Halland Museum of Cultural History (

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: ''Hallands kulturhistoriska museum'') is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

cultural history Cultural history combines the approaches of anthropology and history to examine popular cultural traditions and cultural interpretations of historical experience. It examines the records and narrative descriptions of past matter, encompassing the ...

Varberg Varberg () is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wi ...

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. The museum was formerly known as Varberg County Museum (Swedish: ''Länsmuseet Varberg''). The name was changed in 2011. The museum is situated in the

Varberg Fortress Varberg () is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wi ...

. It also consists of Bexell Cottage (''Bexellska stugan''), Galtabäck boat museum (''Båtmuseet i Galtabäcks hamn'') and ''Fågelboet'', the former home of the author

August Bondeson August Leonard Bondeson (February 2, 1854-September 23, 1906) was a Swedish physician and author. Biography August Bondeson was born in Vessigebro, Sweden. He was a student at Uppsala University from 1876, graduating with a med. kand. in 18 ...

(1854-1906). The most important and famous exhibit at the museum is

Bocksten Man The Bocksten Man ( sv, Bockstensmannen) is the remains of a medieval man's body found in a bog in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. It is one of the best-preserved finds in Europe from that era and is exhibited at the Varberg County Museum. The ma ...

, the remains of a man murdered during the fourteenth century.

References

External links

Länsmuseet Varberg website
Varberg History museums in Sweden Museums in Halland County {{Sweden-museum-stub