Prästgården ( Swedish : "The Parsonage ") is a building on the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm , Sweden .
8-402: In the 1730s it became increasingly apparent the working force on the island needed a place to spend their resting time, and in 1739 a one-storey building was built south of the present-day Moderna Museet , the stone floor giving the building the nickname Stenkrogen ("The Stone Tavern"). By the end of the century, the building was then used as a canteen and as barracks for naval reserve force By
16-540: A coup in which the burglars came in through the roof by night, copying a method from the 1955 French film Rififi (French: Du rififi chez les hommes ). All six of the Picasso paintings and one of the Braque paintings have been recovered. In 2005, former museum director Pontus Hultén bequeathed over 700 works of art to Moderna Museet, along with his archive and library. A few works of the collection are on display with
24-400: A model of Tatlin's Tower . The museum's collection also includes key works by artists such as Marcel Duchamp , Louise Bourgeois , Niki de Saint Phalle , Henri Matisse and Robert Rauschenberg , as well as ongoing acquisitions by contemporary artists. On 8 November 1993, six works by Picasso and two by Georges Braque , totaling more than £40 million, were stolen from the museum in
32-710: Is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009 the museum opened Moderna Museet Malmö in Malmö . The museum opened in Stockholm on 9 May 1958, and opened a branch in Malmö in 2009, in a building that had housed the Rooseum centre for contemporary art . The museum houses Swedish and international modern and contemporary art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí , and
40-411: The 1840s, the first classrooms established in the building in the early 1920s had been expanded to occupy the entire building, subsequently enlarged and repaired in 1865, and, as the large windows in the western end can tell, meeting the new state policy for school buildings. In 1926–1927, the building was repaired again to accommodate the naval station's priest, a chapel, and idyllic garden - since bearing
48-535: The Spanish architect Rafael Moneo , was built. The Pontus Hultén Study Gallery was designed by Renzo Piano . The museum shares its premises with the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design . The museum organizes and is a venue for temporary contemporary art exhibitions throughout the year. In 2005, the museum hosted the onedotzero festival with the intention of attracting a new, younger audience to
56-565: The museum's permanent collection; many others are exhibited in the purpose-built Pontus Hultén Study Gallery. The museum has a sculpture park on the island with works by sculptors of diverse nationalities. The museum was initially housed in Exercishuset on Skeppsholmen. From 1994 to 1998, it was temporarily moved to another location, the Spårvägshallarna , in Stockholm while the new building on Skeppsholmen, designed by
64-574: The name Prästgården ("The Parsonage") Today it is part of the Modern Museum, who use it for its sculptural park. 59°19′30″N 18°05′04″E / 59.32500°N 18.08444°E / 59.32500; 18.08444 This article about a location in Stockholm County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moderna Museet Moderna Museet (The Museum of Modern Art), Stockholm, Sweden,
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