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Karin Schönberg SILVER OCH KAFFE I LUND – BÖRJAN TILL EN NY TID SILVER AND COFFEE IN LUND – THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA

In 2019 Kulturen acquired a fascinating silver coffeepot, crafted by the Lundbased silversmith Lars Holmström in 1748. Traditionally the yearbooks shine a light on selected new acquisitions and this coffeepot is no exception, representing as it does the beginning of a backward glance through history. Needless to say the books are primarily intended for the museum’s audience. That said, they are even of great use to those of us who work with Kulturen’s collections, helping us to put new acquisitions into context with the existing collections.

Lizette Gradén DET KOMPLEMENTÄRA MUSEET – ENTREPRENÖRSKAP OCH GÅVOR I KULTURENS TJÄNST THE COMPLEMENTARY MUSEUM – ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BEQUESTS IN KULTUREN’S FAVOUR

This article looks at the role economics play in Kulturen’s world. Its purpose is to take a closer look at how Kulturen talks about its own challenges, innovations, gifts and donations and how these have contributed to making Kulturen what it is today. The study uses the yearbook forewords written by Kulturen’s museum directors between 1935–2017 as a starting point, looking at how they describe challenges faced by the museum and how these have been tackled as well as who has emerged as enabler for the museum.

Per Lindström MED FOTOGRAFINS HJÄLP ÖVERLÄMNAR VI OSS TILL FRAMTIDEN GIVING OURSELVES OVER TO THE FUTURE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY

Kulturen’s 1935 yearbook was presented with a dairy cow adorning its cover. We don’t know what Sven T. Kjellberg, curator at Kulturen, was thinking when he chose an ostentatious Dutch figurine from the 18th century for the cover of the very first yearbook, but we do know that the miniature bovine being milked by a boy became a veritable cash cow for the museum. The dialogue between image and text was important right from the outset. This article selects a number of examples that speak volumes on the subject.