Restoration of the National Museum of Sweden

Swedish department of the state property management plans to close the National Museum in Stockholm for the restoration of seven years

Swedish department of the state property management plans to close the National Museum in Stockholm for the restoration of seven years. The museum should be converted, as well as to expand the exhibition space for up to two thousand square meters. The cost of the project, provisionally estimated at 75 million euros.

Some items from the national collection at the time of the works will be exhibited in other museums and galleries. However, the Minister of Culture of Sweden believes that the seven years - too long, so the final decision on this issue has not yet been taken.

The National Museum of Sweden, kept about 16 thousand paintings and sculptures created in the period from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of XX century. In addition, the collection has about 30 thousand pieces of decorative art and design, as well as 500 thousand pictures and samples of printed graphics.

Material prepared Onuchin Catherine, AI

Source: theartnewspaper.ru , artinvestment.ru

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