Moderna Museet

Moderna Museet is one of Europe's leading museums for modern and contemporary art, located on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. It was inaugurated in 1958 when the modern art collection was moved from Nationalmuseum to a former naval drill hall. The museum collects, preserves, shares and exhibits modern art from the early 20th century and photography from 1840 onwards. Its current building, completed in 1998, was designed by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. Moderna Museet also opened in Malmö in 2009. The collection comprises more than 140,000 works, including some 100,000 photographs.

When Moderna Museet opened in the drill hall on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, on 9 May 1958, discussions about starting a new museum for 20th century art had been going on for decades. In 1950, the artist Otte Sköld took over as senior curator of the Nationalmuseum; his commitment to creating a new museum was decisive, and together with the Friends of Moderna Museet, formed in 1953, and other interested parties, he strove to give the Nationalmuseum collection of 20th century art a home of its own. Otte Sköld was the founder of Moderna Museet, but he died only a few months after opening in 1958. Already in 1956, while the old drill hall was still being rebuilt, Picasso's Guernica and the 93 sketches that go with the painting were displayed there. The museum was inaugurated in 1958, when the modern art collection was moved from Nationalmuseum to a former naval drill hall on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. The current building was completed in 1998, adjoining the old museum premises, and is designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. Moderna Museet also opened in Malmö in 2009.

One of Europe's leading museums for modern and contemporary art.

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