The Museum Lolland-Falster
The Museum Lolland-Falster consists of four sections, which are partly situated in Maribo and partly in Nykøbing F. The two sections in Maribo are an open-air museum and a museum showing the history of civilization. In Nykøbing F, there is a museum showing the history of civilization and the Old Grocer's Shop. The different sections of The Museum Lolland-Falster give the visitor various glimpses of Lolland's and Falster's history from ancient to modern times.
The County Museum - Maribo's history of civilization
(Stiftsmuseet)
At Banegårdspladsen in Maribo you will find the old museum
building from the year 1889 that contains the county museum. The
large museum building was constructed for that purpose. It gives
good possibilities for exhibitions on all 3 floors. Since its
inception more than a hundred years ago, the county museum has
displayed the history of civilization in the area covering all
periods of time and subjects. The broad spectrum of exhibitions has
characterised the museum from its beginning and a wide range of
exhibitions still prevails today.
You will find a unique collection of crucifixes from the period 1250
up to 1350 in the historical building. This collection was restored
during the year 2008. The crucifixes have not been brought back to
their original appearance but left with their patina of the years.
By studying the crucifixes in detail, the visitor might get an idea
of how they looked originally, how changes have been made over time
and what the newest restoration has meant. The museum also takes an
interest in Polish immigration to the island and its importance for
the area, past and present. Furthermore, the museum has collected
and found many antique relics over the years. These are shown in
different connections. The museum also takes the visitor back to
Danish rural culture. Among other things, pictures, tools, furniture
and clothes are shown. There are various special exhibitions.
Information:
Address:
The County Museum, Banegårdspladsen 5, 4930 Maribo
Opening hours:
Wednesday - Saturday from 12a.m. until 4p.m., Sunday - Tuesday
closed
Admission:
Adults: 30dkr, children up to 18 years: free
The Tsar's House - a piece of cultural history in Nykøbing
(Czarens Hus/Falsters Minder)
The house of the tsar is situated in Nykøbing, viz as a
historical half-timbered building from the 1690's. Here, you will
find a piece of the town's civic history with its exhibitions of
Falster's history.
In 1913, the Association for the Preservation of Falster's Memories
/Foreningen til Bevarelse af Falsters Minder) was founded. The
purpose was to establish a museum for Falster as a whole.. The
tsar's house has been the framework for the collections since 1923.
The museum was approved in 1945. The museum has been professionally
managed since 1979. The museum has also had responsibility for
archaeology in this part of the country since 1986. Falster's
regional historical archives were a part of the museum, but in 1992
the archive was moved to a new location.
The museum's collection is a string of pearls consisting of
authentic objects that depict Guldborgsund Kommune's cultural
history from ancient to modern times.. The exhibitions at the museum
show only a fraction of the collection. The collection consists of a
variety of different antique artefacts like toys, textiles,
Christmas decorations, tools and instruments; things that
collectively give a more detailed picture of past times in both town
and country to present and future visitors.
The exhibitions invite everyone to make a trip into Falster's past,
i.e. to gain an insight into the island's town and country culture
from the Middle Ages until the present day. Rural culture is
represented by means of folk art, among other things, shown in the
form of woodwork and textiles. Furthermore, there is a peasant room
with a kitchen containing original furniture from the village of
Horreby on Falster. There are also figures dressed in costumes from
the 18th century.
The island's town culture and the life of citizens in the 18th
century are demonstrated by means of a respectable middle-class room
with furniture from that period. There is also a middle-class
bedroom from the beginning of the 19th century complete with a
washstand, soiled linen basket, a cradle and many other things
belonging to the period.
Several articles for everyday use are represented; among other
things, Danish, German and British glass, porcelain, pottery, tin,
brass objects and much more.
There is an old street from Nykøbing dating from the end of the 18th
century, which is a part of the exhibition. This street consists of
typical shops, a goldsmith and goldsmith's workshop, a baker and a
tobacconist with products from Nobel's Tobacco Factory - founded in
1835.
The exhibition also offers the possibility of gaining an insight
into historical toys. Children of every age have the chance to
experience their grandmother's or great-grandmother's dolls, dolls
houses, cars, toys of sheet metal, porcelain and other materials: or
grandparents can make a nostalgic review of their own childhood.
From the beginning, the museum has collected many different textiles.
