Gallery Galschiøt is a workshop in

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, and is 8,000 square meters. Gallery Galschiøt contains the artist

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's workshop. In the gallery there is access to: * The Gallery, where a large amount of Galschiot's work is exhibited. Also other artists exhibits with a number of paintings etc. The gallery has also been visited by the Danish princess Marie. * The workshop, where Galschiot creates his sculptures. * The park, where it is possible to see a lot of Galschiot's biggest

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. The Gallery has a permanent exhibition, which also contains works of

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History

The buildings was originally a factory, but the artist Galschiot bought the buildings in 1994 and started transforming it into a

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. All of the buildings have now been transformed, and most of the buildings are open to public. Besides Gallery Galschiøt, the place also contains a

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