In April, Ole Winther, head of department in the Agency for Culture and Palaces, attended a meeting on the future for Danish museums in Malmø, Sweden. During the meeting he said: “We have many, many storage units in Denmark, that are filled with old junk […]
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The personal touch: Edelberg’s head torch
When I went on my first big trip abroad (a three month group trip to New Zealand and Thailand – those were the days), I remember snickering at the backpackers, who brought a head torch. I mean, it looks somewhat silly, having that thing strapped […]

Chest – Afghanistan
Check out this beautiful Afghan chest! It was collected by botanist Lennart Edelberg in 1948 who participated in the third Central Asian expedition, in which a group of Danish scientists travelled to a number of different Central Asian countries to gather information on the nomadic […]