Museum Østjylland is a museum focusing on the history and culture of Randers and environs from the earliest times to the present.
Admission: The Museum Østjylland is free to all visitors.
The Museum is located in different places around Randers and Djursland:
Ebeltoft
Museum Østjylland, Det Gamle Rådhus
In the Townhall you find the guardroom, the courtroom, where the civil weddings since 1972 take place, the old livingroom from Mols and exhibitions dealing with the history of the town. In the basement you still find traces of the dungeons.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Siamesisk Samling
Juulsbakke 1
8400 Ebeltoft
Open:
1 June - 31 August: Tuesday - Sunday, 11.00-17.00.
1 September - 31 May: Thursday - Sunday, 12.00-15.00.
Opening hours in school vacations: Tuesday-Sunday, 11.00-16.00.
Museum Østjylland, Siamesisk Samling
The Siamese Collection is a considerable ethnographic collection from the old Thailand.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Siamesisk Samling
Juulsbakke 1
8400 Ebeltoft
Open:
1 June - 31 August: Tuesday - Sunday, 11.00-17.00.
1 September - 31 May: Thursday - Sunday, 12.00-15.00.
Opening hours in school vacations: Tuesday-Sunday, 11.00-16.00.
Ebeltoft Historical Archives
Ebeltoft Historical Archives collects photos, archival documents, newspapers and more connected to the city and the region's history. The archive covers the geographical area that formed Ebeltoft municipality prior to 2007.
Address:
Ebeltoft Byhistoriske Arkiv
Kirkegade 30
8400 Ebeltoft
Open:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10.00-15.00.
Museum Østjylland, Farvergården
In the middle of the busy main street in Ebeltoft, you will find the charming Old Dyers Yard, where farmers in the region had their yarn and hand-woven clothes dyed.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Farvergården
Adelgade 15
8400 Ebeltoft
Open:
1 June - 31 August: Tuesday - Sunday, 11.00-17.00.
Randers
Museum Østjylland, Randers
Here you can see Denmark's most modern Medieval exhibition, where kids can dress up as nuns, monks, noblemen, knights or cobblers.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Randers
Stemannsgade 2
8900 Randers C
Open: Tuesday - Sunday kl. 10–16.
Museum Østjylland, Håndværksmuseet
This is the place to get a glimpse of living craft history with fire in the forge, mortar on the trowel and paint on the brush. Some of the workshops are manned during opening hours.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Håndværksmuseet
Lille Rosengård 16
8900 Randers C
Open:
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 12.00-16.00.
Randers Local History Archive
Randers Local History Archive collects and preserves archival material from the geographical area that formed Randers before 2007. In the archive you can find personal and family history material, a large collection of photographs, local maps, property records, institution records and more.
Address:
Randers Lokalhistoriske Arkiv
Stemannsgade 2
8900 Randers
Open:
Tuesday, 13.00-16.00 and Thursday, 11.00-16.00.
Grenaa
Museum Østjylland, Grenaa
Visit the museum in the cosy merchant’s house in Grenaa. Here you can see prehistoric finds from Djursland and interior from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Address:
Museum Østjylland - Grenaa
Søndergade 1
8500 Grenaa
Open:
1 June - 31 August: Tuesday - Sunday, 11.00-16.00.
1 September - 31 May: Tuesday - Sunday, 12.00-15.00.