About Ringkøbing Museum
Ringkøbing Museum traces its history back to 1908, when a group of townspeople founded a museum association. By 1922, they had collected money and old objects to build the current museum.
Today, the museum also includes an extension with exhibition rooms and storage in the basement, as well as the old magistrate's office with beautiful, bright exhibition rooms. The judge's office was built by the architect Ulrik Plesner, who left his mark on Ringkøbing in the early 1900s.
The exhibitions at Ringkøbing Museum focus on the Second World War in West Jutland. You will get an introduction to the largest construction project in Danish history: the concrete structures along Hitler's Atlantic Wall. You will meet the bunker soldier Gerhard Saalfeld, who celebrated his 18th birthday in Houvigstillingen northwest of Ringkøbing. And you'll take to the skies with the great British bombers that made Danish airspace unsafe and German cities hell on earth in 1943-45.
Ringkøbing Museum also offers changing exhibitions. These may be about the distant or not-so-distant past, or they may be exhibitions in collaboration with associations or groups in the town or region.
