The Nobel Museum’s world touring exhibit presents the entrepreneur and innovator Alfred Nobel. Visitors learn more about his life’s achievements, the people he surrounded himself with, his business contacts and his friends, and how he came to donate money for an international prize. Through video art and newly produced short films, visitors become gain new insight into the man and his accomplishments. A number of smaller screens also present a selection of Nobel laureates and members of the Nobel committees.
The exhibit consists of four pavilions, each with its own theme:
• Saint Petersburg – where Nobel grew up (along with Stockholm)
• Paris – where he both studied and lived a large part of his adult life
• Innovations - that marked his achievements
• Networks – that made possible his business empire
The exhibit also looks at his will and testament, which established the Nobel Prize.
“The exhibit was inaugurated in 2008 in Dubai by Crown Princess Victoria. We are extremely happy to finally have it here in Stockholm but it required a minor miracle to make it happen. Our facilities are actually too small for our own international tour exhibit,” says Museum Director Olov Amelin.
Like its subject, Alfred Nobel, the exhibit is both innovative and cutting-edge. With more than 160 video screens controlled by a single computer, the exhibit’s flexible solution makes it easy to change the language of displayed texts when the exhibit arrives in a new country.
The exhibit is also accompanied by a book, “Alfred Nobel: Networks of Innovation”, written by Ulf Larsson, head of exhibitions. Already available in English, the book is now being published in Swedish in connection with the opening of the exhibit in Stockholm.
The exhibit will be ongoing until September 12th 2010. From here, it will move on to New Delhi in India.