Introduction to The Funen Village
After 30 minutes, you’ll be ready to explore the museum’s houses, gardens, and animals on your own.
This tour offers a brief introduction to The Funen Village, focusing on the 18th-century rural community and the sustainable, circular way of life they practiced.
After 30 minutes, you will have an overview of the museum and be ready to explore the village’s houses, gardens, and animals on your own, gaining more insight into history, sustainability, and daily life — then and now.
- Duration: 30 min
- Price:
- Schools and educational institutions: 550 DKK
- Groups: 650 DKK + entrance fee
- Capacity: max. 30 participants
Bringing the Past into the Future
Get inspiration for living more sustainably today by exploring the circular way of life of the past.
Most Funen residents in the 18th century lived in villages like The Funen Village. Their lives followed a circular rhythm, guided by the hours of the day and the seasons of the year.
Daily life focused on securing food, clothing, and essential tools – that is, self-sufficiency. Life was frugal, with much lower consumption than today. This way of living was therefore more sustainable and left a significantly smaller environmental footprint than our modern lifestyles.
This walking tour highlights examples of how past ways of life can inspire us to live more climate-friendly today, through both small and large everyday actions.
- Target Audience: Adults and upper secondary students (8th–9th grade and gymnasium)
- Duration: 75 min
- Price:
- Schools and educational institutions: 750 DKK
- Groups: 900 DKK + entrance fee
- Capacity: max. 28 participants
The 18th Century in Transition
The developments of the 18th century laid the foundation for much of the society we know today.
This tour focuses on major changes in the century as presented in The Funen Village: technological inventions opening new possibilities, the establishment of democracy, and the emergence of the Danish nation-state. All these societal changes affected individuals and their way of life.
Through the themes of democracy, technology, and demography, the tour explores how new inventions and ideas transformed daily life and laid the groundwork for the modern society we live in today.
- Duration: 75 min
- Price:
- Schools and educational institutions: 750 DKK
- Groups: 900 DKK + entrance fee
Capacity: max. 28 participants
Tour with a Museum Curator
This tour provides a unique opportunity to gain in-depth insight into a specific exhibition or topic within the curator’s area of expertise.
Tours are arranged in consultation with the curator.
- Duration: 75 min
- Price: 3500 DKK + entrance fee
Digital Tours
Take The Funen Village with you—through your ears or home.
You can explore The Funen Village on your own using the Useeum app, which provides stories about the village’s buildings and life on Funen in the 18th century.
How to Download Useeum
Go to the App Store on your mobile device and download the Useeum app.
Useeum includes:
- Podwalk “The Past into the Future” – inspiration on how to use history to shape the future.
- Podwalk “The Parsonage Lives” – three dramatized tours through the village’s historic parsonage.
- Podwalk “A Village in H.C. Andersen’s Time” – guides you through the village with H.C. Andersen’s perspective.
- Text Guide “Guide to The Funen Village’s Farms and Houses” – tells the stories of the museum’s historical buildings and their inhabitants.