Skansen

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Skansen

Main entrance
Established	11 October 1891 (1891-10-11)
Location	Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates	59°19′34″N 18°06′13″E / 59.32611°N 18.10361°E / 59.32611; 18.10361
Type	Open-air living museum and zoo
Visitors	1,369,431 (2016)[1]
Director	John Brattmyhr
Website	www.skansen.se/en/

Skansen (Swedish: [ˈskǎnːsɛn]; "the Sconce") is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

The term "skansen" has become a generic term referring to other open-air museums and collections of historic structures, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, but also in the United States, e.g. Old World Wisconsin and Fairplay, Colorado.