Buy a Nobel Prize when you can't win one
What do you do with a naughty child who throws a tantrum when he can get what he wants?
a - take away all his toys and lock him in his room
b - feed him to the bullies at school to teach him a lesson
c - get him a fake toy to shut him up
Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm
A couple of years ago I visited the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. It's located in the city's Old Town, Gamla stan, a place where all tourists will pass through. I hadn't planned on visiting the museum, and actually stumbled into the old town. When I saw the Nobel Prize Museum, I figured it was interesting to learn more about the much sought after Nobel Prize. The museum itself is based on the ground floor of the old stock exchange building. It's not very big and takes probably an hour or so to see everything, or less if you're not interested in reading through all the exhibits.
As soon as you step inside, you face a small front desk where you buy your tickets. Tickets cost SEK160 that's around USD18. Under 18s go free and it's SEK120 for students and seniors. The photo below shows the back of the front desk, the front is literally a few steps from the entrance. There are no barriers to stop people from going inside without buying a ticket, but of course, you won't expect anyone to do that. There's a photo train overhead. More on that in a minute.
There's an imprint of the man himself, Nobel, on the floor just in front of the front desk. I'm not a big fan of installing designs like this on the floor. It is disrespectful to step on it, unless it's of a naughty child, then I wouldn't mind. Otherwise, you have to be careful to stay off it. Not very practical, particularly in high footfall areas. Nobel photo train
I'm not sure what this is called, so I've made up a name for it. Inside the museum, you hear a constant "clack clack clack" overhead. You get used to it after a while and don't even notice it. This is the photo train I mentioned earlier, and it runs throughout the museum. There are many cards on the train, one for each of the Nobel Prize laureates (winners) over the years. The cards travel around clustered together, and when they get to certain points, they space out, allowing visitors to read the content on the card. Your neck gets tired quickly after looking up, but I think this is a nice way to pay tribute to the laureates.
To date, there have been 1026 laureates won by 990 individuals and 28 organisations. Some have won multiple times and America has the most laureates, over 400. Some people have won none, despite their constant grovelling.
Nobel categories
For those who don't know, there are 6 categories where one can win a Nobel prize. You have to do something that has conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. This is what Nobel stated in his will in 1895 when he left most of his fortune to fund the prize. The categories are medicine, chemistry, literature, physics, peace and economics. Peace is a funny one. If you create chaos to achieve peace, have you conferred any benefit to humankind?
I went in the summer of 2024, and the details of the 2023 laureates were on display, with a short description of their achievement.
These things changed the world exhibition
This is the main exhibition in the museum. A collection of over 250 artefacts from the lauretes. They are items relating to their journey to achieving the prize. Some are objects used during the scientific discovery, personal items, books and even Einstein's manuscript from when he won the Nobel Physics prize in 1921.
Nobel Creaations
I was a little surprised to see a fashion show in the museum. The Nobel Creations is a much lighter and more abstract exhibition compared to the previous one. Fashion design students created outfits based on their interpretation of each of the Nobel prize category, where they "challenge established methods and theories, to think outside the box and to fuse different kinds of knowledge into new statements." It was a little abstract for me, but what do I know about fashion.
Bistro Nobel
It didn't take very long to tour the museum, and before I left, I stopped by for a cup of coffee at the cafe. As I was sipping away at my coffee, I noticed some chairs had a tag, like the chairs you see on display at Ikea. Some people were switching around to sit on these chairs and taking photos. What an odd thing to do.
Intrigued, I went to take a look. It turns out these chairs, or rather the tags, were signed by the laureates, like a guestbook. I'm not sure if they sat on this exact chair or not. It would be cool if they did, but I don't see how the museum could track which bum landed on here previously.
Buying a Nobel prize
I forgot to mention, the museum has a gift shop. There was a big jar of Nobel Prize chocolate coins. It would make nice gifts for people who are desperate for a prize but can't get one. I bought myself a Nobel Prize fridge magnet. I'm a Nobel winner now!!!!
