Roskilde Museum of Tools

Handsaws in the Museum of Tools

The Roskilde Museum of Tools (Danish: Roskilde Håndværksmuseet) is a branch of Roskilde Museum located on Ringstedgade in Roskilde, Denmark. It contains a collection of tools used by craftsmen such as wheelwrights, carpenters, shoemakers and wood carvers from around 1850 to 1950.[1] Visitors to the museum, housed on the first floor of a former granary known as Lützhøfts Købmandsgård, can also visit the operational private workshops of a wood carver, a silversmith and a weaver.[2] The museum was opened in 1977.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Museum of Tools". Visit Roskilde. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Tømmerhandler Børge Dahls samling" (in Danish). Roskilde Museum. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ^ Børge Dahl. "Gammelt værktøj" (PDF). Roskilde Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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