALMUSEUM It was built in 1866 as a public museum to a design by architect Friedrich August Stüler. His conviction that architecture and ornamentation could improve the art experience is central to the Nationalmuseum building. The halls vary in size, décor, colour and lighting. BACKGROUND TO THE RENOVATION Over the decades, the museum has been reorganised and adapted to meet expanded operational needs. The building has, however, never been renovated and no longer meets current international standards of safety, climate, fireproofing, working environment and logistics for the public. The refit will enable modern operational and regulatory requirements to be me. THE COLLECTIONS The collections comprise around 700,000 objects – historical paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphic art, as well as applied art and design up to the modern day – built up from royal art collections that have been bequeathed to the state. Up until the 1990s, whole collections were gradually transferred to other parties, forming the basis for or becoming part of museums such as the Swedish History Museum, the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities and Moderna Museet. THE MUSEUM’S OBJECTIVE Nationalmuseum, incorporating Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, is a government authority that falls within the remit of the Swedish Ministry of Culture. Our mission is to preserve the nation’s cultural heritage and promote art. Our task is to focus on preservation, public access and expertise. Before its closure for refurbishment, the museum on Blasieholmen received around 400,000 visitors a year. During the summer period around a third of those visitors came from countries other than Sweden. The new Nationalmuseum will offer the potential to double visitor numbers.
www.nationalmuseum.se NATIONALMUSEUM COLLABORATES WITH SVENSKA DAGBLADET, FÄLTMAN
Moving Carl Larsson’s Midwinter Sacrifice into storage. Area almost 90 square metres.
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MALMÉN AND GRAND HÔTEL STOCKHOLM
THE FUTURE @ NATIONALMUSEUM
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ABOUT THE PROJECT The government has given the green light for the refurbishment of Nationalmuseum.
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I am pleased to say that we can now begin the much needed renovation work at Nationalmuseum, which will enable the museum to continue its active participation in the international art scene. FEBrUAry 2012, LENA ADELSOHN LILJEROTH
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The collections and museum activities will be relocated for the duration of the renovation work, with collaborative touring exhibitions, temporary gallery spaces and increased loaning of artworks forming the basis for continued public access – both in Sweden and abroad. The refit will pave the way for a modern museum that works in harmony with the listed building that houses it. The new Nationalmuseum will be a user-friendly and open museum for art experiences on a large and small scale – all in a building that is sustainable in the long term. This refit will finally make the museum building better equipped – both to welcome the public and to take care of the artistic treasures contained in the collections.
renovation of Nationalmuseum, Sweden’s leading museum of art and design. ADMINISTRATION National Property Board Sweden. ARCHITECTS Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB and Wikerstål Arkitekter AB. TIMETABLE Until spring 2014, preparations plus relocation of museum activities and collections, while the National Property Board draws up the designs and construction documents . SPRING 2014 – WINTER 2016 RENOVATION WORK Museum activities resume in 2017. CLIENT Government. COMPLETION PLANNED FOR 2017. TASK
ART ON TOUR – A SELECTION
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AN EXCITING PHASE AWAITS During the years until the reopening of Nationalmuseum’s newly renovated building on Blasieholmen in the heart of Stockholm, we will be increasing our collaborations with museums and other partners across the country and internationally. We are now in a position to show off the collections in different locations and we are proud that so many partners want to put the works on display. One task of Nationalmuseum is to promote interest in art and artistic life in Sweden. A number of museums across the country will be hosting our exhibitions alongside their own regional art collections.
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SLOW ART
Even while the museum building in Stockholm is temporarily out of action, we will continue to fulfill our purpose of meeting the public and stimulating interest in historical art as well as applied art and design up to the modern day. From our temporary base at the royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts at Fredsgatan 12, we will be offering exhibitions and events for old and young alike. We also continue to exhibit a wide range of artworks at around 10 historic castles and palaces in Sweden. We are also planning a temporary venue in Stockholm specifically to display and reflect our collection of applied art and design for the duration of the renovation work. Alongside this, we will be working with Jämtland’s county museum, Jamtli, to establish a Nationalmuseum North in Östersund that will open in 2017, at the same time as the new Nationalmuseum.
2013 The Four Seasons, Jamtli, Östersund. Carl Larsson – Friends & Enemies, Nationalmuseum’s first exhibition in its temporary home at the royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm. Until 3 November 2013. Nordic Art – The Modern Breakthrough, Munich, Germany. Anders Zorn, San Francisco, USA. Slow Art, Falkenbergs museum, Falkenberg. André Le Nôtre 1613–2013, Château de Versailles, France.
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To find out details and dates, visit www.nationalmuseum.se
ANDERS ZORN
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We intend to keep welcoming all our visitors!
BERNDT ARELL
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2014 Near & Far, Västerbottens museum, Umeå. Will run for the whole year as part of European Capital of Culture 2014. Exhibition on the Baroque in partnership with Kulturhuset, Stockholm. The Four Seasons, ystads konstmuseum, ystad. A Painted History, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gothenburg. Slow Art, länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle. The Artist’s Trade, Jönköpings läns museum, Jönköping. Alexander Roslin, Enschede, Netherlands. Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Painting, Budapest, Hungary. Pehr Hilleström, Helsinki, Finland. Design NOW, Västerbottens museum, Umeå.
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DIrECTOr GENErAl NATIONAlMUSEUM
ALEXANDER ROSLIN
CARL LARSSON
