Gothic Hall
Welcome to the National Historical Museum's Medieval Ecclesiastical Art exhibition.
This exhibition displays many well-preserved altarpieces from the Middle Ages. Altarpieces were the equivalent of today’s picture books. Most people in the Middle Ages couldn’t read. Instead they learned the stories of the Bible from decorative altarpieces. The story of the life and death of Jesus is depicted here, as are the stories and lives of the saints.
How much do you know about Sweden’s own saint, Saint Birgitta? Did you know she had eight children? Borrow an audio guide and learn more about her exciting life.
The exhibition also includes fonts and other religious objects such as missals, altar crosses and receptacles for bread and wine. There is also a reconstruction of a small rural church showing how things might have looked in Västergötland at the end of the Middle Ages.
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