Onslunda Hembygds- & Borstmuseum

About the museum

Onslunda Hembygds- & Borstmuseum is run by Othinslunda Hembygdsförening (Othinslunda local heritage society) and lies in Sigfrid Knutsson's four-wing farm in the middle of the village. The association was founded in 1950 and bought the farm in 1956 with help from the municipality. The farm was furnished with farmer Gustav Henriksson's large collection of peasant objects, which began with a unique stone hand mill, and the local heritage museum was inaugurated in 1957.

Onslunda is known as the brush village (borstabyn). Brush-binding took off through Mårten Larsson, known as Borstakungen (the Brush King), and his sons expanded the business with machinery. The Borstmuseet (brush museum) was inaugurated in 1994 on the initiative of Ewe Larsson and shows the heyday of brush-binding. The museum counts as a working life museum and is the only one of its kind on brush-binding.

The museum contains craft and farm objects that reflect the peasant home in the second half of the 1800s, a schoolroom with a teacher's desk, school benches and a pump organ (tramporgel), and Alma Trapp's shop with preserved shop interior, where hand-set brushes are sold. Brush-binding still takes place on a small scale, and the association arranges courses and workshops in the craft.

Highlights

• Borstmuseet, the only working life museum about brush-binding
• Alma Trapp's shop with preserved shop interior and hand-set brushes for sale
• Schoolroom with school benches, slate boards and a pump organ
• Collections of crafts and farm tools from the second half of the 1800s
• Courses and workshops in brush-binding

Permanent exhibitions

• Hembygdsmuseet – Craft and farm objects reflecting the peasant home in the second half of the 1800s, as well as a schoolroom and a carriage hall.
• Borstmuseet – Exhibition on the heyday of the brush-binding industry in Onslunda and the Brush King Mårten Larsson, in the northern outbuilding range.
• Alma Trapps affär – General store with preserved shop interior where hand-set brushes are sold.

Founded

1957

Operated by

Othinslunda Hembygdsförening

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

Visitors can try their hand at binding brushes in the workshops.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Own shop, Alma Trapps Diverse, selling hand-set brushes, candles, apples, toffee (knäck) and roasted almonds on open days.

Events & venue rental

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