Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde, Art museum in Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde is an Art Nouveau mansion on the island of Djurgården that houses paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the early 20th century. The collection fills the interior spaces, where each room displays Nordic works arranged to show how the owner lived with his acquisitions.
The mansion was built in the early 1900s as a private residence and housed the prince's ever-growing collection for several decades. When he died in 1947, the house and all its works opened to the public as a museum.
The name refers to Prince Eugen and the home he curated with his own hands, arranging works to suit each room's character. This personal touch remains visible today, giving visitors a sense of how a collector shaped his living space around art.
The museum sits on the green island of Djurgården and is reached by walking across bridges or using public transport. You can move freely through the rooms, though stairs connect the floors and some corridors are narrow, typical of older mansions.
The sculpture garden surrounding the mansion retains the original layout the prince himself designed, with artworks positioned in spots he selected specifically for them. This outdoor arrangement shows how carefully he thought through every detail of his surroundings.
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