Historical Center Overijssel has an extensive collection of visual material: photos, posters, old maps, drawings, films and much more. Image collections are a wonderful addition to our ‘paper’ archives. Sometimes visual material belongs to a particular paper archive, but often it also concerns individual acquisitions or stand-alone collections consisting entirely of visual material, such as a collection […]
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The Sassenpoort is a gatehouse in the city wall of Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1409 out of dimension stone, mostly trachyte and tuff, and restoration work was done in 1893-1898. The gatehouse is a rijksmonument and is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites. History The city of Zwolle experienced its heyday during the 15th century. It became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1407, and the […]
The Design Museum Den Bosch (previously: Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, SM’s) is a museum for modern art in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Focus of the Design Museum The Design Museum focuses on contemporary visual arts and design. It is specialized in ceramic art and jewelry. Modern visual arts like paintings will be exhibited by the Noordbrabants Museum, not by the Design Museum Design Museum Den Bosch looks beyond design. We show the influence […]
The Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St. John (Sint-Janskathedraal) of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, is the height of Gothic architecture in the Netherlands. It has an extensive and richly decorated interior, and serves as the cathedral for the bishopric of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The Building Interior of the crossing tower of St. John’s CathedralStatuettes on one of the cathedral’s flying buttresses Brabantine Gothic […]
Het Noordbrabants Museum is an art museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Collection Works from before 1925 The Noordbrabants Museum has ambitions to play a part on the national level. The permanent collection however, focuses on artifacts and artists with ties to the province. As regards the most famous North Brabant artists (Bosch, Van Gogh and the Brueghels), the […]
The Jheronimus Bosch Art Center is located in the former New St. James Church on Jeroen Boschplein in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the capital of North Brabant. Since 2007, there has been a permanent retrospective exhibition here on the life and work of the painter Jheronimus Bosch, who was born in the town. The venue is also used for concerts and conferences. The international […]
De Delftse Pauw was a pottery factory from the 17th century located in the north of the city Delft (in the Netherlands) on the Delftweg (close to the Schie). It was one of the few pottery factories which carry on the tradition of handpainted Delft pottery. It was taken over by Heinen Delft Blauw on 1 July 2018, but was declared bankrupt […]
The Nieuwe Kerk is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square (Markt), opposite to the City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis). In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. The […]
Mjellby Art Museum (Mjellby konstmuseum) is situated outside Halmstad, Sweden. There is an art gallery featuring exhibitions of diverse content – everything from 1900s modernists to current contemporary art. Mjellby Art Museum, also known as the Halmstadgruppen‘s museum, was established by the members of the Halmstadgruppen, whose work is often presented here in new formations. Here is a large permanent collection […]
The City Hall in Delft is a Renaissance style building on the Markt across from the Nieuwe Kerk. It is the seat of the city’s government as well as a popular venue for civic wedding ceremonies. Most administrative functions have been transferred to an office inside the Delft railway station building. Originally designed by the Dutch architect Hendrick de Keyser, it was heavily changed over […]
The Ropewalk is a building on the island of Lindholmen in southeastern Sweden. It is located within the naval base in Karlskrona. Dating from 1692, the rope factory terminated production in 1960 but in 2006, after renovation, it was opened to the public with exhibitions and demonstrations of ropemaking. With a length of some 300 metres (980 ft), the Ropewalk is Sweden’s longest wooden building. […]
The park is located next to the main road to Karlskrona, about 2.5 km outside the city center, a scenic excursion with cultural history buildings from different times and different places in Blekinge. Wämöparken and the coffee-cottage, was opened in 1910. There are 12 older buildings from Karlskrona and Blekinge county, which have been moved […]
