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Middelaldercentret () is an experimental living history archaeological open-air museum in Denmark, which depicts the Middle Ages in the Denmark of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. It is located in Sundby Lolland, some 4 km northwest of the centre of Nykøbing Falster on the waterfront of Guldborgsund.

Key facts

Museum.name
Middelaldercentret
Museum.native_name_lang
Danish
Museum.image
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Museum.caption
The trebuchet at the Middle Ages Center
Museum.location
Middelaldercentret, Ved Hamborgskoven 2, Sundby. 4800 Nykøbing Falster
Museum.type
Open-air museum
Museum.visitors
44.968 (2016)
Museum.founder
Peter Vemming
Museum.director
Poul Schreiner Hansen (interim director)
Museum.curator
Thit Birk Petersen

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  • Other
  • Gallery
  • See also
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Middelaldercentret () is an experimental living history archaeological open-air museum in Denmark, which depicts the Middle Ages in the Denmark of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. It is located in Sundby Lolland, some 4 km northwest of the centre of Nykøbing Falster on the waterfront of Guldborgsund.

It features a town built as part of a typical Danish market town with craftsmen, a harbour with ships and boats, and a market place. The employees are dressed in period costumes and live and work in the houses and do everyday activities such as craftmanship, cooking and weapon training. Furthermore, the museum has a variety of siege weapons of the period, such as trebuchets, a ballista and a cannon and smaller weapons such as handguns, longbows and crossbows. All of the items are built on site using period tools. Activities include live firing of the weapons daily, archery, knightly tournaments, and demonstrations of crafts and tasks from the late 14th century and early 15th centuries.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Middelaldercentret” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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