Reersø Museum

About the museum

The Reersø Museum is one of the oldest small local history museums in West Zealand. At the suggestion of the writer Thorkild Gravlund, who came from Reersø, it opened on May 23, 1926. It is housed in a thatched half-timbered house eight bays long, made of oak and pine with clay walls, built around 1726 and now a listed building.

The nickname "Andræjs Hus" recalls the last resident, Andreas Sørensen, an artilleryman from North Zealand, who married a widow in 1812 and leased the house for an annual fee. After his death in 1841 it was no longer lived in but used as a tool shed. The Nationalmuseet surveyed the building in 1921; for the museum's opening, the facades were restored to their original appearance. In 2017/18 the house was restored with foundation and state funds, and the last interior walls and the old bread oven were rebuilt in the process.

On display is the life of the poor rural population at the beginning of the 19th century: stable, barn, and threshing floor are at one end of the house, the kitchen with open hearth and bread oven as well as the living room with a built-in stove and alcove at the other. Crooked walls, a clay floor, and low ceilings convey the cramped conditions. On special days, volunteers in historical costumes bring the house to life and cook over the open fire. The museum association also runs a tiny harbor museum at the harbor of Reersø.

Highlights

• Listed half-timbered house from around 1726 with a thatched roof
• Kitchen with open hearth and bread oven
• Combined house and stable with stable, barn, and threshing floor under one roof
• Living history days with volunteers in historical costumes
• Small harbor museum on fishing at the harbor of Reersø

Permanent exhibitions

• Andræjs Hus – Furnished combined house and stable of a poor fisher-farmer family at the beginning of the 19th century with kitchen, living room, stable, and barn.
• Reersø Havnemuseum – Photos and fishing equipment on the history of the harbor and the fishermen of Reersø in a small house at the harbor.

Founded

1926

Operated by

Reersø Museumsforening

Admission & discounts

Members of the museum association (annual fee DKK 50 per person) have free admission. The harbor museum is free.

Accessibility

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

Because of narrow door frames and high thresholds, the museum is unfortunately not accessible for wheelchairs.

Kids & families

The museum explicitly appeals to grandparents with grandchildren who want to discover simple life without electricity and running water. On living history days you can see, smell, and taste food from the open fire. Children under 12 have free admission; next to the harbor museum there is a playground.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the old village center of Reersø with half-timbered houses and farmsteads.

Amenities & dining

• Café: not available
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop

Books on the history of Reersø are sold in the museum.

Events & venue rental

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

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