Kulturen
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Kulturen is a museum in Lund
, Sweden
. Kulturen is Sweden's second oldest open-air museum after Skansen
in Stockholm
. The complete name of the museum is Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige.
Kulturen was founded in 1882 by local historian, Georg Karlin
who also was the managing director until 1933. Karlin was a contemporary of Arthur Hazelius who had opened the open-air museum Skansen just a year before. Skansen had become the model for other open-air museums in Northern Europe.
Georg Karlin saw the old farming society disappearing and wanted to preserve its buildings, togegher with tools, furniture and clothes on the time. Karlin also rescued objects from the medieval period in Lund. In the 1890s, when the city dug its first sewers, he began to collect finds from the excavations. Through a generous donation, Karlin was also able to acquire a farm in Östarp east of Lund in the 1920s. He created a museum in the middle of the existing cultural landscape.
The main museum is located near the historic Lund Cathedral
. The museum consists of a traditional museum together with an open air museum with over 30 different building. Kulturen has a large and unique collection of more than two million items, including an important collection of historic jewellery from the traditional province of Scania
.
Lund
-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Kulturen is Sweden's second oldest open-air museum after Skansen
Skansen
Skansen is the first open air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era....
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The complete name of the museum is Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige.
History
Georg J:son Karlin
Georg Fredrik Johansson Karlin was the founder of the Kulturen open air museum in Lund, Sweden.-Biography:...
who also was the managing director until 1933. Karlin was a contemporary of Arthur Hazelius who had opened the open-air museum Skansen just a year before. Skansen had become the model for other open-air museums in Northern Europe.
Georg Karlin saw the old farming society disappearing and wanted to preserve its buildings, togegher with tools, furniture and clothes on the time. Karlin also rescued objects from the medieval period in Lund. In the 1890s, when the city dug its first sewers, he began to collect finds from the excavations. Through a generous donation, Karlin was also able to acquire a farm in Östarp east of Lund in the 1920s. He created a museum in the middle of the existing cultural landscape.
The main museum is located near the historic Lund Cathedral
Lund Cathedral
The Lund Cathedral is the Lutheran cathedral in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the bishop of Lund of the Church of Sweden.- History :...
. The museum consists of a traditional museum together with an open air museum with over 30 different building. Kulturen has a large and unique collection of more than two million items, including an important collection of historic jewellery from the traditional province of Scania
Scania
Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
.
Other sources
- Karlin, G.J. (1924) Kulturhistoriska museets Östarp. Dess natur, historia och ändamål (Lund: Håkan Ohlssons Boktryckeri)
- Bengtsson, Bengt (1963) Östarp som turistmål. Kulturen 1962 (Lund: Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige)
- Mårtensson, M. (1963) Bondens trädgård. Kulturen 1962 (Lund: Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige)