Danmarks Forsorgsmuseum, Funen and Islands, Denmark
4.5 (63 reviews) Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #3 in Svendborg Speciality Museums • History Museums
You will feel their pain
The Welfare Museum is housed in Svendborg's old Poorhouse, a unique set of buildings showcasing an important period in Denmark's welfare history. Doors open into a world that up to now has been hidden from most of us. Here, we learn some of the stories surrounding the many people who lived on the dark side of society: the poor, the sick and the homeless who lived here, whether briefly or long-term, during the 102 years when the Poorhouse operated. Traces of the hardness of their lives are everywhere. The Welfare Museum conveys to the visitor a feeling of the past that creeps under the skin.
Address
Grubbemoellevej 13, Svendborg 5700 Denmark
Mobile
Website
http://www.svendborgmuseum.dk/forsorgsmuseet
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:21
User Ratings
4.5 based on (63 reviews)
Reviews
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5Johannes4300 5:00 PM Oct 21, 2013
Frightfully interesting
We visited Denmarks only Welfare Museum in Svendborg and was reminded that the Danish Welfare state was not that pleasant 50 to 100 years ago. In the old days +100 wellfare was more like prison, but extreemely interesting and modern in it's presentation
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5Josh Formentera 5:00 PM Aug 10, 2020
Denmark's welfare museum from the past for the poorest people! A must see in Svendborg.
Visited Svendborg last week of July 2020 and came to see the museum with my 12 year old daughter and I was surprised how big the welfare museum was. This is great place to experienced to discover how the welfare state Denmark treated the poorest up until 1974. The museum was very interesting how this place kept so well and allowed to show the world to gives a glimpse of an understanding of how life must have been with the poor people way back then. If you visit Svendborg and see other interesting place include Danmark's Forsorgmuseum as part of your itinerary because it is worth visiting and to learn the history in the past of the place.
