2_9_ScanMag_74_March_2015_Text_Q9_Scan Magazine 1 09/03/2015 23:11 Page 29
Scan Magazine | Culture Feature | Moesgaard
Moesgaard is a cultural and historical museum featuring archaeological and anthropological exhibitions – many of them staged and dramatised.
Cultural time travel Immerse yourself in culture and history at the rejuvenated Moesgaard Museum, just a short drive from the city of Aarhus. By Tina Nielsen | Photos: Moesgaard Museum
Moesgaard, a cultural and historical museum featuring archaeological and anthropological exhibitions has existed since 1970, but last year a new exhibition building was inaugurated to kick off a new era. The motivation behind the new building was to create a different kind of space allowing exhibitions to break the boundaries of what most people think of as traditional museum displays. The displays feature life-like reconstructions brought to life by the use of light, sound and technologies – such as animation.
communications and marketing manager. “The aim is to feature exhibitions that will appeal to three generations: grandparents, parents and grandchildren, who can experience the museum together.”
“We wanted to put together staged and dramatised exhibition displays so that visitors can get closer to the past and the people who used the objects in the exhibitions,” says Bodil Jensen, the museum’s
Moesgaard Museum also hosts special international exhibitions every year. This year’s display opens on 1 April and will run until the end of September, and shows China’s terracotta army. Entitled
The permanent historical exhibitions on the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Vikings sit alongside the ethnographic exhibition entitled The Lives of the Dead, which gives visitors an opportunity to experience how people around the world remember the deceased.
The First Emperor – China’s Terracotta Army the display is unique and specially curated for Moesgaard. It is what Jensen calls “a blockbuster exhibition”: “We have selected more than 120 objects from different museums in China, some of which have never before been outside the country. This is a totally unique exhibition,” she says. She highlights the location of the museum as a unique attribute, giving visitors a very holistic experience. “Visitors have an experience that includes culture, nature and architecture,” she explains. “Our location is close to the forest and the water in beautiful scenery, and the new exhibition building, which sits alongside the old manor buildings, fits into the landscape naturally.” For more information, please visit: www.moesgaardmuseum.dk
Issue 74 | March 2015 | 29