Roskilde Museum is a local history museum based in
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
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. The museum, which is run by the municipalities of
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
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Frederikssund
Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 16,850 (1 January 2022).Lejre
Lejre is a railway town, with a population of 3,127 (1 January 2022),Danish West Indies
The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colonization of the Americas, Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas ...
. The other investors, a combination of businessmen from Copenhagen and local merchants, were members of his family.
The sugar company also had its own ship, Roskilde Ark. After pressure from the sugar company the city agreed to construct a new pier which enabled the ship to continue all the way to Roskilde. Larger vessels had formerly only been able to travel as far up
Roskilde Fjord
Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde, Denmark. It is a long branch of the Isefjord.
Cities
The cities Frederiksværk, Frederikssund, Jægerspris, Jyllinge and Roskilde (including Himmelev), (home to the famous Roskilde Festival), all ...
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Frederikssund
Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 16,850 (1 January 2022).
Liebe House
In 1804, Jacob Borch constructed a large house on the site next to the sugar factory. It replaced a modest house with timber framing and a straw roof dating from the 17th century. The name of the building refers to the Liebe family that owned the property for two generations later in the century.
20th century
On the occasion of his death in 1900, Liebe left the entire building complex to Roskilde Municipality. In 1908, the Sugar House came into use as a fire station. Roskilde Local History Museum was founded on 12 November 1929 on the ground floor of the Liebe House. When the fire station moved to new premises in 1989, Roskilde Museum took over the Sugar House.
Architecture
The Sugar House is built in yellow brick on Sankt Olsstræde. Above the gate is a memorial plaque. It is the only surviving building of its kind in Denmark. The Liebe House is built in red brick and has a
half-hip roof
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...
. Both buildings were listed in 1918 and the scope of the listing was extended in 1978.
Other departments
Living museum shops
Roskilde Museum runs two
living museum
A living museum, also known as a living history museum, is a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history. It is a type of museum that recr ...
shops in Ringstedgade in Roskilde. ''Lützhøfts Købmandsgård'' is a grocer's shop which opened in 1892 and remained in operation until 1979. Roskilde Museum reopened it in 1982 and has restored its interior to resemble a grocer's shop from 1920. The shop features more than a 1,000 products. Those that are on sale are similar to the ones that were sold in the 1920s. It is also possible to visit the merchant's office and storage room. Several storage buildings from the 18th and 19th century are located in the yard.
Next door is a butcher's shop from the same period. The interior is from H. Sloth's store in
Fredericia
Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...
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Museum of Tools
The Museum of Tools (''Håndværksmuseet'') contains a collection of tools used by craftsmen from different trades from c. 1850 to c. 1950. It is housed on the first floor of a former granary at Lützhøfts Købmandsgård. Three craftsmen – a wood carver, a silversmith and a weaver – also have their workshops on the premises.
Tadre Watermill
Tadre Watermill (''Tadre Mølle '' is one of few watermills on Zealand that can still be seen in operation. It is the last of 13 watermills that once operated on the Aastrup Estate near Kirke Hvalsø. The buildings are from 1840.
Roskilde Cathedral visitor centre
Roskilde Museum also runs the visitor centre at
Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde Cathedral ( da, Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheranism, Lutheran Church of Denmark.
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Museums for Lejre, Gundsø and Frederikssund
Lejre Museum covers the local history of
Lejre
Lejre is a railway town, with a population of 3,127 (1 January 2022),MVRDV
MVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1993. The name is an acronym for the founding members: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries.
History
Maas and Van Rijs worked at OMA, De Vr ...
in collaboration with COBE Architects. It opened on April 29, 2016.