The Oude Kerk (Old Church), nicknamed Oude Jan (“Old John”) and Scheve Jan (“Skewed John”), is a Gothic Protestant church in the old city center of Delft, the Netherlands. Its most recognizable feature is a 75-meter-high brick tower that leans about two meters from the vertical. History The Oude Kerk was founded as St. Bartholomew‘s Church in the year 1246, on the site of previous churches dating […]
Marinmuseum is a maritime museum located on Stumholmen island, in Karlskrona. It is Sweden’s national naval museum, dedicated to the Swedish naval defense and preservation of the country’s naval history. Collections Figureheads from Swedish ships are on display, including many that were made by sculptor Törnström, royal sculptor to the navy, who worked at the Karlskrona shipyard during the 1700s. These include the […]
Linköping Castle is situated at Linköping in Östergötland, Sweden. It stands opposite Linköping Cathedral (Linköpings Domkyrka). History Bishop Gisle of the Diocese of Linköping first built a bishop’s farm with a limestone castle in 1149. After King Gustav Vasa carried out the Reformation in 1527, the estate was converted into a royal castle. In the 1570s, King John III of Sweden (1537–1592) had the castle re-designed by Dutch […]
Östergötland’s museum is located at Raoul Wallenberg’s place, Gråbrödragatan / Vasavägen in Linköping . Activities ” The purpose of the Östergötlands Länsmuseum Foundation shall be to conduct and promote cultural heritage conservation and other museum activities as well as other activities compatible therewith, manage its properties and develop the museum activities ” . In addition to the exhibition and exhibition section, the county […]
In the Old Town neighbourhood wooden houses moved from other parts of Linköping together with cobbled alleys, yards and historic gardens all add to a living history experience. You will find craftsmen and shops, restaurants and cafés, and a large number of museums, which show everyday life in the old days. The nearby Vallaskogen nature reserve […]
The Swedish Air Force Museum is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the “Flyer Baron” founded his flying school in 1912. Malmen Airbase is home to the Royal Swedish Airschool operating SAAB 105 (SK60) jet trainers. Along with the Swedish Army Museum (Armémuseum) in Stockholm, Flygvapenmusem constitutes the government agency Statens försvarshistoriska museer (“Swedish Museums of […]
Wadköping is a visitor destination and open-air museum in central Örebro . With its wooden houses and farms, Wadköping depicts Örebro’s older buildings, urban environment and inhabitants. Here you will find museums, exhibitions, a café and restaurant, a wood lathe, a shop, a bakery and many other shops and crafts. The museum is named after Hjalmar Bergman’s fictional city Wadköping . The buildings in Wadköping Stage 1 […]
Örebro Castle is a medieval castle fortification at Svartån in Örebro County, Sweden. It was expanded during the reign of the royal family Vasa (House of Vasa) and finally rebuilt about 1900. Some of the rooms are used as classrooms for pupils from Karolinska gymnasiet. History The castle lies on an island in the river Svartån. The name of Örebro comes from the small stones (“ör”) […]
Väven is a cultural center in Umeå, Sweden located next to Ume River. Väven opened in late November 2014, the year that Umeå were one of the two European Capital of Culture. Culture fabric will include several cultural institutions that have been moved from other parts of town, as well as some new cultural initiatives. Building costs, the collaborations that have formed and the […]
Guitars – the Museum is a museum located in downtown Umeå, Sweden. The museum is located in a brick building that previously hosted the school Vasaskolan. The building dates from 1904. It shares the venue with a rock club, a restaurant, a music store and a record shop. The Collections The museum’s collections consist primarily of electric guitars from the 1950s and […]
Umedalen skulpturpark is an art exhibition and a sculpture garden in Umeå in Sweden. Permanently exhibited sculptures Untitled, granite, 2001, by Bård Breivik Black, Grey, Broken Sky and Palest Blue, 2010, ceramic tiles and steel, by Astrid Sylwan Forest Hill, 1997, plastic pipes, concrete, by Buky Schwartz The most lonesome story ever told, 1998, by Jonas Kjellgren Heart of trees, 2007, bronze and […]
Västerbottens museum in the Gammlia area of Umeå, Sweden is a county museum with responsibility for the cultural history of Västerbotten County. The museum consists of the Gammlia open-air museum, a ski exhibition (previously the Swedish Ski Museum), an exhibition of Fishing and Maritime (previously the Fishing and Maritime Museum), the popular movement archive of Västerbotten County and a […]
