Den Gamle By The Old Town Musuem Aarhus Denmark

Den Gamle By - Danish Open-Air museum in Aarhus Denmark

Den Gamle By – “The Old Town” - is a living picture of life in Denmark as it looked in the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s. Take a stroll down the streets and meet the people of a bygone era. Have a chat with the local priest, visit the baker’s wife who sells cakes from traditional recipes or take a carriage ride through the town. In Den Gamle By you can explore the homes, courtyards and shops as they might have looked in Hans Christian Andersen’s days. Den Gamle By was founded in 1909 as the world's first open-air museum of urban history and culture. The museum contains more than 75 houses relocated from all over Denmark and it also has several permanent exhibitions. The museum is under the patronage of the Danish Queen and it is one of Denmark’s few 3-star attractions in Guide Michelin. The museum is open all year round.

The Old Town features a total of 75 buildings from 20 Danish towns while another three are in storage awaiting later reconstruction. The oldest structure is a storage house from Aalborg from c. 1550 and the youngest is a garden pavilion from the 1909 Country Exhibit in Aarhus. The majority of the structures are from the mid 18th to early 19th centuries in typical half-timbered renaissance style.

The largest and most impressive buildings are the Coin Master's Mansion from Copenhagen (c. 1683), the Mayor's House from Aarhus (c. 1597), a merchant's house also from Århus (c. 1723) and the Aalborg Estate from Aalborg (c. 1570 and 1807). Many smaller buildings of diverse persuasions are scattered around the site, ranging from ordinary residences to a small dock for boat construction, a tobacco barn, several watermills and a windmill.

There are 5 regular exhibits, The Danish Clock Museum, the Toy Museum, a silverware exhibit, a pottery exhibit and the Textile Museum, in addition to several smaller exhibits.

Den Gamle By
Viborgvej 2
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
+45 86 12 31 88
dengamleby.dk

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