Malmö Museum

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Malmö Museum
Malmö Castle, housing the Malmö Art Museum and parts of the Malmö Museum.
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LocationMalmö, Scania, Sweden
Coordinates55°36′16.8″N 12°59′15.7″E / 55.604667°N 12.987694°E / 55.604667; 12.987694

Malmö Museum is a municipal and regional museum in Malmö, Sweden. The museum shows exhibitions on technology, shipping, natural history and history. Malmö museum also has an aquarium. The exhibitions are primarily shown on Castle Island (Slottsholmen) and in The House of Technology and Shipping (Teknikens och sjöfartens hus). On Castle Island, Malmö Castle is part of the museum and Malmö Art Museum is also located there.[1][2]

Malmö Museum is also a Science Center. Science Center Malmö includes the exhibitions Planet of Ideas, Vehicles of the Future, Muscles and Engines, Heaven and Earth, City of Time, Smart and Our Nature.[3]

Malmö Museum is also responsible for archaeological and marine archaeological finds in Malmö on behalf of the county administrative board, and has a municipal mandate for cultural heritage protection. In 2002, the museum was awarded Museum of the Year by the Swedish Museums Association. Biljana Topalova-Casadiego has been the director of Malmö Museum since 2021.[4]

On April 22, 2023, the Wisdome 360° Dome Cinema, donated by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and others, was inaugurated in the partially rebuilt House of Technology and Shipping. The theater and its surrounding spaces are part of a chain of similar facilities around Sweden, showing specially made films on the themes of space and scientific research and collaborating with various universities. Malmö Museum had 633,152 visitors in 2023, the fourth highest in the country, and is now Sweden's largest museum outside Stockholm.[5][6][7]

Collections[edit]

Malmö Museum's collections contain approximately 500,000 objects, 4 million photographs, 3-4 million archaeological artifacts and an archive collection. The main areas of the museum's collection include cultural history, natural history, archaeology, history of technology and maritime history. Some of the museum's objects are searchable in the Carlotta database.[8]

Exhibitions[edit]

The museum has several permanent basic exhibitions. On Castle Island there are the basic exhibitions Malmö Castle, Power over people, By order of the King, Our nature, The Aquarium, Welcome to Sweden, Color, form and function, Beachfronts and Scanian dinosaurs and other ancient animals and Clues - postholes, DNA and other traces from the past. There are also Malmö Museum's natural history dioramas depicting Swedish nature. They were built in the 1930s and 40s. In the main entrance on Slottsholmen, Malmö Museum's giraffe has been on display since 1937.[9]

At the House of Technology and Shipping, the basic exhibitions are the Submarine U3, The Boat Playroom, Without Land in Sight, Coastal Land, Muscles and Engines, The Planet of Ideas, Vehicles of the Future, Heaven and Earth, Impressions, Smart, The City of Time and Women Making History.

The museum also presents and produces temporary exhibitions. In 2024, the exhibition: Lars Wallin Fashion Stories. On display at the House of Technology and Shipping until January 12, 2025.[10][11]

Clues - postholes, DNA and other traces from the past[edit]

(Ledtrådar – stolphål, DNA och andra spår från forntiden) The exhibition is about the people who lived here long before us and the traces they left behind. From the oldest Stone Age 14 000 years ago, up to the end of the Iron Age about 1 000 years ago. Threads and parallels are drawn to our own time. The exhibition also shows how we think we know what we claim to know today about the past.[12][13]

Power over people[edit]

(Makt över människor) The history of Malmö Castle from the 18th century to the present day is portrayed through the lives of people. The exhibition mainly highlights the period when the castle was used as a prison and the prisoners who were held at Malmöhus. The exhibition was opened in 2004.[14][15]

The White Buses operation. One of these buses is on dispay at Malmö Museum.

Welcome to Sweden[edit]

(Välkommen till Sverige) The exhibition is about the months in 1945 when Malmö Museum was transformed from a public museum into a refugee camp. Women and men from Nazi concentration camps came to Malmö through the Red Cross rescue operation, the White Buses. One of the few remaining White Buses is displayed outside Malmö Castle.[16][17][18]

By order of the King[edit]

(På kungens order) By order of the King sheds light on the history of the 17th century Scanian War and how Scania became part of Sweden.[19]

Our nature[edit]

(Vår natur) Our Nature is about nature and the animals closest to us, and about how humans use and affect nature both locally and globally. The exhibition shows parts of Malmö Museum's natural history collections.[20]

The aquarium[edit]

(Akvariet) Malmö Museum's Aquarium was opened in 1937. In 2015, the aquarium was completely renovated and is now twice as big as before. The aquarium is divided into three sections: Our Waters, Unique and Endangered Environments, and Amazing Features of Animals. It houses a variety of animals and environments - from coral reefs to tropical rainforests and Swedish lakes. In total, there are 60 terrariums and aquariums.[21][22][23]

Color Form Function[edit]

(Färg Form Funktion) Color, Form and Function is about the functions, colors and forms of nature and animals. It features stuffed animals from around the world. These include a Przewalski's horse, a proboscis monkey and a kiwi.[24]

Scanian dinosaurs and other ancient animals[edit]

(Skånska dinosaurier och andra jättegamla djur) The exhibition takes you on a journey through time, with Scania at the center, from the early days of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, to the present day. The exhibition includes fossil finds from dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals and plants from Scania. Over the millions of years, the climate has changed several times and thus affected the conditions for life in Scania.[25]

The House of Technology and Shipping, and heritage tram.
Ebba's House (Ebbas hus), a very small museum in Malmö.

