Papirmuseet

Over het museum

The Papirmuseet is located in the so-called Bøtte, the former production building for handmade paper of the Silkeborg Papirfabrik. The factory, founded in 1844, and the town of Silkeborg grew up together. In 1899, four papermakers with their families and equipment moved here from Strandmølle near Copenhagen; in a converted straw factory they continued the old tradition of papermaking by hand. From 1910, the handmade paper for Danish banknotes was also produced in Silkeborg – at times dozens of men and women worked in this production.

Banknote paper production ended in the early 1960s, and the last handmade paper was made in 1990. When the factory closed in 2000, the working room of the Bøtte was still completely preserved. At the suggestion of the Silkeborg Museum, it was integrated into the new cultural center Jysk Musik og Teaterhus; with a major donation from the Bikubenfonden, the Papirmuseet Bikuben opened on July 2, 2004, led by a long-serving employee of the paper mill.

After austerity decisions by the municipality, the independent museum faced closure in 2010. Since January 1, 2012, it has belonged as a department to what is now Museum Silkeborg. It is both the local museum of the paper mill and a specialist museum for the history of papermaking in Denmark.

The heart of the museum is the historic vat room with original machines such as the Hollander beater and the vats, which volunteer papermakers still use today. Visitors can make a sheet themselves and take it with them. The tour is complemented by an exhibition on the paper mill, a small cinema, a laboratory, and a drying room.

Hoogtepunten

• Originally preserved vat room for handmade paper
• Make a sheet of paper yourself and take it with you
• Paper for Danish banknotes was made here
• Volunteer papermakers demonstrate the old craft
• Tours to the roof terrace of the Papirtårnet at a height of 70 m

Vaste collectie

• Levendegjort papirværksted – The originally furnished vat room of the Bøtte, where volunteer papermakers demonstrate the craft, complemented by exhibitions on the Danish paper industry and the Silkeborg Papirfabrik.

Opgericht

2004

Beheerder

Museum Silkeborg

Directie

Ole Nielsen

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices since January 1, 2025. The joint ticket for Museum Jorn, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, and Hovedgården is not valid at the Papirmuseet.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

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

Children can make paper themselves and go on a treasure hunt in the museum. During the shorter school holidays there are paper workshops, for example in the fall break making an autumn leaf from handmade paper.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is located on the second floor of the Bøttebygning in the Papirfabrikken district on the Gudenå; the entrance is via the Jysk Musikteater.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel

No café of its own; in the same building (Jysk Musikteater) is the venue "Stryget," with further cafés and restaurants along the Gudenå. Museum shop with handmade paper from cotton rags, cards with watermarks, paper decorations, as well as moulds and accessories for papermaking at home – all made by the museum's volunteer papermakers.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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