Naturhistoriska riksmuseet

Museum in Sweden

The Swedish Museum of Natural History (Swedish: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, lit. 'National Museum of Natural History'), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The museum was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes back to the collections acquired mostly through donations by the academy since its foundation in 1739. These collections had first been made available to the public in 1786. The museum was separated from the Academy in 1965. One of the keepers of the collections of the academy durin

From Swedish Museum of Natural History on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Coordinates:

59.37°N, 18.05°E

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