Hillerød Bymuseum

About the museum

Hillerød Bymuseum is now part of Museum Nordsjælland. Its roots lie in the Nordsjællandsk Folkemuseum, founded in 1925, which dealt with the rural culture of North Zealand before industrialization and also served as the city museum of Hillerød. The first museum was a thatched farmstead in the palace garden of Frederiksborg that no longer exists today. In 2005 the institution renamed itself Folkemuseet; besides the city museum, it included the Elværket, the Æbelholt Abbey Museum and the open-air museum Husmandsstedet. In 2014 it merged with the Hørsholm Egns Museum and the cultural center in Gilleleje to form Museum Nordsjælland.

The museum is located in a red brick house on Jægerbakke in the palace park of Frederiksborg. On the first floor it shows how a village by the royal hunting residence became a palace town and later a modern railway town – with large city models, lighting effects and a look at the Nordsten machine factory, for a long time the town's largest employer.

On the second floor, "Tidens Gade" (Street of Time) invites visitors to act out everyday life of past decades: with a classroom, toy shop, grocer's shop, hair salon and painter's workshop. The museum is aimed especially at families with children between 2 and 12 years.

Highlights

• Experience street "Tidens Gade" with classroom and grocer's shop
• City models on the development from palace town to railway town
• Tekno toys and the history of the Nordsten machine factory
• Location in the palace park of Frederiksborg
• Especially suitable for children aged 2 to 12

Permanent exhibitions

• Byhistorie i børnehøjde – Tidens Gade – Recreated street on the second floor with a classroom, toy shop, grocer's shop, hair salon and painter's workshop, where children can act out everyday life of earlier decades.
• Hillerød før og nu – City history from the royal hunt and the building of Frederiksborg to the modern railway and industrial town, with city models and construction toys on the Nordsten machine factory.

Operated by

Museum Nordsjælland

Admission & discounts

Card payment, MobilePay and cash accepted.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: not available
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

No wheelchair access: even the first floor is reached by a few steps, and stairs lead to the second floor (Tidens Gade) and to the basement with the restroom. Only of limited suitability for people with walking difficulties. Guide dogs and service dogs are allowed in the museum.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Stroller-friendly: not available
• Baby changing facilities

With analog games and creative activities, the museum is geared especially toward children aged 2 to 12; in Tidens Gade, visitors can shop, play school and build, and outdoors there are old-fashioned children's games. Baby changing and nursing facilities available. With strollers, a few steps must be overcome; the second floor and basement can only be reached by stairs. Holiday activities and family events throughout the year.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Small café with seating indoors and outdoors (coffee, tea, cocoa, juice, cookies, candy, ice cream). Outside food only outdoors on benches and picnic areas. Museum shop with old-fashioned toys, sweets, books on city history, postcards and posters. Dogs on a leash in the outdoor area only.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

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