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Stockholm Medeltidsmuseum ( Medieval Museum)

  • March 16, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by dawn from Chicago, Illinois
Stockholm Medeltidsmuseum ( Medieval Museum)

During some construction in 1978, the oldest remains of Stockholm were found here. It's pretty cool that they excavated the site, and protected it as a museum while the modern construction of the bridge continued above! The neat thing of this museum is that the old city defense walls and foundations are exposed while displays that go into further detail have been built around them. In one area a wharf scene has been built around the remains of an ancient longboat. On the wall behind is a picture of a medieval man playing chess with death! Be sure to catch the "town stones" which were very heavy double stones strung with chain that were wrapped around a woman accused of adultery. Wonder what happened to the guy???
Among the foundations of homes, replica's of a dwelling from that time are fun to walk through while display cases contain smaller everyday items that were found on the site and raise even more questions about how people lived back then.

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