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The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry (
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: Dansk Jagt- og Skovbrugsmuseum) was a state-owned museum in
Hørsholm Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm prope ...
exhibiting objects connected with the history of
hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...
and
forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...
in
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. It is now closely associated with the UNESCO-listed
Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand The Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand is a collection of hunting grounds and forests north of Copenhagen. The landscape was submitted for admission to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites on 1 August 2010 and was inscribed on 4 July ...
. In 2017, the museum was combined with the Danish Agricultural Museum and is now known as the Green Museum. It is located in
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History

The museum was established in 1942. It is based in the former farm buildings of
Hirschholm Palace Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it ...
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UNESCO Par Force Hunting Landscape

The Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand was inscribed on the list of
UNESCO World Heritage Sites A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
on 4 July 2015. Much of the preparatory work on the nomination was undertaken by Jette Baagøe, director of the Museum of Hunting and Forestry and chair of the steering group which began work on the nomination in 2010. The museum is expected to be the site manager and principal coordinator of information and news about the Par Force heritage site. On the basis of the significant increase in visitors to Stevns Museum resulting from the inclusion of
Stevns Klint Stevns Klint, known as the Cliffs of Stevns in English, is a white chalk cliff located some southeast of Store Heddinge on the Danish island of Zealand. Stretching along the coast, it is of geological importance as one of the best exposed Cre ...
as a UNESCO heritage site in 2014, Baagøe expects more visitors to the museums of North Zealand, especially to the Hunting and Forestry Museum which has scheduled an exhibition devoted to the Par Force Hunting Landscape from October 2015.


Exhibitions

The exhibitions consist of three collections: * The Hunting collection illustrate the history of hunting in Denmark from ancient times until the present day. * The forestry collections focus on tools and used in forestry before c. 1850. * An exhibition about modern forestry with machines used in recent times and equipment used by workers in the industry. Children can try it on and enter the machines.


See also

* Hørsholm Local History Museum


References


External links


Official website
{{Hørsholm Municipality Hunting museums Forestry museums Museums in Denmark Listed buildings and structures in Hørsholm Municipality