Top 10 History Museums in West Jutland, Jutland

Just a stroll away from the shopping streets of Herning you can step 200 years back into history. The open air museum of Herning offers a genuine old-fashioned village atmosphere, as it shows the country life the way it was lived on the heath in the 19th century. Frilandsmuseet Herning gives you a unique opportunity to experience rural life as it was lived back in the day on the heath in Central and West Jutland.You can also experience the WW2 apartment and the exhibition of the folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen – or explore the Jens Nielsen’s Farm, which is one of the museum’s most popular attractions, especially for children. Here, more than 100 different diorama boxes show the life and the passing of the year at a farm in the early 1900s.

At Tekstilmuseet you will get close to history of the textile industry in Central Jutland and experience how the boom of the 1950s really set off the area and made Central Jutland go worldwide. In the authentic factory halls of the old Herning Cloth Factory you can experience the exhibition Made in Midtjylland, where we tell the story of how the textile industry changed Central Jutland from the 1950s and onwards. Children can get to work at the Children’s factory, you can study the Hammerum Girl’s almost 2000 years old dress or immerse yourself in the large machines in the spinning mill, which produce textile products for the museum’s shop.

Herningsholm Museum is located in Herning’s oldest building from 1579. At the old manor you can explore life on the heath and the role it played in the textile industry, which later came to characterise the area. At Herningsholm Museum you can get close to the author Steen Steensen Blicher, experience the evocative paintings of the heath painters or study the manor’s beautiful rooms and old murals up close. But you can also experience the story of a manor, that went from housing a small army and guns to creating a large business based on sheep and woolen socks – and which became the start of the textile industry in Central Jutland.

Open every Sunday in odd weeks until the 28th of Feb from 10-4. VW & Retro Museum is a privately owned museum with an impressive collection of old Volkswagens, unique trailers, moped bikes and retro items which match the car's timeline from the early '50s and until the late '70s. The museum collection includes a unique 1963 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper, which has won countless awards at exhibitions around Europe. At the museum, you can experience several different retro exhibitions with household items, grandmother's living room, grandfather's office, an old grocery store and older toys. In addition to the cars, you can also experience the museum's two-wheeled exhibition with old moped bikes and bicycles. By April 2019, the museum will be over 2000m2 and will display several new exhibitions in beautiful nostalgic surroundings. End the time travel by enjoying your picnic basket in the museum's cozy cafe area, which of course is also filled with plenty of nostalgia and retro pieces.

Bork Vikingehavn (Bork Viking harbour) is an unique history museum, where you can expericene the viking age come alive. Bork Vikingehavn is an ideal place to spend a fun day with the whole family and at the same time learn about the Danish vikings.

Ringkobing Museum is a town museum and is located near center of the city. There are different exhibitions to see and a museumsshop. Free access in the shop. Sometimes there is town walks.