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ROOM WITH A VIEW
“To outsiders it might seem we’ve decided to build a museum
in the middle of nowhere,” Anne Højer Petersen, director of
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, tells Tom Walker. “But what they don’t
know is that the area has a rich tradition in arts and culture.”
T
he location may indeed have a cul- (27,000sq ft) museum, designed by British
tural heritage, but deciding to set up architect Tony Fretton, is thriving.
an art museum, appointing a world- It pulled in more than double its target
renowned architect and asking him to of 20,000 visitors in its fi rst year and in
design it on a farmyard on a remote island October 2009 was short-listed for the RIBA
on the Baltic Sea, was still a brave move. Stirling Prize. Being nominated for the
Fuglsang, which means “bird song” in high-profi le architectural prize thrust the
old Norse, is located on the Danish island museum onto the world stage and it has
of Lolland, which is famous for its agri- since attracted attention and acclaim from
culture and only has a population of little all parts of the world.
more than 65,000. The closest town to the
museum is the curiously named Nykøbing FUNDING
F, which sits on the neighbouring island The museum is run by a board of trustees
of Falster. Copenhagen, the capital, is with representatives from private institu-
more than a two-hour drive away. Despite tions and local government. It receives
The scenery is part of the artwork
this remoteness, however, the 2,500sq m funding from both central and local govern-
ments, but is heavily reliant on sponsorship
and donations from private companies and
FUGLSANG KUNSTMUSEUM
individuals. The land for the museum, for
The museum exclusively exhibits example, was donated by the charity which
Danish contemporary art. The collec- owns the adjacent manor house and its
tion’s emphasis has been placed on country estate and park.
artists and motifs of local provenance The Fretton-designed building itself,
and a vast majority of the pieces of apart from a small grant from the European
art originate from the post-1960s Regional Development Fund, was funded
There are three large temporary entirely by private donations.
exhibitions each year. The museum is located on the Fuglsang
Lighting is above to keep the walls free
estate, which became the home of the
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