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Architecture Museum

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design or ArkDes, previously known as the Museum of Architecture, is a Swedish national museum dedicated to architecture and design.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday: 10:00 AM—10:00 PM
    Wednesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: architectural museum in Stockholm Sweden
  • Also known as: “ArkDes”, “ArkDesC”, “ArkiDes”, “Arkitekturmuseet”, “Museum of Architecture”, “Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design”, and “Swedish Museum for Architecture and Design”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moderna Museet and Nationalmuseum.

Museum
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is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened Malmö in .

Museum
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is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula in central . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at , the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris. is situated 470 metres northwest of Architecture Museum.

Museum
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The is a maritime museum in , . Located on the island of , the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. is situated 460 metres northeast of Architecture Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blasieholmen and Galärvarvet.

Locality
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is a peninsula in central , Sweden. It is located east of . Originally a small island, named Käpplingen, it became a peninsula, connected to , during the 17th century.

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is a locality.

Architecture Museum

Latitude
59.32581° or 59° 19′ 33″ north
Longitude
18.08465° or 18° 5′ 5″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Inception
1962
Operator
Kulturdepartementet, statlig förvaltningsmyndighet
Open location code
9FFW83GM+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1092471973
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10280356
Wiki­data ID
Q4356728
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Architecture Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ճարտարապետության և դիզայնի շվեդական կենտրոն”
  • Catalan: “ArkDesC - Centre Suec d’Arquitectura i Disseny”
  • Chinese: “建筑博物馆”
  • Czech: “ArkDes”
  • Czech: “ArkDesC”
  • Czech: “Arkitekturmuseet”
  • Czech: “Muzeum architektury”
  • Czech: “Statens centrum för arkitektur och design”
  • Czech: “Švédské centrum pro architekturu a design”
  • Czech: “Švédské muzeum architektury a designu”
  • Finnish: “Arkkitehtuuri- ja designmuseo”
  • Finnish: “Ruotsin arkkitehtuurimuseo”
  • Latvian: “Arhitektūras muzejs”
  • Latvian: “Zviedrijas arhitektūras un dizaina centrs”
  • Macedonian: “Шведски центар за архитектура и дизајн”
  • Macedonian: “Шведски Центар за Архитектура и Дизајн”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Statens centrum för arkitektur och design”
  • Polish: “Arkitekturmuseet”
  • Russian: “Шведский центр архитектуры и дизайна”
  • Slovenian: “ArkDes”
  • Slovenian: “Statens centrum för arkitektur och design”
  • Slovenian: “Švedski center za arhitekturo in oblikovanje”
  • Spanish: “Centro Sueco de Arquitectura y Diseño”
  • Swedish: “ArkDes”
  • Swedish: “ArkDesC”
  • Swedish: “Arkitektur- och designcentrum”
  • Swedish: “Arkitekturmuseet”
  • Swedish: “Statens centrum för arkitektur och design”
  • Thai: “ศูนย์สถาปัตยกรรมและการออกแบบสวีเดน”
  • Turkish: “İsveç Mimari ve Tasarım Merkezi”

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