Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
The Östasiatiska Museet (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities) situated in Skeppsholmen, Sweden, is housed in a renovated Navy supply store dating from the 18th century. It is a public museum founded in 1926 with one of Sweden's great archaeologist, Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960).
The contents of the museum were originally organised around Andersson's groundbreaking prehistory discoveries in China during the 1920s. The museum's collection today however includes diverse materials ranging from Asian archaeological objects to classical works of art. The strength of its collections is its Chinese Neolithic and bronze age artefacts. The museum also has a large research library dedicated to Asia, which is open to the public.
The contents of the museum were originally organised around Andersson's groundbreaking prehistory discoveries in China during the 1920s. The museum's collection today however includes diverse materials ranging from Asian archaeological objects to classical works of art. The strength of its collections is its Chinese Neolithic and bronze age artefacts. The museum also has a large research library dedicated to Asia, which is open to the public.
The museum is part of the larger National Museums of World Culture, a government agency responsible for managing Sweden's international cultural heritage.