The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland (HMNJ) (''

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: Nordjyllands Historiske Museum'') is the product of the fusion of

Aalborg Historical Museum Aalborg Historical Museum ( da, Aalborg Historiske Museum) is a historical and cultural museum in the city of Aalborg in Denmark. The museum was established in 1863 and is now part of The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland (''Nordjyllands Hi ...

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, The Museum Society of Hadsund,

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, and others, in 2004. The museum system in this

umbrella organization An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...

is administered by a 12-member committee, with members from the participating organizations. The administrative headquarters is in Algade 48,

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of ...

. The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland works with research, collection, documentation, conservation, and promotion of local and cultural history in

Mariagerfjord Mariagerfjord is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014). On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the res ...

, Rebild, and

Jammerbugt Municipality Jammerbugt Municipality is a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the North Jutland Region on the North Jutlandic Island. It is located along the coast of Skagerrak to the north and the Limfjord to the south. It borders the municipalities of This ...

. The museum's mission is: "Attentive history". According to their website, a more elaborate description reads: HMNJ is also responsible for care of many of the pre-historic sites like barrows and

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s, within the associated municipalities.

Exhibitions

The organization administers these thirteen exhibitions in the region: *

* Gråbrødrekloster Museum * Apotekersamlingen * Lindholm Høje Museet * Cirkusmuseet * Boldrup Museum *

Hadsund Egnssamling The Museum Society of Hadsund (Danish: ''Hadsund Egnssamling'') is a cultural history museum in Hadsund, Denmark. During 1962, a museum association was established. The museum was inaugurated on October 2, 1962. During 1967, the exhibition mo ...

* Hals Museum * Havnø Mølle ( Møllehistorisk samling) * Hobro Museum * Lystfartøjsmuseet * Mariager Museum * Vikingecenter Fyrkat

Gallery

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. File:Hals Skanse Kanon.jpg, One of the old canons on the entrenchments at Hals Museum. File:Havnø vindmølle.jpg, Havnø Mølle. A windmill part of the mill collection of 'Møllehistorisk samling'. File:Hobro - Museum 02 ies.jpg, Hobro Museum. File:Hobro - Lystfartøjsmuseum 02 ies.jpg, Lystfartøjsmuseet. File:Fyrkat Wikingerdorf.JPG, Entry-road to 'Vikingecenter Fyrkat'.

References

External links

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The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland
Official homepage {{Coord, 57, 2, 53.30, N, 9, 55, 4, E, source:svwiki_type:landmark, display=title Museums in Denmark Museums in the North Jutland Region Museums in Aalborg

Exhibitions

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See also

References

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