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Ajtte Svensk Fjall och Samemuseum [Ajtte Swedish Mountain and Saami Museum]
| [Ajtte Swedish Mountain and Saami Museum] | |
| Website: | www.ajtte.com |
| Address: | Kyrkogatan 3, PO Box 116, S-962 23 Jokkmokk |
| Telephone: | +46-971-170-70 |
| Fax: | +46-971-120-57 |
| Year of foundation: | 1983 [museum opened 1989] |
| Collections: | Illustrates life in the mountain areas of northern Sweden, particularly among the Saami, with an ecological approach. The Department of Saami Culture and Research studies the prehistory and history of the Saami. A Nordic botanical garden was opened in 1995 |
| Publications: | <em>The Saami: people of the sun and wind</em> (Kuoljok and Utsi, 1993) |
Andree Museum
| Website: | http://andree.grm.se |
| Address: | PO Box 82, 563 22Granaa |
| Telephone: | +46-390-410-15 |
| Fax: | +46-390-102-75 |
| Year of foundation: | 1977 |
| Collections: | Memorial to the Arctic explorer Salomon August Andree (1896, 1897). Houses artefacts found on Danes Island in 1930. Archives include photographs of the expedition left undeveloped for over 30 years. |
Etnografiska Museet
| Website: | www.etnografiska.se |
| Address: | Djurgardsbrunnsvagen 34, S-115 27, Stockholm |
| Year of foundation: | 1880 |
| Collections: | Includes materials collected on Cook's and Nordenskjold's expeditions. Also archaeological materials collected from Disko Bay area, West Greenland, by Christian Pfaff (1854-76). |
Goteborgs Etnografiska Museum
| Address: | Norra Hamngatan 12, S-411 14 Goteborg |
| Collections: | Sizeable collection in which Greenland and northern Scandinavia are best represented. Includes an exhibition illustrating Swedish Saami life today. |
Marinmuseum [Naval Museum]
| [Naval Museum] | |
| Website: | www.marinmuseum.se |
| Address: | Amiralitetsslatten, S-371 30, Karlskrona |
| Telephone: | +46-455-84071 |
| Year of foundation: | 1752 |
| Collections: | Includes materials from the expeditions of Nordenskiold (1877-80) and Andree (1897) |
| Publications: | <em>Aktuellt fran Foreningen Marinmusei Vanner</em>; <em>Polarexpeditionen Vega</em> (Widenborg, 1978) |
Naturhistorika Riksmuseet [Swedish Museum of Natural History]
| [Swedish Museum of Natural History] | |
| Website: | www.nrm.se |
| Address: | Roslagsvagen 120, PO Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm |
| E-mail: | ma-goran@nrm.se or edmar@nrm.se |
| Telephone: | +46-8-6664000 |
| Fax: | +46-8-6664085 |
| Year of foundation: | 1819 |
| Collections: | Extensive holdings of Arctic vertebrates from several Swedish expeditions including Nordenskiold (1864-83), Sofia (1883), Nathorst (1899), Kolthoff (1900) and Ymer (1980). Polar exhibition |
| Publications: | <em>Fauna och Flora</em> (1906-, 6pa) |
Nordiska Museet [Nordic Museum]
| [Nordic Museum] | |
| Website: | www.nordm.se |
| Address: | Djurgardsvagen 6-16, PO Box 27820, S-115 93 Stockholm |
| Telephone: | +46-8-6664600 |
| Fax: | +46-8-6653853 |
| Year of foundation: | 1873 |
| Collections: | Has substantial collections relating to the Saami in the Nordic countries and Russia, their culture and language. The library and archives also contain much material concerning the Saami |
| Publications: | <em>Acta Lapponica</em> (1938-79); <em>Bibliografiska Meddelanden</em> (1964-, 4pa); <em>Fataburen</em> (1906-, annual); <em>Nordiska Museets Handlingar</em>; <em>Samiska trumman</em> (Kjellstrom and Rydving, 1988) |
Norrbottens Museet (NBM)
| Website: | www.norrbottensmuseum.nu |
| Address: | Storgatan 2, PO Box 266, S-951 24 Lulea |
| Telephone: | +46-920-220355 |
| Fax: | +46-920-67944 |
| Year of foundation: | 1886 |
| Collections: | Museum specializing in the history of the northern Swedish county of Norrbotten, Saami culture, and northern Scandinavia. Library |
| Publications: | <em>Norrbotten</em> (1919-, annual) |
Silvermuseet
| Website: | www.silvermuseet.arjeplog.se |
| Address: | Torgatan, S-930 90 Arjeplog |
| Telephone: | +46-961-612-90 |
| Fax: | +46-961-61313 |
| Year of foundation: | 1965 |
| Collections: | Museum with extensive holdings of Saami artefacts. |
Vasamusseet [Vasa Museum]
| [Vasa Museum] | |
| Website: | www.vasamuseet.se |
| Address: | PO Box 27131, S-102 52 Stockholm |
| Telephone: | +46-8-666-4800 |
| Fax: | +46-8-666-48-88 |
| Year of foundation: | 1962 |
| Collections: | Maritime museum centred on 17th royal warship <em>Vasa</em>. Exhibits include icebreaker <em>Sankt Erik</em> (1915). Library and archive |
| Publications: | <em>Sjohistorisk Arsbok</em> (annual) |
Vasterbottens Museum med Svenska Skidmuseet
| Address: | Gammlia, S-903 06, Umea |
| E-mail: | k.astrom@vasterb-mus.se |
| Telephone: | +46-90-171800 |
| Fax: | +46-90-779000 |
| Year of foundation: | 1943 |
| Collections: | Natural and cultural history including Saami artefacts (350) and photographic collections (30,000). Ski museum (3,000 items) |
| Publications: | <em>Acta Bothniensia Occidentalis. Serier i Vasterbottnisk Kulturhistoria</em> (1978-); <em>Sevart i Vasterbotten</em> (1994-); <em>Vasterbotten. Vasterbottens Lans Hembygdsforenings Arsbok</em> (annual) |