Skansen (Stockholm)
Skansen ( Swedish for Die Schanze ) is a Stockholm open-air museum in the western part of the Djurgården peninsula . It was originally created by Artur Hazelius as an annex to the Nordic Museum and opened on October 11, 1891 as the second museum of its kind.
Exhibits
Skansen is an expression of the national romantic currents of this time and should bring the Swedes closer to their own folk culture, threatened by the beginning of industrialization , in the form of a living museum. The idea or task was the safeguarding, preservation and preservation or the re-erection and reconstruction of typical buildings and authentic objects, their equipment, facilities, furniture, devices, tools, etc. Scandinavian wooden architecture makes moving entire buildings a little easier, however, stone and brick houses have also been successfully relocated in Skansen. The Moragården shows the first house and the oldest building that have been moved to Skansen.
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Around 150 buildings from all parts of the country and from different social environments have been transferred to the museum: from farms from different regions to a craft district and town houses, the Seglora church and the school of Väla, huts of the farm workers to the Skogaholm manor. The buildings are embedded in the flora typical of the respective region .
From the beginning Hazelius wanted to show the animal world of Scandinavia as well. The Sami storage area was provided with a reindeer enclosure, and gradually an animal park was created, which today includes around 300 animals, mainly from the Nordic fauna. The Baltic Sea Science Center was opened in Skansen in April 2019 .
Since Skansen is intended as a living museum, there are numerous activities in the museum buildings that showcase folk customs and traditions, as well as handicrafts. Examples to be highlighted include the glass manufacture, joinery and metal workshop. These establishments are historically equipped and work with the methods of bygone days. Historical and national festivals are also celebrated in the museum and the open-air stage is regularly used for events such as concerts.
The name of the Stockholm Museum has long been an internationally used name for facilities of a similar type, especially in Eastern Europe. Especially in the Baltic republics, Poland , the Czech Republic , Slovakia and Western Ukraine , Hungary and Slovenia , "Skansen" (or more often in the spelling "Skanzen") are popular tourist attractions .
The show Allsång på Skansen (" Singalong in Skansen"), which takes place annually and during the summer season in Skansen, has a very large local audience and is broadcast on Swedish television.
Other open air museums in Sweden
In addition to Skansen, there are also museums with a more regional focus:
- Torekällbergets open-air museum in Södertälje is mainly dedicated to the Södermanland landscape .
- Cultures in Lund is devoted to southern Sweden, mainly Scania , Blekinge , Halland and Småland
- Jamtli in Östersund is dedicated to Jämtland and to some extent Härjedalen
- Gamla Linköping in Linköping shows a small town in Sweden about a hundred years ago
See also
Web links
- Official website (various languages)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 34 ″ N , 18 ° 6 ′ 13 ″ E