Silkeborg Museum

Silkeborg Museum

Silkebrg Museum is a local history museum in Silkeborg, Denmark. It is located in the town's oldest building, Silkebog Hovedgård, a manor house dating from 1770.

Building

Silkeborg Hovedgård was built between 1767 and 1770 by Rittmeister Hans Nicolai Hoff after he had acquired Silkeborg Castle, whose buildings had fallen into despair. From 1846, a room in the building was used as a chapel for workers at the new Silkeborg Paper Factory and later the building was used as a post office.[1]

Silkeborg Hovedgård came back into private ownership in 1906 before it was acquired by Silkeborg Municipality in 1939. The building is listed.

The museum

Tollund Man

The museum was founded in 1904 and has since 1951 been located at Silkeborg Manor.[2] The museum is home to the Tollund Man, one of the most well-preserved naturally mummified Pre-Roman Iron Age corpse found in Denmark. Other exhibitions cover the Viking Age, Middle Ages, Silkeborg Castle, Silkeborg as a forested region and a collection of antique glass.

References

  1. ↑ "Silkebrg Hovedgård" (PDF). Danmarks Kirker. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Silkeborg Museum" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

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Coordinates: 56°10′08″N 9°33′11″E / 56.1690°N 9.5531°E / 56.1690; 9.5531

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