Frilandsmuseet Herning

Over het museum

The Frilandsmuseet Herning goes back to the Herning Museum founded in 1892. After pharmacist J. Chr. Møller donated a plot on Museumsgade to the museum, a central and west Jutland farm with a bindestue was erected there in 1906 – the beginning of what, by its own account, is the second-oldest open-air museum in Denmark. In 1909/10 the main building was added according to plans by the architect V. Gullev.

Since 2010 the site has belonged to Museum Midtjylland, and since 2017 it has borne its current name. A large part of the old museum building is now used by Historiens Hus with associations and the local archive; the open-air museum with its exhibitions has remained at the address.

Among old fruit trees stand the farmyard with a draw well, stable, barn, and farmhouse, plus a malt kiln, a smithy, a bake oven, and the small cottage "Ane Maries hus", a typical settler's home on the heath. In the farmhouse, a sound installation conveys the daily life of a heath farming family in the late 19th century. In the old museum building are an apartment as it was during the occupation 1940–1945, an exhibition on the folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen, and "Jens Nielsens Bondegård" with over 100 perspective boxes by Inge Faurtoft. On Thursdays the volunteer Landsbylauget tends the garden, bees, smithy, and buildings using old craft techniques.

Hoogtepunten

• Heath farm with draw well, stable, barn, and bindestue
• Cottage "Ane Maries hus"
• Sound installation on the daily life of a heath farming family
• "Jens Nielsens Bondegård" with over 100 perspective boxes
• Apartment from the occupation 1940–1945
• Museum garden freely accessible around the clock

Vaste collectie

• Bondegården og museumshaven – Thatched heath farm with farmhouse, stable, barn, smithy, malt kiln, and the cottage Ane Maries hus in the middle of the museum garden; a sound installation plays in the farmhouse.
• Jens Nielsens Bondegård – Over 100 perspective boxes by Inge Faurtoft show the course of the year on a farm around 1920.
• Besættelseslejligheden og Evald Tang Kristensen – An apartment as it was during the occupation 1940–1945 and an exhibition on the folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen and his collection.

Opgericht

1906

Beheerder

Museum Midtjylland (selbstständige, staatlich anerkannte Institution)

Directie

Kristine Holm-Jensen (Museumsdirektørin von Museum Midtjylland)

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 3.486 (2025)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission for adults, children, members, and retirees.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum garden is wheelchair-accessible, but difficult when wet. Jens Nielsens Bondegård is wheelchair-accessible; the Evald Tang Kristensen exhibition and the occupation apartment are not. Restrooms in the basement and on the mezzanine, reachable by elevator and stairs. Only guide dogs in the building.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk: niet aanwezig
• Verschoonruimte: niet aanwezig

Jens Nielsens Bondegård with its perspective boxes is especially popular with children. During school holidays there are family activity days, for example in the autumn holidays. Strollers are only allowed in the museum garden, not in the old houses and exhibitions; no changing facilities.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

About a three-minute walk from the pedestrian zone in Herning.

Service & horeca

No eating or drinking in the exhibitions; packed food can be eaten in the museum garden under a shelter with benches. At special events, bread is baked in the bake oven.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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