Museum Silkeborg Blicheregnen

Over het museum

The museum is located in Thorning, where the poet Steen Steensen Blicher was pastor from 1819 to 1825 and wrote his best-known novella. It is housed in the former farm buildings and the tenant's residence of the parsonage, whose farming operation ended in late 1975. Its predecessors were three small private local museums in Hinge, Kjellerup, and Thorning; the Thorning museum had been housed since the 1930s in the half-timbered house E Thueninghus.

Supported by great local commitment – a museum association was founded in 1976 – the then Kjellerup Municipality opened the Blicheregnens Museum on August 25, 1979. In 1980 the Knappe bird collection was added, and in 1991 state recognition. E Thueninghus has served since 1992 as a historical workshop for school classes and groups, and an extension created space for special exhibitions. Since 2009, the house has belonged to Museum Silkeborg.

The permanent exhibitions combine literature, natural history, and cultural history: keepsakes and first editions of Blicher, the rural life of the heath with stocking knitters and Potato Germans, finds from the Stone Age to modern times, and an animal collection with over 400 birds. In 2019, an exhibition on the Battle of Grathe Hede in 1157 was added, which ended the civil war between Svend, Knud, and Valdemar. Since 2020, the Grathe Monumentet at Grathe Kapel near Hauge Sø has opened up the site in the landscape.

Hoogtepunten

• First editions and personal belongings of St. St. Blicher
• Exhibition on the Battle of Grathe Hede in 1157 with a children's trail
• Country life in the 19th century and the Koloniststuen cottages of the Potato Germans
• Animal collection with more than 400 birds
• Grathe Monumentet at the site of the battle, freely accessible
• Medieval Days with market in May

Vaste collectie

• Blicher og hans verden – First editions, keepsakes, and everyday objects tell of Blicher as poet, pastor, hunter, and citizen and of the world that shaped his work.
• Kampen om Magten – slaget på Grathe Hede – Civil war, regicide, and power struggle in the 12th century up to the decisive battle of 1157, with a reconstructed church interior of the Grathe Chapel and hands-on stations.
• Bønderne på Blicheregnen – Everyday life of the rural population in the 19th century – cooking, school, clothing, stocking knitting, and life on the margins of society.

Opgericht

1979

Beheerder

Museum Silkeborg

Directie

Ole Nielsen

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices since January 1, 2025; increased admission during the Medieval Days. The joint ticket for Museum Jorn, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, and Hovedgården is not valid here. Painting a knight's shield in summer DKK 50.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations

In the Grathe Hede exhibition, children can try on armor, feel the weight of a sword, search for hidden panels, and play a dilemma game; in summer they can paint their own knight's shield. In the exhibition on the 19th century, children help little Steen with various tasks. Every year in May, Medieval Days with a market take place.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

From Silkeborg via Highway 52 toward Viborg, from Viborg and Herning via the A13 to Thorning.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Coffee room where food you bring yourself may be eaten, in good weather also in the museum garden; for groups coffee by advance order. Museum shop with books on Blicher, the Middle Ages, heath life, and handicrafts as well as postcards, jewelry, horn and pottery goods, and knight's equipment for children.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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