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instruments and Norwegian peasant furniture. — Room X. Objects from
Iceland. — Room XI. Household utensils from Norway ; scythes, sickles,
looms, etc. — Room XII. Large furniture from Norway; cabinets, carved
presses, chests, etc.
An annex was established in 1888 in the first floor
ofDrottning-Gatan 68. Admission, see p. 321.
Room I. Objects connected with seafaring: ancient log-canoes,
galleons, votive ships from churches, hatchets, grapnels, ship’s lanterns and
cables Room II. Mediæval and rococo objects : ecclesiastical objects,
furniture, weather-cocks in metal, etc. This room also contains a large
modern iron shield, ornamented with engraved designs by the Swedish
master Wilhelm Beskow. — Returning through Room I. we reach the
Pharmaceutical Collection in Rooms III-VI., containing all sorts of
druggist’s apparatus In Room III. is a complete apothecary’s shop; in Room V.
are a laboratory and various souvenirs of the German-Swedish
apothecary Scbeele (d. 1783) of Köping, the discoverer of oxygen. — Room VII.
Baroque and rococo furniture, trinkets, etc.
Just beyond the last-named collection the Rörstrands-Gata
diverges to the S.W., in which is situated the tasteful Gothic
English Church (PI. 21 ; B, 2).
On the right in the Drottning-Gata, nearly opposite the
Rörstrands-Gata, is the Academy of Science (Vetenskaps-Academi;
PI. 4; C, 1), founded by Swedish savants in 1739, and endowed
by government in 1741. The first director was Karl v. Linné
[Linnaus; 1707-78), the celebrated botanist. The academy now
numbers 175 members, of whom 75 are foreigners. The building
also contains the valuable *Natural History Collection, the property
of the state, comprising numerous specimens of the northern fauna,
minerals, etc. (adm., see p. 321).
A few paces to the E. of the Academy of Science rises the
Adolf-Fredriks-Kyrka (PI. C, 1,2), designed by Adlercrantz,
erected in 1768-74, and containing an altar-piece (the Resurrection)
in plaster, by Sergei. There is also a monument here to Descartes
(d. at Stockholm, 1650), the famous French mathematician and
philosopher, whose remains were removed to Paris in 1661.
In the Drottning -Gata, on the left, a little beyond the
Academy of Science, is the handsome Technological Institute (PL 46;
B. 1), designed by Prof. Scholander, and erected in 1863,
adjoining which is the Bergskola or School of Mining. The library and
collections of these establishments are open to the public on
Mondays and Thursdays, 12-2 o’clock.
On a height at the end of the Drottning-Gata rises the
Observatory (PI. B, 1), erected in 1748-52, commanding a fine view of
the city (‘vaktmästare’ 25 ö.).
About 7 min. walk to the E. of the Adolf-Fredriks-Kyrka,
and the same distance to the N. of the Berzelii Park (p. 329), is
situated the Linné Park (PL E, 1), a park laid out in the 17th
cent., with fine old avenues. Near the S. side of this park rises
the Riks-Bibliotek or National Library (PI. 11), designed by Dahl.
and erected in 1870-76, containing upwards of 300,000 printed
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