The collection consists of embroideries, textiles and costumes used
by citizens and farmers over the last 300 years. Among other things
are shown a farmer's party clothes and a madam's elegant dress. The
wedding dress worn by the mother of Peter Freuchen, a local born
author and traveller in Greenland, is also exhibited.
Everyday life on Falster during the Middle Ages is represented by
the means of local finds. A farmer's belongings, the shoes of a monk,
keys and tankards are among the exhibits. Building methods from the
period are demonstrated by tiles and information about the
technology. In addition, the collection from the Middle Ages
contains a rowing boat from Guldborgsund, an ore pot with the bell
founder's masterpiece from Nykøbing F, a censer from North Falster,
mediaeval Spanish souvenirs, some shells brought home to Skerne,
rings for a hearse drape from Stubbekøbing, combs made of bone from
Nørre Vedby, iron knives from Systofte and much, much more.
There will be different types of special exhibitions.
Information:
Address:
The House of the Tsar (Czarens Hus), Langgade 2, 4800 Nykøbing F.
Opening hours:
Tuesday-Friday from 12 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.
until 1 p.m. Sunday and Monday closed
Admission:
Adults: 20 dkr, children up to 18 years: free
The Open-Air Museum
The Open-Air Museum is situated in beautiful surroundings
alongside Maribo Lake in proximity to Bangs Have.
The Open-Air Museum was built up in the 1920s and 30s and gives an
impression of Lolland-Falster's farming community's culture and
building techniques in the decades around 1800.
The museum consists of 10 houses, a farm, a post mill and a school
containing an exhibition of the history of village schools.
A shop at the entrance to the museum sells books, postcards, sundry
museum replicas as well as coffee, etc. Furthermore, there are
gardens planted with medicinal herbs, vegetables and roses. The
museum houses a 10 ton steam locomotive that was used for ploughing
from 1872 until 1929.
The most recent building in the museum is a farm labourer's cottage
from Godsted from the year 1872.
Furbishing of the cottage was started in 2007 so that in the future
visitors will be able to experience a farm labourer's home from the
World War I era.
A barn from the farm Gl. Skovnæs stands opposite The Open-Air
Museum. This is from the 1860s and is a fine example of a large farm
estate's warehouse during the height of prosperity for corn sales.
The barn is now used for museum purposes.
Information:
Address:
The Open-Air Museum, Meinckesvej, 4930 Maribo
Opening hours:
Tuesday-Sunday from the 1st of May to the 30.th of September and
week number 42 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Sunday closed.
Admission:
Adults: 30 dkr, children up to 18 years: free
The Old Grocer's Shop
(Den gamle Købmandshandel)
In the year 1995 "The Old Grocer's Shop", which is situated in
the street Langgade 9 in Nykøbing Falster, was opened by the
institution called Falsters Minder. Langgade 9 was built in the year
1810 in the classic style, and was restored in 1995.
The grocer's shop is a living museum built up around the authentic
furniture and stock of goods found in a grocer's shop on Lolland
called Skottemarke Købmandshandel. This shop was closed in 1987.
An epoch had come to an end and the last owner, "Lasse", Skaaning
Larsen wished for the shop to emerge again as a museum for a
grocer's shop.
In "The Old Grocer's Shop" you will experience the scent of freshly
ground coffee from the spinning coffee mill, salt herrings and dried
cod in barrels, brown soap in bulk, original carpet slippers and
rush shoes besides many other things that typically belonged to
Skottemarke Grocer's Shop during the 1950's.
At that time, when the goods were meticulously displayed on shelves
behind the counter, when goods were sold according to the amount
required by the customer, when goods were presented by the friendly
and practised shop assistant, the goods, with all their spiced
scents, really contributed to the atmosphere of the shop. Also today,
the shop assistant, on request, will wrap up the goods in paper, and
even provide a small stick to put through the loops in the string
for easy carrying!
Information:
Address:
The Old Grocer's Shop, Langgade 9, Nykøbing F.
Opening hours:
1th of February - 30th of April:
Tuesday - Friday from 12a.m until 4p.m., Saturday from 10a.m. until
1p.m, Sunday and Monday closed
1th of May - 31th of December and weeks 7 and 8:
Monday-Friday from 11a.m. until 5p.m., Saturday from 10a.m. until
1p.m., Sunday closed
The Old Grocer's Shop is closed in January
Admission: Free
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