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== Museums == {{main|List of museums in Stockholm}} [[Image:Nordisches-Museum-Stockholm.jpg|thumb|The [[Nordic Museum]] at [[Djurgården]], Neo-renaissance style, built 1907. Architect [[Isak Gustaf Clason]].]] [[Image:Nationalmuseum stockholm 20050902 001.jpg|thumb|The National Museum.]] Stockholm boasts some 70 museums, making the city host one of the largest numbers of museums in the world. Collectively, these museums are visited by over 9 million people per year. One of the most renowned museums is the [[Nationalmuseum]], with the largest national collection of art: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. The collection dates back to the days of [[Gustav Vasa]] in the 16th century, and has since been expanded with works by artists such as [[Rembrandt]], and [[Antoine Watteau]], as well as constituting a main part of Sweden's art heritage, manifested in the works of [[Alexander Roslin]], [[Anders Zorn]], [[Johan Tobias Sergel]], [[Carl Larsson]], [[Carl Fredrik Hill]] and [[Ernst Josephson]]. The Museum of Modern Art, or [[Moderna Museet]], is Sweden's national museum of modern art. It has works by famous modern artists such as [[Picasso]] and [[Salvador Dalí]]. Other notable museums in Stockholm include: * [[Nationalmuseum]] * [[Skansen]] - An open air heritage museum and zoo * [[Vasa Museum]], dedicated to the restored [[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]], a ship that sank in 1628 * The [[Nordic Museum]] with art and design from the Nordic countries * The [[Stockholm City Museum]] * The [[Museum of Medieval Stockholm]] * The [[Tekniska museet|National Museum of Science and Technology]] * The [[Sjöhistoriska museet|National Maritime Museum]] * The [[Swedish Museum of Natural History]] * The [[Biological museum (Stockholm)|Biological museum]], Swedish flora and fauna. * The [[Museum of Spirits]] * [[Millesgården]] - The home of sculptor [[Carl Milles]].
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