Museum of Ethnography, Ethnographic museum in Gärdet, Sweden
The Museum of Ethnography is a museum building in Stockholm that holds objects from cultures across China, Korea, Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Africa. The displays feature everyday items, tools, textiles, and ritual objects that show how people lived in different parts of the world.
The museum was founded in 1900 by Hjalmar Stolpe and grew from collections gathered through various expeditions. In 1935 it separated from the Swedish Museum of Natural History to become an independent institution.
The collections show objects from different cultures that reveal how people lived and worked in other parts of the world. You can see how daily life, crafts, and celebrations were shaped in societies across continents.
The museum is easy to reach by public transport and has level ground access throughout. The exhibits are organized by regional themes, so you can focus on one area or spend a full visit exploring the whole collection.
A Haisla totem pole stands at the entrance, a replica given to the museum in 2007 after the original was returned to the Haisla Nation. The return of the original pole was one of the early cases where a Swedish institution gave back an object to the community it came from.
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