Læsø Museum

About the museum

The Læsø Museum was founded on June 22, 1938. That same year, with support from the local savings bank, it acquired a seaweed-thatched half-timbered farm near Byrum, which opened as a local history museum in 1941 and is now a separate exhibition house called the Museumsgården. Since 1985, the museum has been a state-recognized local cultural history museum for the cultural and natural history of the island.

Today the museum has its administrative seat and its main exhibitions in the Museumshuset, a former merchant's farm on the main street of Byrum. Here you can see the seafaring and fishing exhibition about the men of Læsø and the sea, the boatbuilding of the Dolmer shipyard, strandings and rescue operations, and changing special exhibitions. One highlight is the Bogøgård silver hoard: in 1982, a farmer digging a foundation came across a clay jar with more than 1,800 coins from the 17th century, one of the largest coin finds in Denmark.

The Museumshuset also houses the local history archive, a new storage facility for the collection, a museum shop, and a small café. The museum also includes other sites on the island: the seaweed-thatched Hedvigs Hus near Østerby, one of the lobster huts at Horneks Odde, and the fishing cutter FN 162 Ellen.

Highlights

• Bogøgård silver hoard with more than 1,800 coins from the 17th century
• Seafaring and fishing exhibition about Læsø's seamen
• Boatbuilding of the Dolmer shipyard and rescue services
• Old mail coach in the museum garage
• Museum shop with Læsø products and small café

Permanent exhibitions

• Læsømanden og havet – Seafaring and fishing exhibition about the men of the island, who spent a large part of the year at sea, with boatbuilding of the Dolmer shipyard as well as strandings and rescue operations.
• Sølvskatten fra Bogøgård – The coin hoard from the 17th century discovered at Bogøgård in 1982, displayed in full.

Founded

1938

Operated by

Læsø Museum (staatlich anerkanntes Lokalmuseum)

Director

Simon Kyhn-Madsen

Admission & discounts

The admission of DKK 75 applies to one house each (Museumshuset or Museumsgården). Tours for company employees and association members from Læsø at half price with advance booking.

Accessibility

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

Kids & families

Children and young people under 18 have free admission.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop
• Wi-Fi

Museum shop with crafts, jewelry replicas of the Læsø costume, island products (honey, salt, candy), and local history literature; coffee, tea, and hot chocolate, in the courtyard in good weather. Free Wi-Fi.

Events & venue rental

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

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