Buildings[edit]

The main exhibitions are displayed in the buildings:

Also included are buildings scattered around the city region (some temporarily closed or with other activities):

History[edit]

The museum has its origins in the natural history collection created in 1841 by the curate P. Ax. Hultman in 1841 in Nya skolan, a private school established by Hultman. In 1851 the collection was taken over by the newly established Skånskt naturhistoriskt museum. In 1890, Malmö City Council decided to take over ownership of the museum and in 1901 a newly built museum was opened. Despite the large building, however, there was soon a shortage of space.[26][27]

Malmö Castle had been used as a prison in the 19th century. When the new museum building from 1901 proved too cramped, thoughts turned to the old castle, which by then had become rather dilapidated. The castle was renovated in the 1920s and in 1932 a public architectural competition was held to determine how the castle could best be extended to accommodate a sufficiently large and modern museum. Construction of the winning proposal began in 1934 and was completed in 1937. With its new extension, Malmö Castle now also served as Malmö Museum.[28]

At that time, there was a stated ambition to present the collections in a pedagogical way for popular education purposes, so that everyone would learn something new during their visit. Instead of, as before, lining up systematic series of museum objects, new research findings in pedagogy and psychology were used as a starting point. Exhibition texts were also to be presented in a user-friendly way so as to arouse the viewer's interest. The natural history section would not only display the biological specimens, but also describe the characteristics of the species and what "benefit or harm" it had for humans. Newspapers described the museum as "the most modern in Europe". When it opened, it already had an aquatic animal section and its own restaurant.[29]

Between 1985 and 1999, the city of Malmö had a joint administration for a number of museums in and around Malmö, and from 1985 to 2023 these were brought together under the name Malmö Museum. The museums that were merged were the City Museum, the Technical and Maritime Museum, the Nature Museum, the Art Museum and the City Antiquities Department. The former museums became departments with their own managers under a common museum director. In 1999 the organization was changed again and now Malmö Art Museum and the City Antiquities Unit (Malmö Cultural Environment) became separate institutions. From July 1, 2008, Malmö Cultural Environment is again part of the Malmö Museum. Since April 2023, the name Malmö Museum is again the overall name for all activities.[30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Malmö Museum" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Malmö Konstmuseum" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Välkommen till Science Center Malmö Museer!" (in Swedish). Föreningen Svenska Science Centers. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Hon tar över som chef på Malmö museer" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Carlotta Malmö Museum" (in Swedish). Carlotta. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Publikrekord på Malmö museum – nu fjärde störst i landet" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Malmö museum slog publikrekord i juli" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 11 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Nu öppnar Wisdome Malmö – en ny visualiseringsarena på Malmö museum" (in Swedish). MyNewsdesk Malmö Stad. 24 May 2021.
  9. ^ "VÄLKOMMEN TILL SVERIGE – en utställning om människor på flykt" (PDF) (in Swedish). Forum för utställare. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Pressvisning: Lars Wallin Fashion Stories på Malmö museum" (in Swedish). MyNewsdesk Malmö Stad. 15 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Lars Wallin Fashion Stories" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 19 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Ledtrådar – stolphål, DNA och andra spår från forntiden" (in Swedish). Nättidningen Svensk Historia. 29 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Ledtrådar - stolphål, DNA och andra spår från forntiden" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 22 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Makt över människor :: 20040509" (in Swedish). Carlotta Malmö Museum. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Makt över människor" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 24 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Fläcktyfus hos invandrare 1945" (PDF) (in Swedish). Sydsvenska Medicinhistoriska Sällskapet. 20 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Jag lever bara för att berätta vad som har hänt" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. 8 May 2015.
  18. ^ "När museet blev flyktingförläggning" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 26 June 2015.
  19. ^ "På kungens order" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 24 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Vår natur – en ny basutställning om naturen och djuren närmast oss" (in Swedish). MyNewsdesk Malmö Stad. 26 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Akvariet" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Sverige - Malmö Museum, Akvarium och Tropikarium" (in Swedish). Zoopet. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  23. ^ "Malmö Museer – Akvariet" (in Swedish). New Line Arkitekter. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Färg, form och funktion" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 25 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Skånska dinosaurier och andra jättegamla djur" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 25 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Malmö museum" (in Swedish). Projekt Runeberg, Nordisk familjebok, Uggleupplagan. 17. Lux - Mekanik. 10 December 2023.
  27. ^ Rosborn 1977, p. 82.
  28. ^ Anderberg 1941, pp. 78, 79.
  29. ^ "Malmö museum" (in Swedish). Projekt Runeberg, Nordisk familjebok, Fjärde upplagan. 14. Lonicera - Mikado. 10 December 2023.
  30. ^ "Om oss, Malmö museums historia" (in Swedish). Malmö Stad. 25 January 2024.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Anderberg, Ad. (1941). Malmö Museum 1841-1941. Malmö: AB Allhems Förlag.}
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