Skansen
Skansen (Swedish The hill ) is a Stockholm open-air museum in the western part of the peninsula Djurgården. It was originally created by Artur Hazelius as an annex to the Nordic Museum and opened in 1891 as the first museum of its kind. Skansen is an expression of national-romantic trends of this time and should bring closer to Sweden 's own, threatened by the onset of industrialization folk culture in the form of a living museum. The idea or task was securing, maintaining and preserving or re-erection and reconstruction of typical buildings and authentic objects and their equipment, facilities, furniture, equipment, tools, etc. The Scandinavian wooden architecture makes the displacement of entire buildings a little easier, but it has been successfully moved to Skansen also houses made of stone and brick.
Approximately 150 buildings from all parts of the country and from different social environments were transferred to the Museum of farms from different regions on a craft district and town houses, the Seglora Church and the School of Väla, huts of the peasants to the manor Skogaholm. The buildings are surrounded by the typical for the region flora.
From the beginning Hazelius also wanted to show the wildlife in Scandinavia. The camp of the seed was provided with a reindeer enclosure, and gradually created a zoo, which now includes about 300 animals mainly from the Nordic fauna.
Since Skansen is intended as a living museum, there are numerous activities in the museum buildings, the folk customs and traditions, and arts and crafts show. Highlight an example, include the glass factory, carpentry and metal workshop. These businesses are historically equipped and work with the methods of days gone by. Furthermore, also historical and national festivals are celebrated in the museum and the outdoor theater is regularly used for events such as concerts.
The name of the Stockholm museum has long been an internationally used name for plants of a similar kind, especially in Eastern Europe. Especially in the Baltic republics, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and western Ukraine, Hungary and Slovenia are " Skansen " (or more frequent in the notation " skanzen " ) is a popular attraction of tourism.
The annual and during the summer season at Skansen held på Skansen Allsång show ( " Sing Along at Skansen " ) has a very large audience and is broadcast on Swedish television.
Other open-air museums in Sweden
In addition to Skansen there are also museums with more regional focus.