Fuglsang Kunstmuseum

About the museum

The collection is among the older art collections in Denmark. In 1887 it was decided to attach an art department to the newly founded museum in Maribo, prompted among others by the brewer Carl Jacobsen. At its opening in 1890 it consisted of plaster casts and loans; purchases and donations followed later, from 1902 also from the Ny Carlsbergfondet. An extension designed by Einar Ørnsholt was built in 1942–1944.

In 1966 the art collection became independent as Lolland-Falsters Kunstmuseum, and in 1989 it was renamed Storstrøms Kunstmuseum. For a time the focus was on prints and drawings; from 1979, under the first director trained in art history, contemporary art came more into focus.

After an international architecture competition won in 2005 by the Briton Tony Fretton, a new building was constructed at the Fuglsang manor in eastern Lolland. The museum moved, called itself Fuglsang Kunstmuseum and opened in 2008. The building, with galleries of different sizes along a central corridor and a viewing room over the fields, won several architecture awards, including the RIBA European Award. In 2016 the neighboring building KUMUS was added, for art education and concerts.

The collection comprises around 4,000 works from the late 18th century to today, including works by Eckersberg, Hammershøi, L.A. Ring, the Skagen painters and the Cobra group; a large part is landscape art. Since 2023 the sculpture trail "Fuglsang Kunstlandskab" has extended the museum into the surrounding estate landscape.

Highlights

• Danish art from the Golden Age to the present
• Works by Eckersberg, Hammershøi, L.A. Ring and the Skagen painters
• Museum building by Tony Fretton (RIBA European Award)
• Viewing room overlooking the fields as far as the Skejten nature area
• Art trail "Fuglsang Kunstlandskab" around the manor house

Permanent exhibitions

• Dansk kunst fra 1780 til i dag – A changing selection of around 200 works from the museum's own collection and loans, from the Golden Age and artists' colonies to postwar and contemporary art, with a focus on landscape.
• Fuglsang Kunstlandskab – Two circular trails, each about 1.5 km long, around the museum and manor house with outdoor artworks by contemporary artists that take up the nature and history of the place.

Founded

2008

Director

Anna Schram Vejlby

Visitors per year

approx. 31,736 (2025)

Admission & discounts

Members of the friends' association (Fuglsang Kunstmuseums Venner) have free admission. The museum shop and café are accessible without an admission ticket.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Member of the "God Adgang" label. Exhibition and public areas are accessible to wheelchairs and electric scooters, with wide doors and no thresholds. Two loan wheelchairs, a walker and a stroller (reservation recommended, issued at the museum shop) as well as 20 folding stools. Accessible restroom in the foyer. Five accessible parking spaces at the main entrance, reached via the driveway to Fuglsang manor (Nystedvej 73), not via the general parking lot.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Family workshops during the winter holidays (week 7), at the start of the summer holidays (week 27) and during the fall holidays (week 42) with a child-friendly tour and workshop in KUMUS (DKK 40 per person including materials, about 20 places). Free activity sheets are available at the museum shop. A loan stroller is available.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in eastern Lolland, 8 km from Nykøbing Falster. In summer the museum shop lends out two bicycles for a side trip to the Skejten nature area (1 km).

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Café with a view and a summer terrace (homemade smørrebrød, cake, organic products), open during museum hours, last orders 30 minutes before closing; evening meal on the first Thursday of the month. Food brought from outside is not allowed. Museum shop with design, crafts and catalogs.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events

Up to 120 guests.

Concert and lecture hall for about 120 people, small hall for about 50 people and meeting rooms with equipment; private celebrations in the café of KUMUS (up to about 50 people, self-catered). Admission and tours can be added.

Plan your visit