Workers museum

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The Workers Museum ( Danish Arbejdermuseet ) in Copenhagen is dedicated to the history of the workers in Denmark and the Danish labor movement . The museum, founded in 1983, is located in the historic association house of the Danish trade unions ( Arbejdernes Forenings- og Forsamlingsbygning ) from 1879.

history

Museum building
Courtyard and entrance to the museum

The museum opened in 1983 in a building on Rømersgade that for decades served as the association house of the Danish trade unions and the center of the Danish labor movement. The house, which not only houses the historic assembly hall, which is still used as such, but also the office of the former Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning , was listed as a historical monument in 1983 shortly after the museum moved in. The assembly or ballroom is equipped with a glass Art Nouveau ceiling from 1907, the reverse glass paintingwas designed. It has been restored and is now showing its appearance from 1913. The only listed cellar inn in Copenhagen is in the basement of the workers' museum. This was also restored and got its appearance back from 1892.

In 2004 the museum merged with Arbejderbevægelsens Bibliotek og Arkiv (founded in 1908), the library and archive of the Danish labor movement. From the extensive photo collection that has now become part of the museum's holdings, the museum contributed 25,000 photographs from the period between the 1870s and 1939 to the Europeana project EuropeanaPhotography . They document the early years of the Danish welfare state .

Collections and exhibition

A significant part of the exhibition is devoted to the daily life of workers in Copenhagen in the 1950s. On the occasion of its foundation, the museum decided to create an exhibition for this period and obtained many exhibits through a collection campaign. Later, the museum was able to take over the complete furnishing of a Copenhagen apartment, which had remained practically unchanged since the old lady, who lived in it until 1990, moved in with her family in 1915. Further collection campaigns expanded the inventory to include items from the area of shipyards and port operations and a traditional department store . The trade union collections are also extensive, supplemented by objects from the property of the social democratic politician Thorvald Stauning , who was Danish Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and from 1929 until his death in 1942.

The permanent exhibition is now spread over four floors: an exhibition for children was set up on the ground floor. On the first floor there is the ballroom, the exhibition on life in the 1950s and a café in the style of the time. The second floor contains the complete, original apartment of the Sørensen family from 1915, an interactive presentation on the history of the Danish labor movement and the assembly hall as well as temporary exhibitions. The third floor is dedicated to the topic of "industrial work" from the middle of the 19th century until today. Temporary exhibitions take place in the basement.

Web links

Commons : Arbejdermuseet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Ludvigsen: Workers' Museum in Copenhagen ( English ) In: The Best in Heritage . 2005. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved on January 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Workers' Museum . In: European Route of Industrial Heritage . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Arbejdermuseet = The Workers Museum. [Information brochure]. Arbejdermuseet, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b museum collection . Arbejdermuseet. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Café & Beer Hall "1892" . Arbejdermuseet. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b c Arbejdermuseet Museum and the Labor Movement Library and Archives ( English ) Europeana Photography. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b c The cultural history collection . Arbejdermuseet. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ Permanent exhibitions . Arbejdermuseet. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  9. ^ The Workers' Museum. How to find your way around. [Museum plan]. Arbejdermuseet, [2016?].

Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 13.1 ″  E