Interior of the Hallwylska museum and palace, Late 19th-century aristocratic residence in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Hallwylska palace is a late 19th-century aristocratic residence containing over 50,000 objects spread across five floors. The collection includes furniture, artwork, silver items, and rooms arranged as they were when the family lived there.
Count Walther and Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl donated their winter residence to the Swedish state in 1920, and it opened as a museum in 1938. This gift preserved the entire collection and transformed the palace into an important cultural institution.
The preserved rooms show how Swedish nobility lived, with the kitchen, dining room, and smoking room still arranged in their Victorian style. You can see how aristocrats used these spaces daily and organized their household activities.
You can explore two floors on your own, while the other three require a guided tour. Plan enough time to see the collection, as there are many rooms and thousands of objects to browse through.
Countess Wilhelmina numbered every item in the house and created a complete catalog of her collection. This careful documentation is still visible on many objects today and reveals her obsession with keeping everything organized.
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