Policy

Mission

National Historical Museums administers cultural heritage and provides perspectives on our existence in order to strengthen the democratic development of society.

National Historical Museums (SHMM) places people at the centre of the story. The prime purpose of the work of SHMM has been formulated as being “to strengthen the democratic development of society”. SHMM’s contribution towards the democratic development of society is based on the function of history and cultural heritage in terms of understanding. Everyone uses and creates history and cultural heritage. History and cultural heritage are not something laid down once and for all and set in stone for ever more. The democratic development of society is about different groups in society having the opportunity to play a part in and influence society and the direction in which society is to develop...
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Vision

National Historical Museums are to be the best museums of cultural history in the Nordic region.

National Historical Museums have set their sights high: National Historical Museums are to be the best museums of cultural history in the Nordic region. Of course there is no single definition or measurement of what the term “best” stands for in this context, but the vision expresses, among other things, the aim that the work of the museums is to meet the highest current standards of excellence. The vision’s use of the word “best” must thus be used in the sense of “compliance with the highest demands imaginable when it comes to appearance, characteristics and requirements”...
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Published by: Gun Nordquist