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Norrkoping Art Museum

Norrkoping Art Museum is a Swedish municipal art museum.Norrkoping Art Museum designed by architect Kurt von Schmalensee and is located at Christina's Square . Art Museum has a large collection of Swedish art with an emphasis on Swedish modernism . The museum's history began with a donation of industrialist Pehr Swartz in 1900. The donation, which included works by Louis Jean Desprez , Pehr Hillstrom Sr. , Ulrika Pasch and John Krouthén , and was exhibited in the Villa Swartz, who was then both museum and library. In the autumn of 1946 was inaugurated Norrkoping Museum of Kristina's Square. In the galleries with a lower ceiling height was shown when the city's historic exhibitions and other art displayed. The building was designed by Kurt von Schmalensee and supplemented by him to the auditorium Harlekinen years 1963-1964. In the 1980s the museum moved to the National Gallery. In 1997, the renovated art museum inside and out. The facade of the Sculpture Park in the south window was replaced the line with three bay windows, creating better conditions to show the art in the galleries. The collections continued to grow by focusing on the 1900-Art.

Norrkoping City Museum

Norrkoping City Museum, Vastgotagatan 19, opened May 16, 1981 in the renovated old industrial buildings, including Niga, Ultra and buttoning. Here in the industrial landscape is also Berg Brogarden with gazebo out in the Motala River . City Museum of Norrkoping is next door to the Museum . One of the basic exhibitions about Norrkoping as industrial and urban works from the 1600s until today, but the museum also tells of the city's past history and the important shipping. The other permanent exhibit displayed commerce and craft trades with built streets, squares and farm environments. Many old looms from the textile era have resurfaced, so it is possible to follow both the weaving, spinning as carding, etc. The buttoning is a cafe with old vaulted cellar from the 1600s.

Museum of Work

The Museum is located in Norrkoping , housed in the old factory building iron on the island Laxholmen middle of the Motala River.The museum was opened in December 1991 .The museum shows the work and work , we have exhibitions about the work conditions, if the daily toil in the workplace, on work history and documents the history of industrial society. The museum is also famous for being one of the best museums in highlighting the gender perspective in its exhibitions.The museum is unusual in itself, because in his research did not collect the objects, which tend to be one of the museums most common tasks, but the Museum collects memories, experiences and stories.

Norrkoping City Library

Norrkoping City Library is one of Sweden's largest and most active library . The main library is housed in a modernist concrete building at the intersection of Queen Street and South Promenade in central Norrkoping and in addition there are eight branches in the municipality of Norrkoping . Together, they had 1.14 million loan (2005), which is 9.2 loans per municipal resident. The main library was open 68 hours a week and 1.2 million visits (2005). The collection includes 472,000 books and 16,000 voice and audio books. But what immediately strikes the visitor is that the library has 135 public computers. The major activity should largely be blamed on Mr. Meadows was Library Director from 1983 to 2004. "In the nineties were the Norrkoping City Library perhaps the country's most famous library of its opening and its IT investments," says in his obituary on the library website. The current librarian is Bridget Hjerpe.

Colors Farm

Colors farm is a museum in Norrkoping, situated at the Motala River in Aback.The museum, which is part of the Norrkoping City Museum , shows how a color master lived, lived and worked in the mid 1800's. The mansion also has a cafe. Where it is possible to eat a waffle in the beautiful surroundings, something that has long been a popular pastime, especially in the summer.

Louis De Geer

Louis De Geer is the name of a concert in Norrkoping .It is located along the Motala River in the old industrial landscape . It is housed in Holmen Mill's former paper mill and is named after Louis de Geer , a Dutch industrialist who lived from 1587 to 1652. Paper production ceased as late as the 1986th The actual concert hall, De Geer Hall, located in the former building of the pulp preparation, and the foyer is located in the former paper machine hall.Concert Hall was opened on 13 October 1994 . It is the home stage for the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra . De Geer Hall, the largest hall can hold up to 1380 listeners.

Norrkoping's old water tower

Norrkoping's old water tower is located in the district Ektorp , not far from Norrkoping center.The water tower was built between the years 1904 and 1907. In the tower there is a blurred text that reads " Jacob von Leese munificence founded the Norrkoping water. " The tower is 45 meters and 13 stories high. It was designed by architect Werner Northun , the same architect who designed the Grand Hotel in Norrkoping and then demolished in 1964 Kneippkuranstalten.

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