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	Vällingby - 50 Years in the Centre 14 november 2004 - 31 july 2005 In the Stockholm City Museum’s exhibition ”Vällingby 50 Years in the Centre” visitors can follow the drama about Vällingby. Study the sketches and models of the future Vällingby that currently is being built. Ride with... » More...

	Stockholm- a Utopic Story 19 February 2004 - 14 August 2005 Some of history’s most spectacular rebuilding proposals of Stockholm were presented: A hanging bridge from Fåfängan to Kastellholmen, a royal castle in Södermalm, an "FN-skyscraper" built together with the... » More...

	Anna Palm de Rosa 28 October 2005 - 8 January 2006 In the 1890’s Anna Palm was one of our most requested artists. Her watercolour paintings reflects an idyllic atmosphere, a summer Sunday in the city, where strolling ladies with parasols and elegant horse cabs give... » More...

	Design: Stockholm October 1st, 2005 - August 27th, 2006 What would Stockholm be like with no design? Just think of all the rubbish bins, street-lights and lamp-posts. The signs and parking machines and “outdoor wallpaper”. But also the sounds of the city. The ticking... » More...

	Stockholm food - a century ago January 28th - September 10th Stockholm provisions a century ago At the turn of the century Stockholm is a dirty city with a lot of poor people, and food is bad and expensive. Babies die of milk diluted with dung water and small, filthy factories... » More...

	Gunnar Smoliansky - photographer In 2005, photographer Gunnar Smoliansky was awarded the prestigious Lennart af Petersens Prize. In his photographs of Stockholm Gunnar Smoliansky seeks the city’s soul not in dramatic events and grandiose views but, rather, in the detailing of an... » More...

	Stockholm 1956 - pictures from Svenska Dagbladet The winter of 1956 was unusually cold and the ice was so thick that, at times, boat traffic in Stockholm came to a standstill. One of the biggest events in 1956 was when the British Queen Elisabeth II went Stockholm for an official vist. Motor... » More...

	Johan Hagelbäck Welcome to Raisinland! Johan Hagelbäck gives us a totally new vision of the humble raisin. His "Raisin Art" has already won devotees elsewhere in Sweden and Norway and was even chosen to enliven the fiftieth jubilee celebrations of the United Nations in Geneva. » More...

	Döden Dö (Surely Die) November 4, 2006 – August 1, 2007 The exhibition Döden dö (Surely Die) deals with death in Stockholm. Murders and executions, ghosts and spirits as well as mourning and loss and what we do to remember those who have died. At eight in the morning... » More...

	Stockholm 1957 Exhibition with photographs from Svenska Dagbladet. The exhibiton is on display until March 2008. As 1957 begins, people in Stockholm can look forward to the conclusion of the vast undertaking that has been in progress in the central parts of the... » More...

	Per Skoglund Winner of Lennart af Petersen’s Photo Prize 2007 1 Februari - 11 May 2008 Per Skoglund has been taking pictures of life in Stockholm since 1985. In particular, he has shown great persistence and a highly personal style in documenting people and... » More...

	Andreas Feininger STOCKHOLM 1933-1939 Exhibition opens on May 24. The American photographer Andreas Feininger was born in Paris in 1906 but grew up in the creative chaos of Germany. At the centre of his artistic training was the Bauhaus School in Weimar where his father, Lyonel Feininger... » More...

	Bellman, Sevenbom and the Princess Filth, luxury and everyday life in 18th Century Stockholm 27 October 2007 - 31 August 2008 A colourful exhibition that challenges our perceptions of the 18th Century and lets the voices of the past tell the stories of the City. Diaries, tickets... » More...

	Slussen - five architectural studies The fivw architectural studies are from: Nyréns BIG Foster + Partners and Berg Wingårdhs and Tema Atelier Jean Nouvel and Habiter Autrement Please read moore:www.stockholm.se/slussen Background (in Swedish) Läs mer om Slussens historia på... » More...

	For God’s Sake The churches of Stockholm 24 March 2208 - 8 March 2009 Grand and medieval, simple, turn-of-the-century functionalist or sixties modern, the churches of Stockholm are endlessly diverse. In the old days, churches were the main feature of their neighbourhoods. » More...

	Allotments An outdoor exhibition at the City Museum Showing until October 31st 2009 You can learn about the inspiring history and traditions of the allotment movement by visiting the little summerhouse on the museum yard. We can advise you on how best to repair... » More...

	A Film Odyssey - Starring: Stockholm Showing until January 10th 2010 Ever since the beginning of film making in Sweden, Stockholm has played a leading role in Swedish films. It was here that the great films in Swedish film history were made – and are still made today. And it was here... » More...

	Photo: SvD Press photos from Svenska Dagbladet 1914-1959 Showing until January 31st, 2010 Allow me to raise a matter that, it is my hope, will prove to be of some interest to your institution. For at least 40 years, Svenska Dagbladet has archived all the negatives... » More...

	Micke Berg Winner of the 2009 Lennart af Petersens’ Photo Prize February 27 – April 5, 2010 ”His photographs seem to echo a moll tone that sings the praise of life’s and the object’s incorrigible beauty. With his background in the tradition of photo documentation... » More...

	Stockholm Heart of Love 22 May – 26 September 2010 In summer 2010, love will blossom at the Stockholm City Museum. We are celebrating happy couples of all kinds, both old and new, in a colourful photo exhibition. Brides and grooms of the 1950s, beautiful brides of the 1930s... » More...

	Buildings of the Suburbs 30 October – 27 February Between 2004 and 2009 Stockholm City Museum carried out the Suburb Project, an inventory and culture-historical categorization of the buildings in Stockholm’s suburbs. The aim was to create a framework for safeguarding the... » More...

	To me there is no other choice – Raoul Wallenberg 1912–2012 June 29 - August 18 Raoul Wallenberg is one of the best-known Swedes in the world. Working from the Swedish Legation in Budapest in the closing stages of the Second World War, he led efforts to aid Hungary s Jewish population and saved thousands of... » More...

	Livstycket at the Stockholm City Museum Livstycket activity in Tensta is integration. For them, integration means that you can speak, read and write in your new language and make you feel at home in your new country. The exhibition at the City Museum shows textile design featuring Livstycket... » More...

	Stockholmsfotografer (Photographers of Stockholm) 2 June 2012 – 13 January 2013 The exhibition opens the door to the photographic collections of the Stockholm City Museum, as we accompany a number of photographers on an excursion through the city. Photographers of Stockholm presents a selection of... » More...