A museum from the past
In the early 1900s, most Danish towns established a museum housing archaeological finds and local history. They were keen to include everything, and the exhibitions therefore cover the entire history of the region – from arrowheads and charred bones, through a plaster cast of the Golden Horns, to mangle boards, maternity pots, textiles and old pots from the local area.
Chronology had to take a back seat
The exhibitions seem very compact and somewhat haphazard, as newly acquired objects had to be placed wherever there was space, and not necessarily where they fitted chronologically.
Authenticity in the display cases
The labels in the display cases primarily stated who had donated the object to the museum, just as they did back then.
The display cases in the museum date from an exhibition that opened at Den Gamle By in 1926.
