...historical research in Odense City Museums.
In the History Unit research covers a wide field. Recently research is being done on topics like industrial culture, modern urban development and Scandinavian descendants in the United States Today. Learn more about our research here.
...Odense had it's 'golden age'
in the end of the 10th Century untill 1660?
During this period Odense developed into a prosperous city that was a portal to Europe.
The exhibition 'Life of the City - Odense in the Middle Ages and Renaissance' puts the human life in focus and tells the guests stories of life in Odense mores than 350 years ago.
Learn more about the exhibition here.
Exhibitions
At Møntergården and in The Funen Village you can experience different historical exhibitions. Some of these exhibitions can also be visited from your own home.
The Funen Village Online
On the website 'The Funen Village Online' you can visit the farms and houses in the Village without even leaving your own home. Here you can learn about the origin and history of the buildings, about the people who once occupied them, about the gardens and many other things.
Visit The Funen Village Online
History of the Funen villages
Visit a virtual exhibition about 19th century Funen at "MODERN TIMES?". The exhibition describes how the age-old, low-tech, undemocratic peasant community came to an end and how a democratic, liberal and technically developed modern society - by and large as we know it today - came into being.
See the exhibition MODERN TIMES? Funen Rural Communities in the 19th Century
MODERN TIMES? Funen Rural Communities in the 19th Century