Visit Stockholm - One of the Great Museum Cities For a Weekend Cultural Break

Whether your interests lie in natural history,visiting this particular gallery, you will be taking in
modern art or music, Stockholm is bound to havethe oldest art museum in all of Sweden.
a museum for you as you enjoy holidays inBut Stockholm has plenty to offer if present-day
Sweden.art is more to your liking. The Moderna Museet is
And one cultural institution that may provededicated to modern art and includes pieces by
particularly captivating to those of you visiting theseveral Swedish artists such as Vera Nilsson and
Swedish capital during weekend breaks is theSiri Derkert, as well as paintings by Pablo Picasso,
Stockholm City Museum.Salvador Dali and Austrian Oskar Kokoschka.
Located in the Slussen part of the city, theIf you love nature then you may want to make
largest municipal museum in Sweden offers asure that you stop off at the Swedish Museum
wide variety of paintings, photographs and otherof Natural History. With exhibitions covering
cultural artefacts which are just waiting to beeverything from dinosaurs to marine life, there is
discovered. By taking in the cultural institution, youplenty to take in. The Vasa Museum also comes
are sure to develop a deeper understanding ofhighly recommended as one of the most popular
Stockholm's fascinating past.museums in Sweden and displays the only almost
And even the outside of the museum shouldfully intact 17th century ship ever salvaged - a
prove something that culture vultures will want tomust see for anyone with a maritime interest.
take in, as it is housed in a stunning 17th centuryOther museums and art galleries that are well
palace.worth a visit during the course of your weekend
If you're particularly keen to take a step back inbreak in Stockholm include the National Museum -
time during your weekend break in Stockholmwhich features works by the likes of Rembrandt,
then you should put the Museum of Antiquities ofGoya and Rubens - and the Toy Museum.
Gustav III on your list of must-sees.Meanwhile, the Stockholm Music Museum contains
Located in the north-east wing of the Royala number of traditional Scandinavian folk
Palace, you can take in a number of the classicalinstruments such as hurdy-gurdies, as well as
sculptures purchased by the Swedish king duringmodern musical equipment like drum machines.
the late 18th century. Admission is free and by