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Grubbemøllevej 13, Svendborg

The home for poor seen from the street.

Hvæveri
The weaving mashine which was used for weaving mats of coconut yarn - and still does.

Fattigstue
The dining room - here the poor often sat and ate porridge.

halvtresserhjem
The home of the fifties is decorated as a typical living room would look like back then.

Sygekassekontor
The office of the sick-benefit associa-tion from about 1900.

Vaskerum
The washing room with an old
cauldron among other things.

The former home for poor and working institution from 1872-1974 and today the only preserved museum of poor in Denmark.
Viebæltegaard, as it was named in 1933 when the working institution with department of support and hospital was established. In 1974 it stopped as an institution and was given to the Museum of Svendborg and in this event it was preserved. There are still active workshops where there's produced mats.

Viebæltegård consists of four wings:

	•	the east wing contains archives of navigation and the archive of the history of the city of Svendborg plus office of administration.
	•	In the north wing is installed an old apartment as one would look like in the fifties. There is also a classroom and a workshop for mats and a comemmorative room for the sick-benefit associations.
	•	On the first floor in the south wing is the museum of poor where one can see how the poorest people of the city was treated. Al is preserved as it originally appeared. On the first and second floor is a permanent exhibition on the history of the danish children homes: 'Du skal ikke tænke på din mor og far'. Read more at www.boerne.nu (in danish).
	•	On the third floor a doctors office from Hesselager(small town on south funen) has been installed. In the west wing is a small church room with chapel.

The poor people here had a garden which lies at the back of the north wing and is also open for the guest.

Opening hours :

02. january - 31. april:
tues. - sun. kl. 13 - 16

01.may - 30. september:
tues. - sun. kl. 10 - 16

01.october - 30. december:
tues. - sun. kl. 13 - 16

The opening hours and prices are guiding.

Admission:

Adults: 40,- kr.
pensionists/students: 30,- kr.
Children u/18 years: Free

Telephone 62 21 02 61

Email: info@svendborgmuseum.dk
Website: www.svendborgmuseum.dk