New Autumn Exhibition At The National Museum

I stopped yesteryear the National Museum today to run across their novel exhibition "Staging Power". Being the history buff that I am... I thoroughly enjoyed it! That existence said, at that topographic point is a lot at that topographic point for fine art lovers every bit well. The exhibition looks at "the fine art of ruling through art" inward the Napoleonic Era. It concentrates on 3 very similar (at the same fourth dimension different) rulers of the era... Napoleon, Czar Alexander I of Russian Federation as well as Carl-Johan of Sweden. Besides the grand portraits of the rulers as well as their families, the exhibition contains many bully artifacts from the rulers: uniforms, clothes, jewellery, letters, furniture, weapons, etc; You larn to run across how the ruling elite used fine art to select ability as well as how constant state of war formed this ideal. Some artifacts were particularly interesting to see... Napoleon's uniform alongside famous bicorne lid for example, every bit good every bit 1 of the aureate bay leaves from his coronation wreath.
This exhibition was formed through cooperation betwixt the National Museum as well as the Hermitage inward St Petersburg, Russia (where the exhibition volition hold upward side yesteryear side year). So many of the objects are from the Hermitage every bit good every bit on loan from museums all over Europe including France, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland as well as Poland. Sweden's manlike somebody monarch has besides graciously loaned the exhibition many artifacts from his personal collection.
The exhibtion is on display until the 23rd of January. The museum is unopen on Mondays, otherwise it opens at 11am as well as closes at 5pm, except on Tues & Thurs when it closes at 8pm. Entrance costs 120 SEK, 100 SEK for students as well as seniors. Youths nether xix brand it for costless every bit good every bit people alongside the Stockholm Card. To detect out well-nigh other exhibitions at the National Museum, depository fiscal establishment stand upward for their website (linked above) or read my terminal blog entry well-nigh the museum. The museum is located on Blasieholmen - inside walking distance from the Rival Hotel, otherwise the closest tube station is Kungstädgården (blue line).
Click here for data well-nigh other fine art exhibitions going on inward Stockholm this autumn, and here for information well-nigh other museums inward the city.
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