{"id":15480,"date":"2020-06-18T11:04:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T09:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/?p=15480"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:32:48","slug":"the-nobel-prize-museum-is-soon-opening-its-doors-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/the-nobel-prize-museum-is-soon-opening-its-doors-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel Prize Museum is soon opening its doors again"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"school_subject":[],"school_grade":[],"class_list":["post-15480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":{"ingress":"On 2 July, the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget, the main square in Stockholm\u2019s Old Town, will reopen under controlled conditions. New to the museum is a mini-exhibition about viruses, pandemics and the Nobel Prize. Visitors who cannot travel to the museum during the summer can also view the exhibition digitally.","info":[{"title":"Press release","link":""},{"title":"18 June 2020","link":""}],"post_block":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","text_block":"
Throughout history, humans have faced challenges in understanding, managing and fighting viruses. The museum\u2019s new mini-exhibition Contagious<\/em> explores the work of Nobel Prize-awarded scientists who have increased our knowledge of viruses, mapped our immune system and developed vaccines. Contagious<\/em> also focuses on the perspectives of Laureates in Economic Sciences on pandemics. The impact of epidemics on societies and people has also been portrayed by Literature Laureates through acclaimed works that are highlighted in the exhibition.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_image_block","image":{"ID":15484,"id":15484,"title":"_AAM0337 webb eng","filename":"AAM0337-webb-eng.jpg","filesize":692119,"url":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/the-nobel-prize-museum-is-soon-opening-its-doors-again\/_aam0337-webb-eng\/","alt":"","author":"9","description":"","caption":"On 2 July, the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget, the main square in Stockholm\u2019s Old Town, will reopen.\nPhoto: Alexander Mahmoud ","name":"_aam0337-webb-eng","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":15480,"date":"2020-06-18 08:16:51","modified":"2020-09-04 13:06:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1333,"height":1001,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng-768x577.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":577,"large":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng-1024x769.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":769,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng.jpg","1536x1536-width":1333,"1536x1536-height":1001,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng.jpg","2048x2048-width":1333,"2048x2048-height":1001,"380x305":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AAM0337-webb-eng.jpg","380x305-width":570,"380x305-height":428}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","text_block":" \u201cMuseums have an important role to play in times of crisis, because we can help people deal with existential issues and provide a broader context. The Nobel Prize Museum is about ideas that change the world. If there is anything that the Nobel Prize demonstrates, it is precisely humankind\u2019s ability to find solutions to the difficult challenges we face again and again. This gives us hope in the midst of crisis,\u201d says Erika Lanner, Director of the Nobel Prize Museum.<\/p>\n Like other museums that are reopening in Sweden, the Nobel Prize Museum will take steps to enable visitors to follow the recommendations of the Swedish Public Health Agency, for example on social distancing in the museum. The museum has been closed since mid-March and will now be open from Thursdays through Sundays between 11.00 and 17.00 until further notice.<\/p>\n The museum is also displaying the exhibition For the Greatest Benefit to Humankind<\/em>, which showcases Nobel Prize-awarded achievements that save lives, feed humanity, protect the planet and bring people together. Visitors can learn more about Alfred Nobel, be inspired by artefacts that Nobel Laureates have donated to the museum over the years or buy Nobel-related items in the museum shop. In the Bubble Chamber, children can experiment and learn, read and fantasise. The museum\u2019s Bistro serves items like coffee and Nobel ice cream for hot days.<\/p>\n