Museumsgården

About the museum

The Museumsgården, formerly called Lynggården or "På Lynget", is a four-winged farm with dark-tarred half-timbering and the massive eelgrass roof typical of Læsø. Written sources document residents since the 1630s; the main house and stable were built around 1700, the main house was extended around 1800, and around 1860 the wings grew together into a closed complex. The timber includes parts of stranded ships.

Læsø Museum was founded on June 22, 1938 and bought the farm in the same year with the support of Læsø Sparekasse. In 1941 it opened as Hjemstavnsgården with a big folk festival. The last resident, Sine Krogbæk, born on the farm in 1865, lived there until her death in 1949 and in her last years looked after her parental home as custodian. In 1950 the buildings were placed under heritage protection; in 1978 the post windmill was moved to its present location.

The rooms still show the furnishings from the time when Sine's parents took over the farm around 1860: open hearths, alcove beds, no electric light and a well in the yard. The farm tells of life on the island when the men were at sea for long periods and the women ran the farming. The exhibition section deals with seaweed roofs, Læsø costumes with silver jewelry and paintings from the collection; in the old stable, an exhibition has run since 2024 on Læsø's path to UNESCO World Heritage status, and in the barn, since 2025, an interactive short history of the island.

Highlights

• Huge, overgrown seaweed roof – one of the last seaweed-roofed houses on Læsø
• Original rooms with open hearths and alcove beds (around 1860)
• Its own post windmill in the field
• Læsø costumes with silver jewelry and paintings, including by Michael Ancher
• Church door of Hals Kirke, abandoned because of drifting sand
• Interactive exhibition "Læsøs historie på 5 min."

Permanent exhibitions

• Kvinden og jorden – The originally furnished seaweed farm tells of the daily life of the women who ran house and farm on Læsø while the men went to sea.
• På vej mod Verdensarv – Exhibition in the old stable about the efforts to get Læsø's cultural heritage onto the UNESCO World Heritage list.
• Læsøs historie på 5 min. – Interactive short history of the island in the old barn, opened in summer 2025.

Founded

1941

Operated by

Læsø Museum (staatlich anerkanntes Lokalmuseum)

Director

Simon Kyhn-Madsen

Admission & discounts

Admission applies to one house each (Museumsgården or Museumshuset). Tours for company employees and members of Læsø associations at half price when booked in advance.

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; bringing your own food is allowed.

Getting there & parking

The Museumshuset with café and shop is in Byrum, at Byrum Hovedgade 68.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Sale of, among other things, the book "Et liv under tangtag" about the farm; café with Wi-Fi in the Museumshuset (Byrum Hovedgade 68).

Events & venue rental

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

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