4 . T H E
M U S E U M O F
F A R
E A S T E R N
A N T I Q U I T I E S
TYGHUSPLAN
The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities manages some
100 , 000 objects . The collections consist primarily of
archaeological and art historical material from China ,
Japan , Korea and South Asia . In addition , the Museum
of Far Eastern Antiquities has a small number of
artefacts from Southeast Asia and Central Asia .
The collections derive from archaeological fieldwork
carried out in the central and northwestern regions of
China by the Swedish researcher Johan Gunnar
Andersson ( 1874 - 1960 ). The fieldwork was carried out
during the period 1921 – 1926 in collaboration with
Johan Gunnar Andersson ' s Chinese colleagues such as
Yuan Fuli ( P . L . Yuan ) and the Swedish Crown Prince ,
later King Gustav VI Adolf , and Crown Princess . The
findings consisted of human cultural remains from pre -
revolutionary China , mostly ceramics from around
5 , 000 – 600 years BCE , a period that is generally
referred to as the Neolithic Stone Age .
The outstanding Swedish and Chinese collaborations
resulted in the so - called Far Eastern Collections and a
designated museum from the Swedish Parliament in
1926 . Since then , the Museum has through donations
and acquisitions accumulated a large volume of
materials relating to Asia and Asian cultures with
specific focus on gentry culture .
In 1959 , the Far Eastern Collections were put together
with the National Museum ' s collection of East Asian
and South Asian arts and handicrafts . The new
museum opened in 1963 at the former premises of the
Royal Armoury on Skeppsholmen . The Museum of Far
Eastern Antiquities was part of a Government agency ,
i . e . the National Museum of Fine Arts , until 1999 when
the National Museums of World Culture was
established to incorporate the Museum of
Mediterranean and Near Eastern
Antiquities / Medelhavsmuseet , the Museum of
Ethnography / Etnografiska museet ( Stockholm ) and the
Museum of World Culture / Världskulturmuseet
( Gothenburg ).