Women's Museum, Aarhus

Kvindemuseet i Danmark or Kvindemuseet (English: Women's Museum), is a history museum in Aarhus, Denmark focused on the cultural history of women in Denmark.[1] Kvindemuseet was founded in 1982 and is housed in the former Aarhus City Hall, built in 1857.[2] As of 2012, the museum operated on a budget of DKK 10 million from state, municipal and private funding.[3] There is a café and bakery at Kvindemuseet.

Women's Museum
Kvindemuseet
Kvindemuseet
Established1982 (1982)
LocationAarhus, Denmark
Websitekvindemuseet.dk/uk/

Activities

In addition to its permanent and temporary exhibitions, Kvindemuseet provides educational outreach programs.[4] In 2014, the Aarhus municipality approved an annual grant of DKK 500,000 to Kvindemuseet to teach sex education, gender equality and democracy to schoolchildren.[5]

Further reading
  • Ipsen, Merete; Jette Sandahl (Fall 1990). "The Women's Museum in Denmark". Journal of Women's History. 2 (2): 168–170. doi:10.1353/jowh.2010.0110. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

References
  1. Strange, Ebba (2 February 2003). "20 gode år med Kvindemuseet" [20 Good Years for Women's Museum]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. "Danmarks kvindemuseum i pengeknibe" [Denmark's Women's Museum in Money Pinch]. TV2 Nyhederne (in Danish). TV2. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. Bryd, Tina (13 November 2012). "Kvinders liv er penge værd" [Women's Live are Worth Money]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. Kvindemuseet: Teaching (in Danish)
  5. Hans Petersen (25 September 2014). "Kvindemuseet to teach schoolchildren about sex". Aarhus Stifstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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