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| former_name = Music and Theater Museum
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| location = [[Stockholm, Sweden]]
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The '''Swedish Museum of Performing Arts''' (Swedish: '''Scenkonstmuseet'''), from 2010 to 2014 known as the '''Music and Theater Museum''', is a [[museum]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. The museum is dedicated to [[dance]], [[music]] and [[theatre]].

== Collection and activities ==
The museum presents a storyline rather than following a chronological order. There is a collection of 60,000 objects, including stage designs, hand written song texts and premiere{{clarify|date=November 2017}} pieces.<ref name="TIN">TIN, ''Theater In Nederland'', [http://tin.nl/het-nieuwe-zweedse-podiumkunstmuseum-geopend-stockholm-2/ Het nieuwe Zweedse Podiumkunstmuseum geopend in Stockholm] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> There are at least 6,000 [[musical instrument]]s<ref name="MIMO">MIMO, [https://archive.today/20170319151846/http://194.250.19.151/MIMO/museums.aspx#selection-885.0-885.15 Scenkonstmuseet Stockholm - Sweden] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> as well as puppets, marionettes and costumes.<ref>DK Eyewitness, Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaXACwAAQBAJ&q=%22Scenkonstmuseet%22+%22musical+instruments%22+collection pag. 74], {{ISBN|978-0241279458}}</ref> Since its reopening in 2017 the museum has a broad emphasis on interactive activities: for example there is a ''gestrument'', an aggregation between gesture and instrument{{snd}}visitors can make music by moving their bodies."<ref name="TIN" />

== History ==
The museum was founded in 2010 as the Music and Theater Museum. It closed on 30 March 2014 then reopened on 11 February 2017 with the new name Swedish Museum of Performing Arts (in English, Swedish: Scenkonstmuseet).

The museum originated in a merger of the [[Stockholm Music Museum|Music Museum]], Theater Museum and Puppet Museum:

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{{tree chart| NR1 | |NR2 | | NR3 | | NR1='''Musikhistoriska museet'''<br />(1901–1981)<br />'''[[Stockholm Music Museum|Musikmuseet]]'''<br />(1981–2010)|NR2='''Drottningholms teatermuseum'''<br />(1921–1998)<br />'''Sveriges Teatermuseum'''<br />(1998–2009)|NR3='''Marionettmuseet'''<br />(1973–2009)}}
{{tree chart| |`|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|'| | | }}
{{tree chart| | | | | NR4 | | NR4='''Musik- och teatermuseet'''<br />(2010–2014)<br />'''Scenkonstmuseet'''<br />''Museum of Performing Arts''<br />(2017-today)}}
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== See also ==
* [[List of music museums]]

== References ==
<References />

==External links==
{{commonscat|Scenkonstmuseet}}
* [http://scenkonstmuseet.se/?lang=en Official website]
{{Museums in Stockholm}}
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[[Category:Music museums in Sweden]]
[[Category:Museums in Stockholm]]
[[Category:Museums established in 1899]]
[[Category:1899 establishments in Sweden]]
[[Category:Music organizations based in Sweden]]

Latest revision as of 04:22, 28 August 2024

Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Scenkonstmuseet
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts is located in Stockholm
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Location within Stockholm
Former name
Music and Theater Museum
Established2010
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Websitescenkonstmuseet.se

59°20′01″N 18°04′42″E / 59.33351°N 18.07820°E / 59.33351; 18.07820

The Swedish Museum of Performing Arts (Swedish: Scenkonstmuseet), from 2010 to 2014 known as the Music and Theater Museum, is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is dedicated to dance, music and theatre.

Collection and activities

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The museum presents a storyline rather than following a chronological order. There is a collection of 60,000 objects, including stage designs, hand written song texts and premiere[clarification needed] pieces.[1] There are at least 6,000 musical instruments[2] as well as puppets, marionettes and costumes.[3] Since its reopening in 2017 the museum has a broad emphasis on interactive activities: for example there is a gestrument, an aggregation between gesture and instrument – visitors can make music by moving their bodies."[1]

History

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The museum was founded in 2010 as the Music and Theater Museum. It closed on 30 March 2014 then reopened on 11 February 2017 with the new name Swedish Museum of Performing Arts (in English, Swedish: Scenkonstmuseet).

The museum originated in a merger of the Music Museum, Theater Museum and Puppet Museum:

Musikhistoriska museet
(1901–1981)
Musikmuseet
(1981–2010)
Drottningholms teatermuseum
(1921–1998)
Sveriges Teatermuseum
(1998–2009)
Marionettmuseet
(1973–2009)
Musik- och teatermuseet
(2010–2014)
Scenkonstmuseet
Museum of Performing Arts
(2017-today)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b TIN, Theater In Nederland, Het nieuwe Zweedse Podiumkunstmuseum geopend in Stockholm (in Dutch)
  2. ^ MIMO, Scenkonstmuseet Stockholm - Sweden (in Dutch)
  3. ^ DK Eyewitness, Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, pag. 74, ISBN 978-0241279458
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