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Housed in an elegant Italianate building, Medelhavsmuseet lures history buffs with its
Egyptian, Greek, Cypriot, Roman and Etruscan artefacts. Swoon over sumptuous Islamic
art and check out the gleaming gold room, home to a 4th-century-BC olive wreath made of
gold. There's also a well-regarded cafe (open 11.30am to 1.30pm).
Strindbergsmuseet
MUSEUM
Skr60/free; 10am-4pm Tue-Sun; Rådmansgatan)
The small but evocative Strindbergsmuseet in the Blue Tower is the well-preserved apart-
ment where writer and painter August Strindberg (1849-1912) spent his final four years.
Peep into his closet, scan his study and library (containing some 3000 volumes), do a
round of the dining room, and take in the often absorbing temporary exhibits.
Dansmuseet
MUSEUM
free; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun; Centralen)
Having relocated onto a heavily trafficked pedestrian shopping street and added a chic
cafe, Dansmuseet (or the Rolf de Maré Dance Museum, after its founder) focuses on the
intersections between dance, art and theatre. Collection highlights include traditional
dance masks from Africa, India and Tibet, avant-garde costumes from the Russian ballet,
Chinese and Japanese theatre puppets and one of the finest collections of early-20th-cen-
tury Ballets Russes costumes.
Kulturhuset
ARTS CENTRE
(
MAP
tickets (noon-5pm) 08-506 20 200;
kulturhusetstadsteatern.se
;
Sergels
Torg;
11am-5pm, some sections closed Mon;
;
52, 56, 59, 69, 91 Sergels Torg,
T-Centralen,
7 Sergels Torg)
This architecturally divisive building, opened in 1974, is an arts hub, with a couple of gal-
leries and workshops, a cinema, three restaurants, and libraries containing international
periodicals, newspapers, books and an unusually good selection of graphic novels in many
languages. Mainly, though, it's home to Stadsteatern (the City Theater), with dance and
theatre performances in various-sized venues (mostly in Swedish). The 5th-floor Cafe Pan-
orama has good meals and a stellar view.
