Open Industries & Showrooms
Museums and Collections
Billund Museum includes 4 departments:
Museumsgården Karensminde/Morsbølvej 102 in Grindsted: Functioning farm museum like in the years 1920-1950. You will find cows, sheep, pigs, poultries and other old Danish livestock races. Every year there is a historic cattle show, different activities for adults and children, and an old-fashinoed Christmas Market.
Grindsted Museum/Borgergade 27 in Grindsted: Placed centrally in Grindsted. The new exhibition includes the story of the different towns in Billund municipality.
Vorbasse Museum/Kirkegade 3 in Vorbasse: Relates to the history of the area. The permanent exhibition describes the famous archaeological excavations near the village of Vorbasse.
Besættelsesmuseet (Billund Museum's German Occupation Collection)/Hedemarken 16 in Grindsted: Is one of the largest in Denmark illustration the years 1940-45 when Denmark was occupied by German forces.
Please note, that the Occupation Museum is only open on special dates.
Children under 18 have free entrance to all of the departments in Billund Museum.
Museums and Collections
Local history section containing unique displays, including a reconstruction of the Iron Age girl's dress, a section on the west Jutland trunk line, Nr. Nebel railway town and the Nymindegab fishing community. There is also a tobacco exhibition. The art collection contains works by artists with local connections, including Lauritz Tuxen and Johannes Larsen.
Sightseeing
The sweet factory Blåvand Bolcher make sweets like in the old days. The handcraft and quality are preserve to make the best sweets on the market. Open 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Open workshop in the highseason. Blåvand Bolcher is only closed on 25 December 2007.
Churches and Monasteries
Untraditional building incorporates a great deal of secular symbolism. The church is built by recycled materials and materials from nature. The church is described as a free church.Open by appointment
Enquire the Tourist office.
Churches and Monasteries
Brande church has undergone several extensions and rebuildings down the ages:
- The tower and porch were added in the 14th century.
- The pulpit and altar in carved oak with tabloids from the testaments dates to the 17th century.
- Brande church underwent comprehensive restorations under the direction of architect Lønborg Jensen in 1939 when transepts, christening-chapel and vestry were added, together with granite porch and aisle lintels, portal archway and a new font.
- The organ from 1988, built by Marcussen & Son of Aabenraa.
Museums and Collections
The museum houses a fine collection of traditional dress from the area, old farm tools, flint axes an a unique collection of coins dating to the reign of Harald 'Bluetooth'.
Opening outside the normal opening hours can be arranged.
Museums and Collections
You will find Drøhses Hus, which is part of Tønder Museum, in the pedestrian street. The exhibition contains collections of lace-making, furniture and glass etc. In summer, lacemakers often work in the house.
Zoological Gardens
The park was etablished in 1999 and has these attractions:
- A covered grill area
- Playing grounds
- An indian- camp
- A pirate-ship
- Flowerbeds and lakes
- A Tower commanding a wide wiew
- Petanque fields
- A Café where you can bring your own food
- Very suitable for children
Animals:
Donkeys , kangaroos, lamas. goats, deers, poultry,
pony-riding, animals you can pat and lots of different birds.
Museums and Collections
Esbjerg Art Museum
* Recently renovated musum of modern art
* One of the finest collections of modern art
in Denmark
* Open stores with paintings
* Art library
* Project room with experimental art
* Special exhibitions of contemporary art
* Art experiences for children and adults
* Aesthetic laboratory
* Scent installation
The museum is closed on 24., 25. and 31. December and 1. January.
Museums and Collections
Esbjerg Museum - Amber Museum
AMBER - THE DANISH GOLD has always fascinated mankind, and the west coast of Jutland is famous for its large quantities of amber finds. Several hundreds of unique amber objects from nearly 10.000 years of history are beautifully presented in this large amber exhibition.
Experience the story of Esbjerg in the antiquity and city exhibitions with many recreated milieus.
Museum shop.
Always changing exhibitions.
Every wednesday free entrance.
Museums and Collections
Throughout the past 100 years and up till today Fanø has attracted a constant stream of artists, who more or less settled down on the island.
The collection of the art gallery is based on paintings by danish, german and swedish artists. With a combination of permanent and temporary exhibitions it is the aim of the gallery to show art portraying the frisian coast, past and present.
Museums and Collections
The Tile Collection describes the history of these antique tiles and was compiled by the artist Jørgen Hahn in Sønderho's old co-operative dairy (Denmark's smallest), now housing Café Nanas Stue.
From 1650 till 1910 sailors would bring dutch and frisian tiles for wall decoration with them home. These tiles are still a characteristic of Fanø interiors.
The museum is located in Sønderho and can be visited during the opening hours of the café.
Museums and Collections
The Fisheries and Maritime Museum - life on, in and at the sea - for the whole family to explore.
* seawater aquarium with a wide range of
different fish and marine animals from
Danish waters.
* seal enclosure with both common seals
and common harbour seals.
* mink house.
* open air exhibition with harbour,
shipyard, tool sheds, work shops, rescue
station and a maritime playground for
the children.
* large indoor exhibition on Danish fishery
and shipping.
* exhibitions on maritime and marine
themes.
* Holiday activities for both children and
adults.
* Cafe Fimus with a delightful view of the
Wadden Sea and Grådyb.
The museum is closed on following days: 24., 25. and 31.12. and 01.01.
Access in a wheelchair to all indoor exhibitions, the aquaria, the seal enclosure
and the cafe.
Museums and Collections
Collect fossils in the clay pit at Gram.
The 8 million year old clay from the Upper Miocene has been used for production of bricks at the Gram Brickyard during the last 300 years.
Today the clay pit is kept open to enable the public to collect fossils.
For further information about visits in the clay pit at Gram, please contact the Museum, Phone: 7482 1000.
The clay pit is open all year all day.
Entrance fees: "Gravekort" 25,00 DKK.
Combination ticket (Clay pit and museum) 40 DKK.
Children under 6 years are free.
Only common fossils may be kept. All fossil skeleton remains, fossil teeth or other exceptional finds must be shown to the attendant at the Clay Pit.
Monuments
The famous 'Golden Horns' were found at Gallehus, the first by a lace maker, Kjerstine Svendsdatter, in 1639, and the second in 1734 by Erik Lassen, a small farmer. The sites are marked by memorial stones. The horns likely dated from about 400 AD and were probably used as part of some sort of religious ceremony. They were sent to the Royal Treasury in Copenhagen for safekeeping but were stolen in 1802 and melted down. Copies can be seen in Toender Museum.
