Fur Museum
Museum on the Limfjord island of Fur with internationally important 55-million-year-old fossils from the Moler, plus a museum farm and old fishing harbor.
About the museum
Fur Museum was founded in 1953 by Magne Breiner Jensen and opened in 1954; in 1960 it received state recognition. From the start, the focus was on the island's Moler – a deposit of diatoms and volcanic ash in which animals and plants from about 55 million years ago have been exceptionally well preserved.
The museum building was expanded in 1960, 1978, and 1988. In 1994 the museum took over a pound-net house at the silted-up old harbor of the island, and in 1997 a four-winged farmstead from 1856 was added, which now shows the life of the fisher-farmers on Fur. In 2021 the museum received a new entrance area. Since 2008, Fur Museum has been part of the Museum Salling group.
The collection includes many thousands of fossils of over 500 species – fish, birds, turtles, insects, and plants – including numerous specimens known worldwide only from here. A showpiece is the so-called Tysker-fisken ("German fish"), a large fish found in 1985 by a German vacationer, whose discovery contributed to the introduction of the Danish Danekræ law protecting natural history finds. The collection also serves research and is loaned to scientists around the world.
Highlights
- 55-million-year-old fossils from the Moler of the Fur Formation
- Tysker-fisken – large fish find, impetus for the Danekræ law
- Tidsstien: stone park with Ice Age animals made of heather and willow
- Museum farm "Fiskerbondens gård" from 1856
- Exhibition in the pound-net house at the silted-up old harbor
Permanent exhibitions
- Molerets fantastiske fossiler – The best pieces of the fossil collection from the Fur Formation: exceptionally well-preserved fish, birds, turtles, insects, and plants, including the Tysker-fisken.
- Tidsstien – Stone park behind the museum as a journey through 1.4 billion years of Danish geological history, with Ice Age animals made of heather and willow wickerwork, and a dinosaur.
- Fiskerbondens gård – Four-winged farmstead from 1856 with tools, furniture, and machines that tell of the everyday life of the fisher-farmers on Fur.
- Founded
- 1953
- Operated by
- Museum Salling
Admission & discounts
| Adults | DKK 80 |
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| Reduced | DKK 65Students with valid ID |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and teenagers under 18 have free admission. |
| Visitors with disabilities | –companion free · Companions free upon presentation of a companion card (ledsagerkort). |
| Students & apprentices | DKK 65With a valid student ID. |
| Groups (10+ people) | DKK 65 per personGroup discount from 10 people. |
| Weekly ticket | DKK 120 |
| Museum Salling combination ticket | DKK 265One visit to each of the four museums of Museum Salling. |
| Museum Salling annual pass | DKK 295Valid at all four museums of Museum Salling during opening hours. |
School classes and educational institutions have free admission.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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- Family tours & workshops
Children under 18 have free admission. During holidays there are activities such as volcano demonstrations and fossil hunts with the museum's geologists, included in admission. In the stone park behind the museum stand mammoths, aurochs, and a dinosaur.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Museum shop with stones, jewelry, toys, postcards, and natural history books for children and adults; open during museum hours.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Geological tours for private groups of up to 30 people (about one hour) cost DKK 950 plus admission, outside opening hours DKK 1,500 plus admission. On weekdays from April to June and August to October, the museum geologist can also be booked for tours to Knudeklint, beach stone hunting, or bus tours around the island (DKK 950 each plus admission). If you have found fossils yourself, you can have them identified at the museum. |
