National Museum of Fine Arts
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The National Museum of Fine Arts, or Nationalmuseum, is the national museum of Sweden, located in Stockholm. It exhibis an impressive art collection due to its benefactors, King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The museum was founded in 1792 as Konglig Museum (Royal Museum), but the building at the current location was opened in 1866. It was at this time that the name Nationalmuseum was bestowed. The present-day location is in itself impressive. The current building is styled after Florentine and Venetian Renaissance architecture.
The museum is home to about half a million drawings from the Middle Ages to 1900, a collection of porcelain items, paintings, sculptures, and modern art as well. The museum also has an art library that is open to the public as well as academics.
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