National Museum

The reopening of the National Museum in 2018 was a success, attracting one million visitors in its first year. The modernization project, led by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor and Wikerstål Arkitekter, received the Stone Prize that same year. The award acknowledged the renovation as a “prime example of stone’s ability to dissolve boundaries between eras and unite visions for every time.”

The renovation, which began in 2014, involved replacing 1,200 limestone blocks in the facade and using 3,000 square meters of limestone from Borghamn for the floors and walls of the new light halls and cloakrooms. Before the project commenced, the quarry in Borghamn was surveyed to ensure that the limestone matched the nuances of the stone used in the museum inaugurated in 1866.