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History Museum Attractions In Gothenburg

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Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and part of Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies from the then-ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the...
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History Museum Attractions In Gothenburg

  • 1. City Museum (Goteborgs Stadsmuseum) Gothenburg
    The Museum of Gothenburg is in the city centre of Gothenburg, in western Sweden. It is located in the 18th-century East India House , originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices. The city museum was established in 1861. The City Museum is a cultural history museum. It displays Gothenburg and West Sweden’s history, from the Viking Age to the present day. There is a permanent exhibition about the Swedish East India Company. However, the maritime history of Gothenburg has a separate museum of its own. The museum is also used as a public forum for the Gothenburg Town Planners to display new ideas and visions of the city for the citizens.
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  • 2. Rohsska Museum of Design and Applied Art Gothenburg
    The Röhsska Museum , is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts. The museum collection consists of over 50,000 objects. The majority of the collection consists of handicraft and design products from Sweden and Europe and arts and crafts from Japan and China. The museum also holds a very fine collection of fashion from the 20th and 21st centuries, including many haute couture garments from Paris and other famous fashion designs from all over the world. Today, the Röhsska Museum mainly collects contemporaneous material and the museum seeks to achieve a dialogue with its users on contemporary phenomena and expression.
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