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Brigadmuseum, working life museum in Karlstad Municipality, Sweden

Brigadmuseum is a defence-history museum in the Klara district of Karlstad, housed in a building designed by Murman arkitekter. Its main exhibition, "Sweden in the Shadow of the Cold War", covers how political events abroad affected Swedish military and civil life. The museum is interactive and aimed at both adults and children, and it belongs to the state network Sveriges Militärhistoriska Arv.

Brigadmuseum opened on 1 June 2013, inaugurated by Prince Carl Philip, with Colonel Björn Tomtlund as its first director. It is part of the state network Sweden's Military Historical Heritage (SMHA), which links about 25 military-historical museums. Its base exhibition, "Sweden in the Shadow of the Cold War," covers how world political events affected Sweden militarily and civiliantly. The building was designed by Murman arkitekter.

The museum is part of Sveriges Militärhistoriska Arv, a state network of around 25 Swedish military-historical museums. Its permanent exhibition, "Sweden in the Shadow of the Cold War", presents how political events worldwide affected Sweden militarily and civically. The building was designed by Murman arkitekter.

The museum sits in the Klara district of Karlstad, in a building designed by Murman arkitekter. It belongs to the state network Sveriges Militärhistoriska Arv, which links around 25 military-historical museums across Sweden. The permanent exhibition is "Sverige i skuggan av kalla kriget", on how world political events affected Sweden militarily and civilianly.

The museum is part of Sveriges Militärhistoriska Arv, a state network of around 25 Swedish military-historical museums. Its building was designed by Murman arkitekter, and the inaugural exhibition, Sverige i skuggan av kalla kriget, covers how world political events shaped Sweden militarily and civically. Visitor numbers rose from 16,000 in 2015 to 18,744 in 2019.

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