Falsters Minder

{{Short description|City museum of Nykøbing on the Danish island of Falster}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} [[File:Nykøbing Falster - Czarens Hus.jpg|thumb|Czarens Hus, Nykøbing Falster]] '''Falsters Minder''' (literally Falster's Memories) is the city museum of [[Nykøbing Falster|Nykøbing]] on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Falster]]. It is housed in the 17th century half-timbered building known as '''Czarens Hus''' (the Czar's House).<ref name=fm>[http://www.kulturarv.dk/museer/oplev-museerne/single/museum/museum-lolland-falster-falsters-minder/ "Museum Lolland-Falster - Falsters Minder"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528160021/http://www.kulturarv.dk/museer/oplev-museerne/single/museum/museum-lolland-falster-falsters-minder/ |date=28 May 2015 }}, Kulturstyrelsen. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref>

==History== Czarens Hus is one of Nykøbing's oldest buildings, dating from the 1690s. The main entrance, now the museum entrance, used to be through the even older half-timbered ''Kragsnaps Hus''. Archeological investigations and old maps show that the corner of Langgade and Færgestræde has been inhabited since the 13th century.<ref name=ch>[https://archive.today/20130212223407/http://www.czarenshus.dk/index.php?page=om-czarens-hus "Om Czarens Hus"], Czarens Hus. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> It served area farmers and merchants both as a supplies store and a [[guest house]].<ref name="Fodor's2006">{{cite book|author=Fodor's|title=Fodor's Denmark, 5th Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpnfOprt25AC&pg=PA103|year=2006|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-1613-6|page=103}}</ref>

The earliest known owner of the building was Ivar Rosenfeldt, a postmaster, who operated an inn from 1697. During the [[Great Northern War]] at the beginning of the 18th century, [[Frederik IV of Denmark|Frederik IV]] allied himself with [[Peter the Great]], Czar of Russia, who made his fleet available for Frederik's intended landing in [[Scania]]. It was while the fleet was anchored in Copenhagen that the czar visited Nykøbing in July 1716. Known for his rather unorthodox ways, Peter the Great chose to dine in Rosenfeldt's inn (one source states he lived in Czarens Hus),<ref name="HudsonNicholls1985">{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Kenneth|last2=Nicholls|first2=Ann|title=The directory of museums & living displays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEPuAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Stockton Press|isbn=978-0-943818-17-7|page=202|quote=''Czarens Hus (1700), in which Peter the Great lived in 1716.''}}</ref> rather than with the court at [[Nykøbing Castle]]. Ever since, the building has been known as Czarens Hus. Today it still operates as a restaurant in authentic surroundings.<ref name=ch/><ref>[http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/czarens-hus/images/newest/1/file-146) Kasper Høhling Søsted, "Russisk zar på Nykøbingbesøg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232534/http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/czarens-hus/images/newest/1/file-146) |date=3 March 2016 }}, Kulturarv. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref>

[[Henrik Christoffer Glahn]] (1850–1931) restored Czarens Hus in 1899.<ref>[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Arkitekt/H.C._Glahn "H. C. Glahn"], ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> It was also Glahn who in 1883 designed the goldsmith's shop at 19, Langgade which in 1963 became one of the shop exhibits in the museum.<ref>[http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/samlinger/artikler/guldsmed.asp "Guldsmedbutikken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130213002218/http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/samlinger/artikler/guldsmed.asp |date=13 February 2013 }}, Museum Lolland-Falster. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> Lunch and dinner are still served in Czarens Hus,<ref name="Stone2008">{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Andrew|title=Denmark 5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_gT1lQpZEAC&pg=PA175|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-669-4|page=175}}</ref> its restaurant decor featuring chandeliers, green walls, and golden trimmings.<ref name="Fodor's2006" />

==Museum== [[File:Moshack 1770.jpg|thumbnail|The 1770 harpsichord of Moritz Georg Moshack.]] Inaugurated in 1923 on the corner of Færgetrædet and Langgade, the museum was extended to Kragsnapshuset in the 1980s.<ref>[http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/czaren/ "Falsters Minder"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417024721/http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/czaren/ |date=17 April 2013 }}, Museum Lolland-Falster. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> Its collection covers the history of Nykøbing from the very beginnings (some 14,000 years ago) to the present day with an emphasis on artefacts from the 19th and 20th centuries. A 1770 [[harpsichord]] built by [[Moritz Georg Moshack]], one of the most notable Danish harpsichord producers, is included,<ref name="Kottick2003">{{cite book|last=Kottick|first=Edward L.|title=A History of the Harpsichord + CD|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uexrDtt7JKEC&pg=PA322|year=2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-34166-2|page=322}}</ref><ref name="Brauchli1998">{{cite book|last=Brauchli|first=Bernard|title=The Clavichord|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lpLypct4FEC&pg=PA183|year=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-63067-2|page=183}}</ref> as are toys, china, glass, and a [[Viking]] [[torc]].<ref name="Planet2011">{{cite book|author=Lonely Planet|title=Denmark Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkhfIBd5rS4C&pg=PT240|year=2011|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74321-287-5|page=240}}</ref> There is a recent exhibit showing Falster's position in the [[Middle Ages]]. The features of Nykøbing Castle (now demolished) can be seen from a well crafted model. Costumes from both town and country can be seen as well as a variety of rooms, including a fully furnished bedroom from around the year 1900, a farmhouse interior and a goldsmith's shop and workshop. The museum's shop is designed to represent a local grocery store from the first half of the 20th century.<ref name=fm/>

The archaeologist Peter Vemming Hansen has been a researcher with the museum,<ref name="RogersDeVries2007">{{cite book|last1=Rogers|first1=Clifford J.|last2=DeVries|first2=Kelly|last3=France|first3=John|title=The Journal of Medieval Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpL5nhyj2VYC&pg=PA40|year=2007|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=978-1-84383-339-0|page=40}}</ref><ref name="autofilled2007">{{cite book|author=Benerson Little|title=The Buccaneer’s Realm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BF1i1dRF7zAC&pg=PT11|year=2007|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61234-361-7|page=11}}</ref> while [[curator]]s have included F. Nabe-Nielsen<ref name="Museums1971">{{cite book|title=Museums Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l2xAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=15 December 2012|year=1971|publisher=Museums Association|page=150}}</ref> and the archaeologist Anna-Elisabeth Jensen.<ref name="Roberts2002">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Charlotte A.|title=Past and present of leprosy: archaeological, historical, paleopathological and clinical approaches : proceedings of the International Congress on the Evolution and Paleoepidemiology of the Infectious Diseases 3 (ICEPID), University of Bradford, 26th-31st July 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKErAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Archaeopress|isbn=978-1-84171-434-9|page=147}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130417024721/http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/czaren/ Falsters Minder Nykøbing], official site {{in lang|da}}

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