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IV. EDUCATION AND MENTAL CULTURE IN SWEDEN.
objects of ceramic, glass, and enamel work, furniture, metal, wood,
and textile work. Among the other art museums in the provinces,
those at the two universities, in Uppsala and Lund, are the most
important.
National Museum, Stockholm.
B) Historical Museums. The National Historical Museum is one
of the oldest of its kind, and with respect to richness and scientific
arrangement one of the most prominent in Europe. The collections,
which principally embrace objects from the three prehistoric periods —
the stone age, the bronze age, and the iron age — as well as from the
medieval age and later times, are arranged chronologically, and, as far
as possible, geographically, within each of the said periods of civilization.
In close connection with this museum is the Royal Coin Cabinet, which
contains, among other things, a very complete collection of Swedish
and foreign coins and medals.
The Royal Armoury (Lifrustkammaren). This collection contains
nearly 5,800 objects, consisting partly of weapons and fire-arms, and
partly armour and garments which have belonged to the royal
personages of Sweden from the time of Charles IX (1599/1611) to our own
day, embroidered saddles and caparisons, and gala-carriages from the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The Artillery Museum contains at present more than 4,000 numbers,
consisting of field and fortification pieces, models of artillery, material
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