The Old Clog Maker | Vinderup, Denmark
Hjerl Hede’s Open-Air Museum is an officially recognized privately funded theme-specific museum for cultural history.
The museum was founded in 1930 by director H. P. Hjerl Hansen and was run by the Hjerl-foundation until 1979 when the museum was separated from the foundation as a self-owned institution.
The museum consists of the Old Village, the Jutland Forestry Museum, and the Museum for Peat production. More than 50 different buildings can be seen at Hjerl Hede’s Open-Air Museum, showing the style of building and furnishing in the rural areas, as well as showing a number of elements which are characteristic for the surroundings of an old Danish
village. Among these are the rural craftsmanship.
The Old Clog Maker | Vinderup, Denmark
Hjerl Hede’s Open-Air Museum is an officially recognized privately funded theme-specific museum for cultural history.
The museum was founded in 1930 by director H. P. Hjerl Hansen and was run by the Hjerl-foundation until 1979 when the museum was separated from the foundation as a self-owned institution.
The museum consists of the Old Village, the Jutland Forestry Museum, and the Museum for Peat production. More than 50 different buildings can be seen at Hjerl Hede’s Open-Air Museum, showing the style of building and furnishing in the rural areas, as well as showing a number of elements which are characteristic for the surroundings of an old Danish
village. Among these are the rural craftsmanship.