Nymindegab Museum is a local history and art museum located at

Nymindegab Nymindegab lies in Southwest Jutland, Denmark, and is a former fishing village by the former outflow at the southern end of Ringkøbing Fjord. In the summer, it is a well-attended tourist town with a permanent population of 204 (1 January 2024). I ...

Varde Municipality Varde Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Mads Sørensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and sit ...

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. It is operated by Varde Museum (''Vardemuseerne'') together with the small museum at the former Nymindegab Rescue Station.

History

The museum includes the small house of the family of a local carpenter. The dwelling is from the 1930s, and includes a reconstruction of a buried vegetable garden. In earlier times one dug a large hole in the vegetable garden, which then was partially filled up with humic mulch. In this way the crop yield was sheltered, and the mulch was not blown away. In addition, the museum is about to restore an antique

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

. The museum contains an archeological collection with finds from the excavation at Lønne including textile remnants and burial gifts. From Viking times one can find, among other things, posts from a bridge in Nybro from the year 761. From more recent times there are exhibitions on navigation, fishing, wrecks and rescuing, and from the very latest times, tourism on the west coast. The museum does not refer to itself as an art museum, but also illustrates the story with approx. 200 paintings. The museum's art collection includes a wide range of images from local artists and artist associated with the region including:

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. Lar ...

(1867–1961), Carl Trier Aagaard (1890–1961),

Laurits Tuxen Laurits Regner Tuxen (9 December 1853 – 21 November 1927) was a Danish painter and sculptor specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, an art sc ...

(1853–1927) and Christen Lyngbo (1871-1968). The museum also exhibits a whale house with the skeleton of a nearly 12-meter-long

sperm whale The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the Genus (biology), genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the s ...

that was stranded by Nymindegab in 1990.

Gallery

Nymindegab Museum2.jpg, Dining room Nymindegab-Wal-140627-006.JPG, Whale house exhibit Nymindegab-Mühle-140627-037.JPG, Sawmill and workshop

References

External links

Nymindegab Museum websiteVardemuseerne website
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