Halland Museum of Cultural History

Halland Museum of Cultural History is situated in this building in the Varberg Fortress.

Halland Museum of Cultural History (Swedish: Hallands kulturhistoriska museum) is a museum of cultural history in Varberg, Sweden. It is situated in the Varberg Fortress. The museum was formerly known as Varberg County Museum (Swedish: Länsmuseet Varberg). The name was changed in 2011.

The most important and famous object at the museum is the remains of a man murdered during the fourteenth century, Bocksten Man.

The museum also shows a button claimed to be the bullet that killed Carl XII.

(The museum is closed for renovation 2013-2014)

The Bexell Cottage belongs to the museum.

References

"Länsmuseet Varberg". Länsmuseet Varberg. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

External links

Länsmuseet Varberg (Swedish)

Coordinates: 57°6′20.15″N 12°14′22.12″E / 57.1055972°N 12.2394778°E / 57.1055972; 12.2394778

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