Free admission and experiences at two unique museums for ELRO Day On Saturday, September 6, you can experience both the Green Museum and Gammel Estrup Denmark's Manor Museum completely free of charge when the ELRO Foundation invites you to this year's ELRO Day on Djursland. At the Green Museum you can meet the museum's committed volunteers and experience how old crafts and traditions are kept alive…
Meet the volunteers in the Green Museum's old forge as they work at the forge and tame iron using fire, hammer and anvil, as humans have done since prehistoric times, and as has long been done at Gammel Estrup. The forge was built in 1761 as part of the large complex of farm buildings,…
Meet the volunteers in the Green Museum's old forge as they work at the forge and tame iron using fire, hammer and anvil, as humans have done since prehistoric times, and as has long been done at Gammel Estrup. The forge was built in 1761 as part of the large complex of farm buildings,…
LIVING MUSEUM / Free when the entrance fee is paid There is a smell of replacement coffee from Madam Blå when the Polakhusgruppen moves into the Green Museum's farm worker's house. The house, which is called Polakhuset, is the only remaining of the original farm worker's houses at Gammel Estrup. You can always enter the house, but on these days you can also meet…
LIVING MUSEUM / recurring / Free when admission is paid Meet the Green Museum's volunteer beekeepers in the beekeepers' guild as they look after the museum's historic apiary, which is located close to the forest and meadow between Gl. Estrup's breeding buildings and Smedjen. The Green Museum's apiary consists of various historical hive types and shows the development of beekeeping from approx. 1850 to…
LIVING MUSEUM / Recurring event / Free when admission is paid Meet the volunteers in the Tractor Workshop, where they work on many types of tasks. For example, the machines come for inspection and repair in the Tractor Workshop before the museum volunteers use them in their work on the Historical Fields. The Tractor Workshop is always full of life, sound and partially assembled…
Meet the tour guides who will tell you about the large agricultural and forestry machines, carts and tools that stand in rows in the museum's Visitor's Magazine. The Green Museum's Visitor's Magazine is located in two of Gl. Estrup's breeding buildings: the Riding House and the Agerumsladen. Here is a selected part of the Green Museum's large collections, cartwheel by cartwheel and bird's wing by bird's wing...
Meet the volunteers in the Green Museum's old forge as they work at the forge and tame iron using fire, hammer and anvil, as humans have done since prehistoric times, and as has long been done at Gammel Estrup. The forge was built in 1761 as part of the large complex of farm buildings,…
Summer holiday at the Green Museum 10 am – 5 pm / Summer holiday activities / We have packed the summer with great experiences for all ages and provided space for holiday activities, big arm movements and quiet immersion both inside our new exhibition UNDER THE SUN, but also in our large outdoor areas at the Green Museum at Gammel Estrup.…
Throughout the year, the museum's Karle- og Pigelaug is out working in the historic fields. Come and experience their work, and if you're lucky, you might even get some fresh, newly dug potatoes to take home. This year's program. Thursday, April 10th 12:00-15:00 This year's walk in the Historic Fields Lay…
Agricultural Fair, Gl. Estrup The Green Museum is part of the annual Agricultural Fair at Gl. Estrup. The Gl. Estrup agricultural fair offers a unique experience with beautiful animals, exciting competitions and fun activities for the whole family. See more at: https://landbrugsmessen.dk/ Experiences & entertainment: The Agricultural Fair, Gl. Estrup offers a unique experience with beautiful animals, exciting competitions and…
LIVING MUSEUM / recurring / Free when the entrance fee is paid Meet the Food Guild in Madens Hus, where they work with the old historical dishes and with the old tools that existed at that time. Depending on when you visit the museum, it will be different dishes and eras that the museum's volunteers in the food guild work with and from.…
LIVING MUSEUM / Recurring event / Free when admission is paid Living Saturday with an exclusive look behind the scenes – only on May 3rd! On Saturday, May 3rd, The Green Museum invites you to Living Saturday – a day full of life, crafts, taste experiences and living cultural heritage. And this time, as a guest, you will have a very special opportunity:…
Easter holiday The Green Museum invites the whole family to an Easter holiday full of activities from April 12 to 21. This year, Easter at the museum is all about sheep and wool. Guests will have the opportunity to get their hands on the wool themselves when we open a felting workshop filled with wool from the museum's own sheep. The sheep are one of…
Look forward to an inspiring evening when The Green Museum in collaboration with the Forest History Society welcomes you to a double lecture with forest and landscape historian, associate professor, Dr.phil. Bo Fritzbøger from the University of Copenhagen. On one and the same evening you will receive two exciting lectures about the development of the Danish forest: Müller, Prytz and Oppermann – The modern breakthrough in…
Historical dinners: Eat as they did at the Bath Hotels Museum curator and food historian Bettina Buhl from Det Grønne Museum has been a historical food consultant on TV2's popular series "Badehotellet". Bettina has selected some exciting meals that have had an impact on the series. During each meal there will be stories about the Bath Hotels in Denmark, the work of preparing food for…
With an indoor forest trip with coziness, atmosphere and tasks along the way, you can experience all the fascinating things in the forest during the winter holidays – but it takes place in the Green Museum's heated indoor forest exhibition – STORT. During the winter holidays, the Green Museum invites the whole family to a unique and educational experience in the indoor forest on an impressive…
Free Christmas tour – Christmas customs through the ages Why shouldn't you go to the stable on Christmas Eve? What is the story behind the Yule goat, and how did the old Christmas actually become modern? Price: Free with the entrance ticket Time: 11:00 and 13:30 - duration 45 minutes. Come in good time. We look forward to sharing the stories of Christmas with you!
Decorate your own gingerbread heart Come and unleash your creativity in our cozy gingerbread workshop! Every Advent weekend you can decorate your own honey heart with icing and take it home – or maybe give it as a sweet gift. Time: Advent weekends (Saturday and Sunday) from 10 am-4 pm Price: Only 15 kr. per heart (when admission is paid)…
CHRISTMAS MARKET AT THE GREEN MUSEUM / November 30 – December 1 Christmas starts this year with the coziest Christmas market of the year. The traditional Christmas market at the Green Museum, Gl. Estrup is back! On the first Advent weekend, we will fill the museum with Christmas spirit, exciting stalls, fantastic smells and tasty treats. Further program will follow. We look forward to it! Read more here.
