National Museum of Fine Arts is located on the peninsula Blasiholmen in central Stockholm. Since the opening of the museum acquired an impressive collection of works of art thanks to his chief patron - King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The museum was founded in 1792 as the "Royal Museum", but when in 1866 it was built a modern building, it was renamed the National Museum.

The museum is home to half a million drawings from the Middle Ages until 1900, works by Rembrandt and the Dutch collection of the 17th century, as well as collections of porcelain, paintings, sculptures and works of contemporary art. The museum also has an art library, accessible to scientists and the public easy.

The current building was built in 1844 - 1866 years in the style of north-Italian Renaissance by the German architect Friedrich August Shtulera, who also designed the New Museum in Berlin. Relatively closed exterior, except the main entrance, does not give us any hint of what's inside of the building has a spacious interior, dominated by a huge staircase leading to the top of the galleries. For decades, the building is constantly expanded and adapted to meet the growing requirements of the museum. For example, in 1961 it increased to create a museum shops. Thus, one layer overlaps the other modifications. Nevertheless, the building is never fully repaired, so it ceased to meet international safety standards, climate control, fire protection and industrial logistics.

The museum building is currently closed for renovation until the completion of repair work, therefore, to see the museum's collection by visiting the temporary exhibition area ten minutes walk from the National Museum, the Royal Academy of Liberal Arts in Stockholm.