DOI issue:
No. 389 (August 1925)
DOI article:Bröchner, Georg: Open-air museums for London, [2]: a suggestion
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0097
OPEN-AIR MUSEUMS FOR LONDON.—II
LIVING-ROOM FROM BOLLNASSTUGAN
HALSINGLAND, NORTH SWEDEN
(Skansen Open-Air Museum, Stockholm)
Foremost amongst this cluster of dis-
tinguished pioneers stands Artur Hazelius,
the father of Stockholm's world-famed
Skansen — the prototype for open - air
museums altogether—and whose name is
a household word all over Sweden ; in
Lund it is Dr. Karlin ; in Denmark it was
Bernhard Olsen ; and of recent years, in
Jutland, Peter Holm ; in Norway again
Hans Aal, the director of the Norwegian
Folk Museum at Bygdo, outside
Christiania, and who admits that it was
Hazelius' work which fired him with
enthusiasm for the movement; and, in
a way standing out by himself, Anders
Sandvig, the creator of the Lillehammer
Folk Museum. a a a a
The open-air museum is already be-
coming a venerable institution. Artur
Hazelius acquired the first homestead for
Skansen (from Mora in Dalecarlia) just
forty years ago, but his ever busy mind
had brooded over the plan several years
prior to that. The King and private
persons come to his aid with land and
money, and Hazelius lived long enough
to see his vision consummated in a manner
which has ever since aroused the wonder
and the admiration of the world, and his
spirit still hovers over his beloved work.
** Know thyself " was his appeal to the
people of Sweden, and : a a a
That day may dawn when all our gold
cannot
Call forth the picture of a bygone age.
inscribed—in Swedish of course—on the
Northern Museum, his solemn warning, a
Inspired by what had been achieved
by the men already mentioned, a number
of provincial towns in all three countries
have followed in the wake of the capitals,
and whilst the museums of the latter are
continuously growing, the number of
more modest but quite charming and
interesting ones is steadily increasing. a
One of the most notable of these pro-
vincial Open-Air Museums is the one
at Aarhus, Denmark, from which hails
one of our illustrations, The Burgomaster's
House, removed from an untenable position
in the street to a charming site outside
the city, now known as The Old Town.
This is a collection of characteristic old
buildings, brought thither from various
places and re-erected in such manner as to
give an admirable object-lesson in what an
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LIVING-ROOM FROM BOLLNASSTUGAN
HALSINGLAND, NORTH SWEDEN
(Skansen Open-Air Museum, Stockholm)
Foremost amongst this cluster of dis-
tinguished pioneers stands Artur Hazelius,
the father of Stockholm's world-famed
Skansen — the prototype for open - air
museums altogether—and whose name is
a household word all over Sweden ; in
Lund it is Dr. Karlin ; in Denmark it was
Bernhard Olsen ; and of recent years, in
Jutland, Peter Holm ; in Norway again
Hans Aal, the director of the Norwegian
Folk Museum at Bygdo, outside
Christiania, and who admits that it was
Hazelius' work which fired him with
enthusiasm for the movement; and, in
a way standing out by himself, Anders
Sandvig, the creator of the Lillehammer
Folk Museum. a a a a
The open-air museum is already be-
coming a venerable institution. Artur
Hazelius acquired the first homestead for
Skansen (from Mora in Dalecarlia) just
forty years ago, but his ever busy mind
had brooded over the plan several years
prior to that. The King and private
persons come to his aid with land and
money, and Hazelius lived long enough
to see his vision consummated in a manner
which has ever since aroused the wonder
and the admiration of the world, and his
spirit still hovers over his beloved work.
** Know thyself " was his appeal to the
people of Sweden, and : a a a
That day may dawn when all our gold
cannot
Call forth the picture of a bygone age.
inscribed—in Swedish of course—on the
Northern Museum, his solemn warning, a
Inspired by what had been achieved
by the men already mentioned, a number
of provincial towns in all three countries
have followed in the wake of the capitals,
and whilst the museums of the latter are
continuously growing, the number of
more modest but quite charming and
interesting ones is steadily increasing. a
One of the most notable of these pro-
vincial Open-Air Museums is the one
at Aarhus, Denmark, from which hails
one of our illustrations, The Burgomaster's
House, removed from an untenable position
in the street to a charming site outside
the city, now known as The Old Town.
This is a collection of characteristic old
buildings, brought thither from various
places and re-erected in such manner as to
give an admirable object-lesson in what an
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