Stockholm Museums

In Stockholm there is certainly no shortage of museums and beautiful places to see. I found two museums in particular to be worthwhile to visit.

First, even if you only have one full day in Stockholm I highly recommend visiting the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel Prize Museum is located in its birthplace of Sweden, where it was created by Alfred Nobel, a chemist best known for inventing highly explosive dynamite. In Alfred Nobel's last will he left 31 million SEK (roughly $4.5 million USD) in order to establish five prizes that would be distributed each year to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind".

The Nobel Prize Museum displays each winner and highlights specific winners in exhibits throughout the museum. In the opening foyer of the museum there is an exhibit that honors the most current Nobel Prize winners.

Another museum worth visiting while in Stockholm is Sweden's National Museum. This Museum highlights Swedish artists as well as Swedish furniture, clocks, jewelry, pottery, etc. Allow yourself a few hours to tour the many rooms of the National Museum.