Bildmuseet is a contemporary art museum in Umeå, northern Sweden. History The museum was founded in 1981 by Umeå University and it exhibits Swedish and international contemporary art, visual culture, design, and architecture, sometimes along with historical art retrospectives. In conjunction with the exhibitions program it also arranges lectures, screenings, concerts, performances, and workshops. The exhibitions include internationally renowned artists, filmmakers, photographers, and designers, […]
The Malmö Mosque is the second oldest mosque in Sweden. It is located in Jägersro villastad, a neighbourhood in Husie, Malmö. It was inaugurated on 20 April 1984 and is administered by the organization Islamic Center. Adjacent to the mosque is a charter school, which is also run by the Islamic Center. There have been several attacks against the mosque, including […]
The Foteviken Museum is an archaeological open-air museum on the Höllviken peninsula in southern Skåne, Sweden. It contains a reconstruction of a large Viking Age settlement and a “viking reservation”, and visitors participate in living history reenactments; it also performs research and functions as the municipal museum of Vellinge Municipality and part of Fotevikens Kulturcenter, a group of cultural facilities on the peninsula. Facilities and programmes The museum […]
Moderna Museet Malmö is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Malmö, Sweden. It is a part of the state-owned Moderna Museet but has an independent exhibition programme. The museum was opened in December 2009. The main building of the museum originally held an electricity plant established in 1901. It was later transformed into an exhibition hall which housed the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary art […]
Saint Peter’s Church is a Brick Gothic church in Malmö, Sweden. Built in the 14th century as the main church of the city, it has been described as “the main Gothic monument within church architecture in Skåne”. The church was a spiritual centre during the Reformation, and was one of only a few churches in what was at the time […]
Malmö Castle is a fortress located in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. It is owned by the Swedish state and is managed by the State Property Agency. Malmöhus is part of Malmö Museum. History The first castle was founded in 1434 by King Eric of Pomerania. This structure was partially demolished in early 16th century [1], and a new one was built […]
The Öresund or Øresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway bridge across the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark. It is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe, running nearly 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait. The crossing is completed by the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) Drogden Tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager. The bridge […]
Lund Art Gallery is a municipal art gallery in Lund . It mainly shows Swedish and Nordic contemporary art, but every year one or more international exhibitions are also shown. The building was designed by Klas Anshelm and financed through a donation by Gamla Sparbanken to the city of Lund. As early as 1931, the bank decided to create a foundation to […]
The Museum of Sketches for Public Art is an art museum at Lund University in Sweden, dedicated to the collection and display of sketches and drawings for contemporary monumental and public art, such as frescos, sculpture and reliefs. The museum contains about 25,000 items, including sketches and contest entries by leading 20th-century Swedish artists such as Isaac Grünewald, other Nordic artists and foreign […]
Botaniska trädgården is a botanical garden in central Lund, Sweden, open to the public daily without charge. The 8 hectares site contains 7000 species of plants, of which 200 are found in the greenhouses representing nine different climate zones. It is owned and operated by Lund University. Its international identification code is LD. History The university garden has existed since 1690, at that time in […]
Kulturen is an open air museum in Lund in Lund, Sweden. Occupying two blocks in central Lund, Kulturen is Sweden’s and the world’s second oldest open-air museum after Skansen in Stockholm. It contains historic buildings, dating from the Middle Ages to the 1930s, set in gardens or cobblestone streets. The complete name of the museum is Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige.
Lund Cathedral is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was built as the Catholic cathedral of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. It is one of the oldest stone buildings still in use in Sweden. Lund Cathedral has been called “the […]