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Biological museum

Biologiska museet is a museum located in in . It exhibits a collection of stuffed European birds and mammals in dioramas. Some of the diorama backgrounds were created by artist Bruno Liljefors, known for his dramatic paintings of wildlife.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: biological museum at Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Biological Museum” and “The Biological Museum”
  • Postal code: 115 21

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vasa Museum and Nordic 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 370 metres west of Biological museum.

Museum
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The is a located on , an island in central , , dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of from the early modern period to the contemporary period. is situated 310 metres northwest of Biological museum.

Theme park
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is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island in , . It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era. is situated 420 metres east of Biological museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King Oscar’s Terrace and Galärvarvet.

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Biological museum

Latitude
59.32712° or 59° 19′ 38″ north
Longitude
18.0977° or 18° 5′ 52″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Inception
1893
Levels
3
Open location code
9FFW83GX+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33114307
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
10280367
Wiki­data ID
Q864536
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Biological museum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “生物博物館 (斯德哥爾摩)”
  • Chinese: “生物博物館”
  • Finnish: “Biologian museo”
  • Finnish: “Biologinen museo”
  • French: “musée de biologie de Stockholm”
  • French: “Musée de biologie de Stockholm”
  • French: “Musée de la biologie”
  • German: “Biologisches Museum”
  • German: “Biologiska Museet”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הביולוגי בסטוקהולם”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הביולוגי של סטוקהולם”
  • Latvian: “Bioloģijas muzejs”
  • Persian: “موزه بیولوژیک استکهلم”
  • Persian: “موزه زیست‌شناسی استکهلم”
  • Russian: “Биологический музей”
  • Russian: “Стокгольмский биологический музей”
  • Slovenian: “Biološki muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo de biologia de Estocolmo”
  • Spanish: “Museo de biología de Estocolmo”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Biología”
  • Swedish: “Biologiska museet, Stockholm”
  • Swedish: “Biologiska Museet, Stockholm”
  • Swedish: “Biologiska museet”
  • Swedish: “Biologiskt museum”
  • Turkish: “Biologiska museet”
  • Turkish: “Stockholm Yaşambilim Müzesi”

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