Hjortsvang Museum

About the museum

The museum's foundation is the collection of the brothers Jens and Anders Markussen from the Vroldgaard farm in Hjortsvang. Jens took over the parental farm after his father's death in 1942 and over the following decades gathered around 1,000 everyday objects, tools, and machines. Among the most remarkable pieces are an oak chest said to have belonged to a central Jutland gang of counterfeiters in the 1770s, and four pikes that blacksmiths from Hjortsvang made during the uprising of 1848.

After Jens's death in 1964, Anders continued to show the collection to interested visitors. In 1983 he transferred the farm and holdings to the then Tørring-Uldum Kommune, on the condition that a museum be run there. Shortly afterwards the independent institution Hjortsvang Museum was founded.

Since then the grounds have grown considerably: five buildings from Tørring, Hornborg, Honum, and Hatting were moved to the museum grounds, including the Honumhuset in 1992 and the Hattinghuset from the year 1760 in 1994. A forge built in the old style was added. The residential building of Vroldgaard is furnished as it looked in the 1950s.

Today the museum records around 7,000 registered objects on rural history and culture around Tørring. Operations are largely carried by volunteers; the house also includes a local archive.

Highlights

• Residential building of the Vroldgaard farm, furnished as in the 1950s
• Reconstructed general store of the Linnerup Sogns Brugsforening from 1908
• Retirees' living quarters in the relocated Honumhuset
• Horse-drawn and belt-driven farm machinery as well as early tractors
• Exhibition "Modstand" about a local resistance group in World War II
• Garden in the style of around 1900 with two trees planted in 1818

Permanent exhibitions

• Stuehuset på Vroldgaard – The farm's residential building shows the everyday life of a farming family in the 1950s with hundreds of objects from the area.
• Linnerup Sogns Brugsforening 1908 – A reconstructed cooperative store with goods from around 1908 recalls the village shop as a meeting place.
• Modstand – The exhibition tells of a resistance group of around 100 people in the area that received weapon deliveries during the German occupation.

Founded

1983

Director

Daniel Astola

Admission & discounts

Members have free admission. Payment by cash or MobilePay.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children under 16 have free admission. In the stable stands a saddled horse that children can sit on; in the exhibition "Klæder skaber folk" you can put on old hats, jackets, or dresses and be photographed in front of the studio backdrop. During the fall break (October 12–16, 2026) there is a family day with a straw bale playground, pumpkin carving, horse-drawn wagon rides, and soup at the campfire.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

In the café "Katrines Køkken" in the Hattinghuset there are coffee and cake; food you bring yourself may be eaten there. Goods are available in the reconstructed Brugsforening store. Smørrebrød lunch for groups on advance order for an extra charge.

Events & venue rental

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