The allocation to the Opera and Dramaten will be increased by 19.7 million kronor to compensate for the previous rental model. The Historical Museum, National Museum and Natural History Museum will in turn receive 29.7 million kronor to meet the new market rent.
Patrick Amsellem, superintendent at the National Museum, cannot say whether the money now being allocated is sufficient to cover the museum's increased costs. The reason is that the museum is in rental negotiations with the Swedish National Property Board (SFV).
As long as we haven't finished the negotiations, it is very difficult to know what our future costs will be under the new rental model compared to the old one, he tells TT.
The National Heritage Board will receive 1 million kronor to develop a new digital platform for the cultural canon that the government has commissioned. However, this money will be taken from the allocation for general cultural cooperation.
However, the World Culture Museums are not receiving any allocation. The Swedish National Property Board (SFV) has announced that it wants to increase the rent for the Ethnographic Museum by 57 percent. The World Culture Museums have therefore said that they plan to terminate the agreements and close the Mediterranean Museum and the East Asian Museum in Stockholm.
