Skagen Town and Regional Museum ( da, Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum) is a private museum in Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark."Skagen Town and Regional Museum"
Expedia. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

History

The open-air museum consisting of buildings tracing the history of the town was established as Skagen Bymuseum in 1927 by the citizens of Skagen. It also has displays focusing on its fisheries, lifeboat services and navigation. Originally located in Skagen's Østerby, in 1938 it was moved to its current site on Svallerbakken in the dunes bordering Vesterby. In 1997, the name was changed to ''Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum''. In 2009 it became associated with the region's other cultural heritage museums under the heading ''Nordjyllands Kystmuseum'' and re-named Kystmuseet Skagen.

Collection

The museum consists of a number of old houses showing how fishermen and other local inhabitants lived in times gone by. It covers the town's development from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. The country residences of the rich and the huts of poor fishermen are among the exhibits. There is also a blacksmith's shop and a lifeboat station. Indoors, there are displays of nautical artifacts, old photographs and paintings covering various periods in the history of Skagen up to the present day. There is also an old Dutch windmill on the site."Review of Skagen By- & Egnsmuseum (Skagen Open-Air Museum)"
''Frommer's''. Retrieved 9 November 2013. File:SKAGEN OPEN AIR MUS. DENMARK.jpg, Half timbering and tiled roof house (1845) File:SKG-Bymuseum-vindmoelle.JPG, Kragskov windmill (1870) File:Skagen_By-_og_Egnmuseum_03.JPG, Lifeboat sea rescue station (1852) File:SKAGEN, DK, OPEN AIR MUSEUM.jpg, Fisherman's cottage (1808)

References

External links

Kystmuseet Skagen websiteNordjyllands Kystmuseum website
{{Commons category, Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum Buildings and structures in Skagen Museums in the North Jutland Region Museums established in 1927 Open-air museums in Denmark