Mark. The Museum of a New Danish History

Mark is a Museum of a New Danish History

The living museum farm, Karensminde, is surrounded by beautiful landscape between the meadow and heath, where you can see traces of development and its consequences of the last 400 years of Danish history. During school holidays, there are always treasure hunts and games for the youngest members of the family. On certain days, the museum's Support Association, Karensmindes Venner, organizes activities such as horse-drawn carriage rides, workshops for children, and revives both the old forge and the old wood-burning stove in the kitchen. Every spring, children participate in planting potatoes, and every fall, they help dig up the new potatoes, receiving a bag of potatoes to take home as a thanks for their assistance.

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They left a mark

The history of the area around Billund is a mirror of 400 years of Danish history, as it tells the story of the development from agricultural land, to industrial nation and tourist destination to the development of the welfare society we have today. The museum is located in a field, which is a delimited and changeable piece of land where people have left their mark – in the past, today and in the future. Just like the area’s irrigation channels, plantations and heathland, industrial complexes such as Grindstedværket and LEGO – Billund Airport and major tourist attractions.

The movement

Mark rethinks the museum institution as a social actor by creating a museum movement. We bring people together across time and place and use it to engage ourselves and others in meaningful communities driven by passion and beliefs.

You can turn your experiences at Mark into action, such as participating in public debate, planting trees, action groups, entrepreneurship, new shopping habits, community life, etc. – all because Mark makes you want to make a difference in the world.

Contact
Mark | Billund Kommunes Museer
Morsbølvej 101
7200 Grindsted
Denmark

https://markmuseum.dk/en/om-mark