Fredensborg Museum

Over het museum

Fredensborg Museum is housed in the Rytterskole (cavalry school) of Avderød, one of the roughly 240 village schools that King Frederik IV had built in his cavalry districts in the 1720s. The schoolhouse in the Kronborg Rytterdistrikt was built in 1723, served as a school until 1942, and afterward as a teacher's residence. Since 1976 the well-preserved building, which belongs to the municipality, has been used as a local history museum.

The museum was set up by the local history association in Karlebo; at times the local history archive was also housed in the building. Since 2023 the volunteer Foreningen Fredensborg Museum has run the museum. It collects and presents history from the area of present-day Fredensborg Municipality – from Esrum Sø to the Øresund, from the Middle Ages to the present – and is also building an online collection on places and people of the region.

Three permanent exhibitions shape the visit: a schoolroom where you can recreate lessons from about 1900 to 1940, a collection of wall and decorative tiles from the factories in Humlebæk and Nivå (1936–1981), and the Vognporten (carriage gate) with old farm machinery, carriages, and firefighting equipment. There are also smaller changing exhibitions. The museum garden is open to visitors outside opening hours as well.

Hoogtepunten

• Rytterskole from 1723, one of Frederik IV's schools
• Schoolroom with slates, pens, and old schoolbooks to try out
• Tiles from the factories in Humlebæk and Nivå
• Hand-operated fire pump from Fredensborg Palace (1888)
• Old garden games available to borrow
• Free admission

Vaste collectie

• Skolestuen – Furnished schoolroom with desks, slates, teaching charts, and school items from Karlebo and Nivå, where you can try out lessons from around 1900–1940 yourself.
• Flisesamlingen – Wall, table, and souvenir tiles from the tile factories in Humlebæk and Nivå (1936–1981), including pieces of the platform signs from Nørreport Station.
• Vognporten – Larger objects in the open air: farm machinery, a gray Ferguson tractor, a horse-drawn cart, and a hand-operated fire pump from Fredensborg Palace dating from 1888.

Opgericht

1976

Beheerder

Foreningen Fredensborg Museum

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission. The museum association welcomes members and donations.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

There are stairs to the building, but there is a wheelchair lift. Corridors and doors are narrow, but you can get in and around with a standard wheelchair. No accessible toilet, but the restroom is large enough for a wheelchair. An accessible parking space is available.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Doe- en voelstations

The museum is expressly recommended for parents and grandparents with children: in the schoolroom you can write on slates and with pen and ink and leaf through old schoolbooks. For the garden, old games such as stilts, horseshoes, a tug-of-war rope, and hoops can be borrowed; a replica horse-shaped punishment bench (Træhest) has a removable saddle for children and adults. A leaflet describes a walk through the village of Avderød.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the village of Avderød near Karlebo and the Fredensborg Kongevej, about 3 km from Kokkedal and the Helsingørmotorvejen.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig

In the garden there are tables and benches for food you have brought along.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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