#20thcentury — Public Fediverse posts

🧵 15/21

I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

#Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;en

🧵 15/21

I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

#Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;en

🧵 15/21

I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

#Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;en

🧵 15/21

I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

#Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;en

🧵 15/21

I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

#Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;en

🧵 13/21

Although my hotel in Stockholm was near the Central Station, and thus convenient for those times I did use public transport, I chose to get to the places I wanted to see by walking, always the best way to see a city.

The joy of being amongst others in streets, squares, and gardens, of passing shop windows, signs on buildings telling a little of their history, crowded bars offering "after work" specials, abundant public seating in parks and places over looking the water, doorways, architectural details, public art...I was particularly taken with this fountain in the Östermalm district. It dates from 1921 and the sculptor was Carl Eldh, who also created statuary for the garden of the City Hall.

I should sound one cautionary note about getting around in Stockholm. A quick glance at a street map or Google might not be enough to tell you about steep hills and climbs in the city. For example, my visit to the delightful Södermalm district required me to ascend some long and steep flights of steps. Some visitors will need to plan carefully with these relief challenges in mind.

#Stockholm #Sweden #Walking #Cityscape #Fountains #CarlEldh #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #1920s #20thCentury

🧵 13/21

Although my hotel in Stockholm was near the Central Station, and thus convenient for those times I did use public transport, I chose to get to the places I wanted to see by walking, always the best way to see a city.

The joy of being amongst others in streets, squares, and gardens, of passing shop windows, signs on buildings telling a little of their history, crowded bars offering "after work" specials, abundant public seating in parks and places over looking the water, doorways, architectural details, public art...I was particularly taken with this fountain in the Östermalm district. It dates from 1921 and the sculptor was Carl Eldh, who also created statuary for the garden of the City Hall.

I should sound one cautionary note about getting around in Stockholm. A quick glance at a street map or Google might not be enough to tell you about steep hills and climbs in the city. For example, my visit to the delightful Södermalm district required me to ascend some long and steep flights of steps. Some visitors will need to plan carefully with these relief challenges in mind.

#Stockholm #Sweden #Walking #Cityscape #Fountains #CarlEldh #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #1920s #20thCentury

🧵 13/21

Although my hotel in Stockholm was near the Central Station, and thus convenient for those times I did use public transport, I chose to get to the places I wanted to see by walking, always the best way to see a city.

The joy of being amongst others in streets, squares, and gardens, of passing shop windows, signs on buildings telling a little of their history, crowded bars offering "after work" specials, abundant public seating in parks and places over looking the water, doorways, architectural details, public art...I was particularly taken with this fountain in the Östermalm district. It dates from 1921 and the sculptor was Carl Eldh, who also created statuary for the garden of the City Hall.

I should sound one cautionary note about getting around in Stockholm. A quick glance at a street map or Google might not be enough to tell you about steep hills and climbs in the city. For example, my visit to the delightful Södermalm district required me to ascend some long and steep flights of steps. Some visitors will need to plan carefully with these relief challenges in mind.

#Stockholm #Sweden #Walking #Cityscape #Fountains #CarlEldh #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #1920s #20thCentury

🧵 13/21

Although my hotel in Stockholm was near the Central Station, and thus convenient for those times I did use public transport, I chose to get to the places I wanted to see by walking, always the best way to see a city.

The joy of being amongst others in streets, squares, and gardens, of passing shop windows, signs on buildings telling a little of their history, crowded bars offering "after work" specials, abundant public seating in parks and places over looking the water, doorways, architectural details, public art...I was particularly taken with this fountain in the Östermalm district. It dates from 1921 and the sculptor was Carl Eldh, who also created statuary for the garden of the City Hall.

I should sound one cautionary note about getting around in Stockholm. A quick glance at a street map or Google might not be enough to tell you about steep hills and climbs in the city. For example, my visit to the delightful Södermalm district required me to ascend some long and steep flights of steps. Some visitors will need to plan carefully with these relief challenges in mind.

#Stockholm #Sweden #Walking #Cityscape #Fountains #CarlEldh #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #1920s #20thCentury

🧵 13/21

Although my hotel in Stockholm was near the Central Station, and thus convenient for those times I did use public transport, I chose to get to the places I wanted to see by walking, always the best way to see a city.

The joy of being amongst others in streets, squares, and gardens, of passing shop windows, signs on buildings telling a little of their history, crowded bars offering "after work" specials, abundant public seating in parks and places over looking the water, doorways, architectural details, public art...I was particularly taken with this fountain in the Östermalm district. It dates from 1921 and the sculptor was Carl Eldh, who also created statuary for the garden of the City Hall.

I should sound one cautionary note about getting around in Stockholm. A quick glance at a street map or Google might not be enough to tell you about steep hills and climbs in the city. For example, my visit to the delightful Södermalm district required me to ascend some long and steep flights of steps. Some visitors will need to plan carefully with these relief challenges in mind.

#Stockholm #Sweden #Walking #Cityscape #Fountains #CarlEldh #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #1920s #20thCentury

🧵 8/21

I am particularly interested in the twenties and thirties, so I was delighted to find the Moderna Museet staging both “Brassaï – The Secret Signs of Paris” and "The Subterranean Sky: Surrealism in the Moderna Museet Collection".

I shall have more to say about surrealism, as prompted by this exhibition in a future post.

I could kick myself a hundred times for not handing over a few dollars for "Brassaï -- The Secret Paris of the 30's" at a yard sale.

https://www.modernamuseet.se/en/stockholm/exhibitions/brassai/

#Sweden #Stockholm #ModernaMuseet #Brassaï #Photography #Paris #1930s #Art #Surrealism #20thCentury

🧵 8/21

I am particularly interested in the twenties and thirties, so I was delighted to find the Moderna Museet staging both “Brassaï – The Secret Signs of Paris” and "The Subterranean Sky: Surrealism in the Moderna Museet Collection".

I shall have more to say about surrealism, as prompted by this exhibition in a future post.

I could kick myself a hundred times for not handing over a few dollars for "Brassaï -- The Secret Paris of the 30's" at a yard sale.

https://www.modernamuseet.se/en/stockholm/exhibitions/brassai/

#Sweden #Stockholm #ModernaMuseet #Brassaï #Photography #Paris #1930s #Art #Surrealism #20thCentury

🧵 8/21

I am particularly interested in the twenties and thirties, so I was delighted to find the Moderna Museet staging both “Brassaï – The Secret Signs of Paris” and "The Subterranean Sky: Surrealism in the Moderna Museet Collection".

I shall have more to say about surrealism, as prompted by this exhibition in a future post.

I could kick myself a hundred times for not handing over a few dollars for "Brassaï -- The Secret Paris of the 30's" at a yard sale.

https://www.modernamuseet.se/en/stockholm/exhibitions/brassai/

#Sweden #Stockholm #ModernaMuseet #Brassaï #Photography #Paris #1930s #Art #Surrealism #20thCentury

🧵 8/21

I am particularly interested in the twenties and thirties, so I was delighted to find the Moderna Museet staging both “Brassaï – The Secret Signs of Paris” and "The Subterranean Sky: Surrealism in the Moderna Museet Collection".

I shall have more to say about surrealism, as prompted by this exhibition in a future post.

I could kick myself a hundred times for not handing over a few dollars for "Brassaï -- The Secret Paris of the 30's" at a yard sale.

https://www.modernamuseet.se/en/stockholm/exhibitions/brassai/

#Sweden #Stockholm #ModernaMuseet #Brassaï #Photography #Paris #1930s #Art #Surrealism #20thCentury