Radermacher’s Forges - Rademachersmedjorna

Info Telefon: +46 (0)16 - 201371

„The Rademacher forges were built in the 1650s. The buildings are well preserved and various craftsmen are still working here.
The Swedish king Karl X Gustaf founded Swedish industry when, during the 1650s he built the Rademacher forges, the oldest industrial area in Sweden where craftsmen still are at work.
Try a guided tour, where you might meet the chain blacksmith Sundin himself, more often known as "Shout-Sundin". He loved to tease the authorities and he made the first wizard chain. He used it to fool different people who dared to challenge him. Do you dare?
The life in the Rademacher forges has not always been easy. With promises of riches and all sorts of privileges the king Karl X Gustaf enticed the business man Reinhold Rademacher from Livland to the forges.
Life was so hard for the people working there that many of them fled the sometimes inhuman conditions.
Reinhold Rademacher died disappointed and not very rich. The Rademacher forges however survived and are today a very popular tourist attraction in Eskilstuna.“ (Eskilstuna Marknadsföring AB)
 

Munktell Museum

Tel.: +46 (0) 16 - 151375

Info Telefon: + 46 16-15 12 39
Besucher-Email: munktellmuseet@volvo.com
http://munktellmuseet.volvo.com/...

Monday–Friday     10.00–16.00
Sunday                 12.00–16.00 h.

Among the many remarkable exhibits at the Munktell Museum in Eskilstuna are the very first Swedish tractor – from 1913 – and the country’s first wheel loader, dating back to 1954. You can also see the very first series-produced articulated hauler in the world, with the quaint Swedish name of "Grus Kalle" (Gravel Charlie).
 

Sweden´s HVAC Museum - Sveriges VVS Museum

Fax.: +46 (0)150-149 73

Info Telefon: +46 (0)150-149 80
Besucher-Email: stiftelsen.vvs.museum@telia.com
http://www.vvs-museet.d.se/index_english...

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday.

It is walking distance from the railway station in Katrineholm.
Good parking possibilities.

Lofthagen Folk museum

Tel.: +46 (0)735-99 56 57

Info Telefon: +46 (0)150-220 29
Besucher-Email: lofthagen@hotmail.com

Dufweholm Manor House

Family Åström

Info Telefon: +46 (0)150-754 00
Besucher-Email: info@dufweholm.se

Farm museum & country shop
 

The Dolls Museum

Info Telefon: 0150-534 57
Besucher-Email: info@dufweholm.se
http://www.djulo.com/...

Folk Museum in Vingåker

Info Telefon: 0151/132 66
Besucher-Email: wwhbf@tele2.se
http://www.vvhbf.se...

The Ebeling Museum

Fax.: 016-35 60 68

Info Telefon: 016-710 73 05

Wed-Sun 12-16 h.

It has a permanent exhibition of the art of Allan and Marianne Ebeling and photos from the archives of the photographer Bäckstrand. There are also temporary exhibitions and guided tours are available.
 

Mälsaker Castle - Mälsåkers Slott

May – September, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12.00 – 16.00.

Guided tours 2009-06-07 – 2009-08-30
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 13.00 hrs.

Mälsåker castle is situated 20 km north of Mariefred and 80 km west of Stockholm. Drive towards  Stallarholmen, turn right towards Ytterselö and then follow the signs to Mälsåker castle. Beware of the elks, wild-pigs and other wild animals and of the race horses nearby the castle.

The history of Mälsåker stretches back to the Middle Ages when it probably was a simple stone house. The castle is situated on Selaön in Mälaren. Mälaren is the third largest lake of Sweden. Selaön is known for its many ancient monuments. During the Swedish age of greatness in the 17th century the house was owned by the Soop family. The famous architect Nikodemus Tessin sr. was engaged to alter the house into one of the grandest baroque castles in Sweden. The house was extended, wings were added and a terrace with stairs facing the see. During the 18th century the interiors were partly changed into rococo.
At the end of the 19th century the house was modernized with electricity, water and central heating.

The 1940s turned out to be the most dramatic decennium of Mälsåker.1943-1945 Mälsåker was owned by the State of Norway used for training of approximately 2000 soldiers living in hutments. The castle was used as office and accommodation for officers and commands. A very cold day in January 1945 all home fires are burning hard, the chimney shaft cracks, the roof catches fire and the catastrophe is a fact. The roof fell in and the richly ornamented stucco ceilings on the third floor fell in and were destroyed. A great deal of the noble baroque castle had turned into a ruin.

In the 1990s Mälsåker started to regain its former glory. A building workshop was established and parts of the castle were restored using old building techniques and traditional materials. Stucco ceilings were re-created as was the beautiful patterned wooden floors.

There is an exhibition from the “Norway-era”, several artists show their work in the beautiful rooms. During summer 2009 there will be different music events in the big ball room. You are welcome to have some refreshments in the newly established café- and exhibition building.
 

Grafikens Hus (Exhibition Hall and workshop)

Info Telefon: +46 (0)159-231 60
Besucher-Email: info@grafikenshus.se
http://www.grafikenshus.se/?lang=se...

May - September: Monday-Sunday 11 - 5 pm,
Thursday-Sunday 12 a.m.- 4 p.m. October-April.

Grafikens Hus was inaugurated on May 8th, 1996, by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf as a quite new national and international centre for fine art printmaking.

Grafikens Hus is housed in an old barn-cum-stables called Kungsladugården (Royal Barn) dating back to the days of King Gustav Vasa in the sixteenth century, close to Gripsholm Castle in the town of Mariefred, sixty-five kilometres from Stockholm. Like many similar buildings still found all over the Nordic countries, the barn served many purposes, and apart from the usual hayloft and storage spaces, also housed the livestock of the farm or estate, including stables for both working and carriage horses. Today Kungsladugården is listed and classed as a historic building. The renovation of the southern part of the building and converting it into Grafikens Hus was carried out by Jan Lisinski, Palace Architect and Professor of Architectural Restoration with the architectural firm of Arksam in Stockholm.

The surface area of 2000 square metres provides space for several large exhibition halls and workshops for the various techniques of printmaking. There is also a large print collection and an art library, as well as a shop and a café. Activities in the centre also include seminars, courses and musical events.

Grafikens Hus was created by a group of enthusiastic artists and others interested in art, among the latter those with knowledge of marketing, museum management, business and law.



The artistic core of Grafikens Hus are 400 living Swedish printmaking artists whose active participation and part-ownership are the basis of all the activities, in both the centre workshops and the exhibition halls. The artists became part-owners and shareholders in Grafikens Hus in that each one of them acquired what is called a "Konstnärsaktie" (Artist's share or a "K-share"). They paid for the share with their own prints, and this increased the Grafikens Hus Collection by 1,200 prints. Recently, 200 more K-shares have been offered to artists in the Nordic countries, Russia, the Baltic States, Poland and Germany.

Picture: From the Main Hall, the exhibition of Philip von Schantz in 1998