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This seems like a cool museum. I don't feel like $18 bucks is too bad either for the price of admission. I have a feeling we pass by a lot of little museums like this every day and we may not even realize they are there. As for your other commentary, I completely agree!
Bozz, I agree man, what a deal compared to some museums here. Especially for the history and education. I bet we do pass a good deal of little museums here in the States where we miss a great deal of science, nature and history and are very affordable too. and YES on the commentary as well.
Small museums can be great places to visit because often the curators put so much effort and attention in running them, giving visitors insight into a new world.
Unlike the Abba museum which was on my list to go, this wasn't even on my radar. Once I saw it, it felt like it was worth going given its uniqueness. With recent shenanigans it made a perfect topic
I think the ABBA museum would be cool too. I wa thinking the other day they were more than just a musical group, they were basically a phenomenon.
Interesting place. Perhaps the other categories are well deserved, but as far as “peace” is concerned, I think that since it was awarded to Kissinger (1973), this recognition has been rather discredited.
I think the Peace award is always quite controversial, being two sides to every story
That's right, and many interests.
So it means your fridge magnet collection got bigger! 😁
Yes, it's quietly growing with my trips 😁
It's like the end justifies the means, but what about those who suffered.
Some of those Nobel winners really do not deserve getting that award!
At least you got a Nobel fridge magnet LUT 😉
No matter how much good one brings to this world, someone is always going to be suffer or lose out in the process. Sadly it's just a fact of life
Had I known, I'd buy a few medal coins and send it to people to shut them up!!😁
Cool , when i was younger I always dreamed about a science Nobel Prize hehhe. Maybe visiting there could somehow fulfill my dream xD
You never know, it might do. The oldest laureate was in his 90s, so don't give up hope yet!!
yeah I know that but lets say that my current professional career is going more towards away of academics hehe I think my next job is going to be in the private area more as a regular data scientist or even with dev lets see how it goes...times are difficult =P
We scan fingerprints, faces, and irises now, maybe bums are next! 😂
I don't read Swedish, but one sign seems to already have a commentary
about those who throw tantrums, instead of working to earn the prize...
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Honestly, when I look at it as a writer, if there were a competition organized among ourselves, I would choose you as the winner in two categories — Literature and Peace — for the Hive Award, thanks to the efforts you’ve made for the Pinmapple community and your devoted, selfless work.” 🤗
Haha! Thanks for the lovely comment. There are many others more worthy of the literature prize than me here on Hive
I feel stupid for never knowing of this museum, but it looks like one that is a must-see for anyone stopping by Stockholm! Definitely hoping to see it with my own eyes one day :)
There's so many museums around the world, it's impossible to know all of them, I hope you have a chance to see more of them
I wonder if we could do all your three suggestions (with extra emphasis on the big bullies) with a particular moronic adult toddler... 😁
I'm sure we'd all love to see something done about that 😁
Some people seem more obsessed with getting the prize than with doing the work to earn it. The Peace Prize has often been controversial, including the latest one.
I was in Stockholm a couple of times a few years back for work, but didn't have much time to look around. I need to go back.
And some people seem more obsessed with creating a legacy for himself than actual delivering any good for others as he's supposed to do.
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I didn't know this existed! Sad I missed it when I was in Stockholm. Well, gives me a reason to go back now. :rishi556/happyhappyhappycompressed:
I do like the dress at the back, white with grey drape, just to the right of the black blob.
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This museum is very interesting. I could have spent the whole day trying to absorb information about the prize winners and their contributions.
Fashion is everywhere. At first glance, I thought they were the winners' outfits, ha ha ha. María Corina, this year's peace prize winner, would look great in the black outfit.
This idea fits her like a glove. When she was nominated, I didn't understand how someone who constantly wished for invasion and war in her country could be nominated, and I was surprised that she won, but that wasn't what impressed me the most. Rather, it was that she was going to give it away, how stupid. With this gesture, I feel that I have no political representation in my country.
Anyway, thank you for taking me on this journey. I want to eat a chocolate Nobel Prize. @livinguktaiwan 🫠