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Organisation<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n
\n Vardemuseerne offers a wide range of museum experiences between sea and heath. At our museums and visitor sites, guests can explore West Jutland\u2019s cultural history, art and nature. Here, local stories about people and life in the westernmost part of Denmark open up histories and perspectives that reach far beyond the area. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Vardemuseerne<\/h2>

From bunkers and refugee history to amber, rescue stations and art. From the world\u2019s first cooperative dairy to Otto Frello\u2019s imaginative paintings. Vardemuseerne offers a wide range of museum experiences between sea and heath. At our museums and visitor sites, guests can explore West Jutland\u2019s cultural history, art and nature. Here, local stories about people and life in the westernmost part of Denmark open up histories and perspectives that reach far beyond the area.<\/p>\n

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Among other things, Vardemuseerne operates TIRPITZ, FLUGT \u2013 Refugee Museum of Denmark, the Armour & Artillery Museum, Bl\u00e5vandshuk Lighthouse, Museum Frello, Nymindegab Museum and JANUS \u2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, as well as a number of smaller museums and visitor sites in Varde Municipality.<\/p>\n

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Knowledge, experiences and interpretation<\/h2>\n

Behind the museum experiences is a self-governing, state-recognised museum institution. We work to collect, preserve, research and interpret knowledge about cultural history, art and nature. Our point of departure is West Jutland, but many of the stories are of both national and international significance.<\/p>\n

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Interpretation takes place at the museums, out in the landscape and through exhibitions, teaching, lectures, events and digital offerings. Vardemuseerne also includes NaturKulturVarde, which works with nature and cultural interpretation and teaching. The archaeological work is carried out in collaboration with Ringk\u00f8bing Fjord Museer under the name Archaeology West Jutland (ArkVest). From 2026, the Historical Collection from the Occupation Period has also become part of Vardemuseerne.<\/p>\n

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Vardemuseerne is led by a board and has a number of active museum associations and friends\u2019 associations affiliated with it.<\/p>\n

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Our ambition is to create new knowledge, preserve history and make it accessible to as many people as possible. Whether history is told at an art museum, in a bunker, in an old village school or in the middle of the West Jutland landscape, there are new stories and perspectives to discover.<\/p>\n<\/p> <\/div>\n

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The history of Vardemuseerne<\/h3>\n \n
\n Vardemuseerne has roots dating back to 1912, when the Museum of the Town of Varde and Surrounding Area was founded. Since then, the institution has grown and changed significantly, especially since the opening of Tirpitz in 2017. <\/div>\n \n
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Friends\u2019 associations<\/h3>\n \n
\n Vardemuseerne hosts four active friends\u2019 associations with a total of nearly 1,300 members: Varde Museumsforening, \u00d8lgod Museumsforening, Nymindegab Museumsforening and Artillerimuseets St\u00f8tteforening. <\/div>\n \n
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\n Vardemuseerne is a self-governing, state-recognised institution. The museum is run by a board appointed by the municipal council and the museum associations. <\/div>\n \n
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Vardemuseerne\u2019s vision<\/h2>\n

The museum must be agenda-setting and identity-forming by connecting people, landscape, art and culture.<\/p>\n