Willumsens Museum

Willumsens Museum is an art museum in Frederikssund dedicated to the Danish visual artist J. F. Willumsen (1863–1958). The museum houses one of the world’s most extensive collections of Willumsen’s works and functions as an art museum, cultural institution, and archive for the artist’s lifelong production.

The museum was founded on the basis of Willumsen’s own donation of artworks, personal archives, and artistic materials to Frederikssund Municipality, which continues to own and operate the museum. Since its opening in 1957, the museum has developed into a central venue for research, dissemination, and exhibitions focusing both on Willumsen and on contemporary art related to his experimental expression.

Art historian Leila Krogh served as the museum’s director from 1973–1990 and again from 1993–2006.

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