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Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm

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Phone
  
+46 10 456 12 97

Founded
  
1963

Founder
  
Johan Gunnar Andersson

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm

Address
  
Tyghusplan, 111 49 Stockholm, Sweden

Hours
  
Open today · 11AM–5PMWednesday11AM–5PMThursday11AM–5PMFriday11AM–5PMSaturday11AM–5PMSunday11AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday11AM–8PMSuggest an edit

Architect
  
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Parent organization
  
National Museums of World Culture

Similar
  
Royal Coin Cabinet, Museum of Medieval Stockholm, Finnish Church - Stockholm, Postmuseum, Hallwyl Museum

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The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet), Stockholm, Sweden. It is a public museum launched by Sweden's Parliament in 1926, with the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960) as founding director. The museum was originally based mainly on Andersson's groundbreaking discoveries in China, during the 1920s, of a hitherto unknown East Asian prehistory. The museum today has wide-ranging collections and exhibits of Asian archeology, classical arts, and culture, and a large Asia research library open to the public. The last time the museum published a comprehensive catalog was 1963 (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities: Album). The museum also publishes an annual journal focused on research on ancient East Asia, the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.

The museum is located on Skeppsholmen in the building Tyghuset.

References

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm Wikipedia