Things to do in South Zealand, Zealand: The Best History Museums

The Danish Match Museum tells the story about a forgotten Danish Industry from 1837, when the first Applicant searched for a Match Factory until Swedish Match closed the last Factory in Denmark in 1972. See the History of Child Labor, Phosphornecroses, how close Denmark were to World Domination and what inspired H.C. Andersen to his Fairytale about the Little Match Girl.

A visit to Greve Museum shows you 250 years of cultural history from the Hedebo region south of Copenhagen where agriculture, horticulture, fishing and the beach area is in focus. The traditional Hedebo embroidery, agriculture and the First World War. Through clothing, embroidery, furniture and other objects the museum gives you a chronological insight into the area's development. Greve Museum is housed in a real, four-winged Hedebo farm from 1826 and the museum building itself is a part of the story that is shown in the old rooms. The quadrangular courtyard which Greve Museum is housed in, was originally located in Greve Village, but is was moved outside the village to the fields where it is today in the 1800s, when the peasants were freehold. The farm has a big, beautiful country garden, herbaceous perennials and large fruit trees. Today, there are no longer horses and sheep at the old Hedebo farm. The outbuildings, farmhouse, carriage house, barn, groom chamber and sheep and chicken coop stores exhibitions, Greve Local History Archive, activity workshops, a library, cafe and shop. Discover the interaction between the old and the new, the past and the present, and learn more about the region's culture. Greve Museum has two permanent exhibitions and one temporary exhibition. The museum works with five main themes: "Natural resources and life forms in agriculture, horticulture and fisheries", "The beach area as a breathing space for the urban population," "The region's development from open land to suburbia", "Greve Farm and its history" and "Denmark during the First World War ". In addition there is a special focus on the relationship between the district and the capital, which has great influence on the region's development and characteristics. In the museum's exhibitions, you can learn about history, but also about the different themes relevance today.

Lejre Land of Legends (Sagnlandet Lejre) is an atmospheric and exciting tourist attraction for the whole family. 10.000 years of Danish history brought to life. Houses and settings from the Iron Age, Stone Age, Viking Age and 19th century, historic workshops and domestic animals, located in the beautiful historic landscape near Roskilde.

Lejre museum is a historical museum, and part of ROMU group. The museum exhibits finds in and around the Gl. Camps where some of the finds dating from ancient times. For more information check the website or Camps Museum's Facebook page.

Under reconstruction of its old buildings in Færgestrædet the museum discovered a room nobody knew about. In between the exhibition and the magazine rooms a secret door showed up. This door was locked, and after breaking it open, there was a room filled with old transport boxes and a variety of objects. Dear visitors, welcome to Cornelius’ cryptozoological and mystical world!