The transitional budget contains no surprises for culture. The World Culture Museums will receive no additional funding, despite their 35 million kronor shortfall.
EntertainmentStatues once looted from the Kingdom of Benin are now being returned to Nigeria’s Federal Heritage Authority. At the same time, Sweden is returning sacred objects belonging to the Kallawaya people to Bolivia.
EntertainmentThe Sweden Democrats believe that the National Museums of World Culture should receive the 35 million kronor needed to prevent the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities and the Museum of East Asian Antiquities from closing next year. The party also wants the government to change the rental model itself.
EntertainmentOlle Granath, former director of the National Museum, questioned why politicians are so reluctant to change the rental arrangements for state museums. “Why are politicians so deaf to this issue? It has nothing to do with party affiliation,” he said.
EntertainmentThe Army Museum in Stockholm will close this spring after the Swedish National Property Board announced a significant rent increase. But superintendent Lars Amréus says this is not the main reason for the closure. The current premises are not suitable for the museum’s needs. “We want to develop the Army Museum,” he tells TT.
EntertainmentThe Swedish Museums of World Culture advocate closing the Mediterranean Museum and the East Asian Museum, according to a report submitted to the government.
EntertainmentAfter two years of renovation, the Museum of East Asia in Stockholm is reopening. But a cloud on the horizon is that a major project was canceled at the last minute.
EntertainmentThere has been silence about culture in the election campaign. But several tough questions await the parties that win the election. Here are some hot potatoes the new government will have to sink its teeth into.
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