Gender Museum Denmark
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 KØN - Gender Museum Denmark | |
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| Established | 1982 |
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| Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Website | konmuseum.dk/ |
KØN - Gender Museum Denmark, formerly Kvindemuseet (Women's Museum), is a history museum in Aarhus, Denmark focused on the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark.[1] KØN was originally founded on 31 October 1982 as a women's history museum, and since 1984 has been housed in the former Aarhus City Hall, built in 1857.[2]
Background
[edit]In 2016, the museum's thematic focus was expanded to encompass issues of gender and sexuality in the broadest sense, and as a result of that, the museum's name was changed to KØN (Gender in English) in February 2021.[3] The museum is spread over 3.5 floors, with 1200m² of exhibition space. There is also a café and bakery at KØN. In the 1990s, the museum created the Mathilde Fibiger Garden, a public space alongside the museum for hosting outdoor events. The museum was also further expanded in 2005.[1][4] Their permanent exhibitions highlight women's role in democracy, gender roles, sexual education, the #MeToo movement, the Red Stocking Movement, and also highlight the history of the building in which the museum is based.[5][6]
As of 2012, the museum operated on a budget of DKK 10 million from state, municipal and private funding.[7] In addition to its permanent and temporary exhibitions, KØN provides educational outreach programs.[8] In 2014, the Aarhus municipality approved an annual grant of DKK 500,000 to KØN to teach sex education, gender equality and democracy to schoolchildren.[9][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 KØN - Gender Museum Denmark: About KØN (in Danish)
- ↑ "Danmarks kvindemuseum i pengeknibe" [Denmark's Women's Museum in Money Pinch]. TV2 Nyhederne (in Danish). TV2. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ KØN - Gender Museum Denmark: Museum's History (in Danish)
- 1 2 "KØN – GENDER MUSEUM DENMARK: Whose Museum?" (PDF). inventculture. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ↑ "KØN". KØN. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ↑ "Visit to KØN – Gender Museum, Aarhus, Denmark". The Bruges Vegan. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ↑ Bryd, Tina (13 November 2012). "Kvinders liv er penge værd" [Women's Live are Worth Money]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ KØN - Gender Museum Denmark: Teaching (in Danish)
- ↑ Hans Petersen (25 September 2014). "Kvindemuseet to teach schoolchildren about sex". Aarhus Stifstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 3 October 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Ipsen, Merete; Jette Sandahl (Fall 1990). "The Women's Museum in Denmark". Journal of Women's History. 2 (2): 168–170. doi:10.1353/jowh.2010.0110. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
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