Frilandsmuseet

Frilandsmuseet

Established	1897
Location	Lyngby,Denmark
Type	Open-air museum
Visitors	264,805 (2007)
Website	Frilandsmuseet

Frilandsmuseet(English:Open Air Museum) is anopen-air museumon the northern outskirts ofCopenhagen,Denmark.The museum is located inLyngbyon Kongevejen inNorth Zealand.The museum can be reached directly by bus number 184 fromNørreport Stationin central Copenhagen or by S-train toSorgenfri station.

Frilandsmuseet

Buildings

Opened in 1897, it moved to its present location in 1901. Covering 40hectares,it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world. It is a department under theDanish National Museumand is part of the research done on agricultural history.

The museum features more than 100 buildings from rural environments and dating from 1650-1950. All buildings are original and have been moved piece by piece from their original location save a windmill that is still found in its original location. The museum contains rural buildings from all regions of Denmark, including many of the small and remote Danish islands includingBornholmandLæsø.Buildings include afarmhousefrom the island ofLæsøthatched withkelp.

Represented are also buildings from theFaroe Islands,as well as the former Danish possessions ofSouthern SchleswiginGermanyandScaniaandHallandinSweden.The distribution demonstrates how life has been adapted to regional living conditions and availability of materials. Represented in the collection are also all social living conditions, from amanor houseto apoorhouse,different types of buildings like farms, mills and workshops, and numerous professions. The museum include six mills including apost millfrom 1662. Some of the mills are regularly operated by a guild of volunteers.

The grounds of the museum also features 25 historic gardens and cultural landscapes and livestock of old Danish breeds. The gardens and animals are displayed in connection with the socially and geographically corresponding buildings.

Gallery

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  Træsko'Maker's House,Kirke Søby
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  Farmhouse fromSønder Sejerslev
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  Woodworker's workshop from Borre onMøn
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  Farmhouse fromLundageronFunen
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  Forge fromØrbækonFunen
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  Marsh farm fromSønderjylland
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  Skipper's house fromFanø
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  Farmhouse fromJalland

See also

• Danish National Museum
• The Funen Village
• The Old Town, Aarhus
• Bondebyen

External links

• Media related toFrilandsmuseetat Wikimedia Commons