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Not Just a Summer Temple: The Development of Conservation and Indoor Climate in Nationalmuseum, Sweden

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This contribution examines the building and management of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, and explores how conservation and indoor climate was shaped by technological development and how views on the running of a museum building shifted.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Legnér & Geiger (2015)

  2. 2.

    Stålbom (2010). In 1861 Stockholm opened its first waterworks with 30 km of piping.

  3. 3.

    Legnér (2015).

  4. 4.

    Sheehan (2000).

  5. 5.

    Legnér (2011).

  6. 6.

    Widén (2009).

  7. 7.

    Malmborg (1941).

  8. 8.

    Sander (1866).

  9. 9.

    Grandien (1976).

  10. 10.

    Grandien, “Det Scholanderska fiaskot”.

  11. 11.

    von Malmborg, “Nationalmusei byggnad”, 57.

  12. 12.

    Laine (1976). Author’s translation.

  13. 13.

    von Dardel (1866).

  14. 14.

    von Dardel (1866).

  15. 15.

    von Dardel (1866).

  16. 16.

    Riksarkivet (RA), Överintendentsämbetet (ÖIÄ), FIab: 55, “P.M.” augusti 1859 (antagligen avskrift).

  17. 17.

    Borgarståndets riksdagsprotokoll 1859–60, vol. 6, 363–375 (22 September, 1860); the statement of the state committee in Bihang till riksdagsprotokoll 1859–60, vol. 11, no. 180.

  18. 18.

    This was however about to change very soon. When the royal library, Kungliga Biblioteket, was planned a few years later central heating was seen as necessary at least in the public areas of the library.

  19. 19.

    Bjurström (1992). See also Willers (1977). The royal library opened in 1874.

  20. 20.

    For an exhaustive description of the application and dissemination of Perkins systems see Manfredi (2013).

  21. 21.

    Willmert (1993).

  22. 22.

    Ierley (1999).

  23. 23.

    Hawkes (2012).

  24. 24.

    See the CIBSE Heritage Group Website: http://www.hevac-heritage.org/victorian_engineers/perkins/perkins.htm#perkins2.

  25. 25.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol. FIab: 56, dnr 288, 5 April, 1866.

  26. 26.

    Nationalmuseum (NM), protocols in museum matters, vol. A2: 4, protocol 8 April, 1869.

  27. 27.

    RA, ÖIÄ, FIab: 55, R. Uhl’s calculation 5 December, 1863. 400 barrels should have been equivalent to 60,000–68,000 l, depending on which kind of barrel was used.

  28. 28.

    RA, ÖIÄ, FIab: 55, utan datering.

  29. 29.

    RA, ÖIÄ, FIab: 55, R. Uhl 17 June, 1863, and K. Styffe 18 February, 1864.

  30. 30.

    RA, ÖIÄ, FIab: 55, nr 1863-06-16.

  31. 31.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol. FIab: 5, report by Styffe, Bolinder and Edlund, 8 February, 1864.

  32. 32.

    von Dardel (1866).

  33. 33.

    NM, protocols in museum matters, vol. A2: 59, form for fuel consumption.

  34. 34.

    Sander (1876).

  35. 35.

    von Dardel (1866).

  36. 36.

    Quote from Nils Månsson Mandelgren in Stavenow (1972).

  37. 37.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol FIab: 55, report by Edlund and Folks, 29 December, 1864.

  38. 38.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol FIab: 60, folder on steam heating, 9 September, 1915.

  39. 39.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol FIab: 58, letter from Hildebrand, 8 December, 1902.

  40. 40.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol FIab: 58, staff letter, 25 February, 1905.

  41. 41.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol FIab: 55, inspection report, 16 June, 1863.

  42. 42.

    RA, ÖIÄ. On fire hazards: vol. FIab: 59, staff letter 16 August, 1915. On rot in the basement: vol. FIab: 57, staff letter 26 June, 1889.

  43. 43.

    RA, ÖIÄ, vol. FIab: 55, ref. 48, 16 February, 1864.

  44. 44.

    RA, Kungl. Byggnadsstyrelsen (KBS), Intendentsbyrån, vol. F1A: 116, letter from O. Janse, 18 February, 1919.

  45. 45.

    RA, KBS, vol. F1A: 116, letter from O. Janse, 18 February, and letter from H. Theorell, 11 March, 1919.

  46. 46.

    NM, protocols in museum matters, vol. A2: 58, 3 May, 1923.

  47. 47.

    Meddelanden från Nationalmuseum nr 48, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 1923, 4. Author's translation.

  48. 48.

    NM, protocols in museum matters, vol. A2: 59, 11 November, 1924.

  49. 49.

    Meddelanden från Nationalmuseum nr 49, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 1923, 20.

  50. 50.

    SOU 1931: 8, Ny värmeledning samt elektrisk belysningsanläggning i Nationalmuseibyggnaden i Stockholm, Kungl. Byggnadsstyrelsens Meddelanden 3, Stockholm 1931.

  51. 51.

    Theorell in SOU 1931: 8, 22.

  52. 52.

    SWECO archive, H. Theorells ingenjörsbyrå, “Uppvärmning och ventilation av museer”, 2.

  53. 53.

    SWECO archive, H. Theorells ingenjörsbyrå, “Uppvärmning och ventilation av museer”, 4. Author’s translation.

  54. 54.

    RA, KBS, Intendentsbyrån, vol F1A: 124, K. Bildmark's staff letter, 1 September, 1931.

  55. 55.

    Skandinaviska museiförbundet. Berättelse över mötet i Lund och Malmö 31 maj–4 juni 1932, Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm 1932.

  56. 56.

    Legnér & Geijer (2015).

  57. 57.

    Curman (1933).

  58. 58.

    Legnér (2011, 134).

  59. 59.

    Riksarkivet K (1953) Byggnadsstyrelsen, Intendentsbyrån, vol F1A: 127. H. Anderdahl’s pro memoria “Förslag till befuktningsanordningar…” dated 19 Nov 1953.

  60. 60.

    Bjurström (1976).

  61. 61.

    RA, KBS, Intendentsbyrån, vol. F1A: 127, O. Åkerstedt’s pro memoria dated 22 September 1955.

  62. 62.

    Climatology and conservation in museums, ICOM, Paris 1960, 279.

  63. 63.

    NM, 2004, AB 20 Teknisk förstudie (2004-10-01: 2).

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Legnér, M. (2019). Not Just a Summer Temple: The Development of Conservation and Indoor Climate in Nationalmuseum, Sweden. In: Manfredi, C. (eds) Addressing the Climate in Modern Age's Construction History. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04465-7_7

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