Skagens Museum

Skagens Museum
Statue of Michael Ancher and PS Krøyer by Laurits Tuxen
Map
Interactive fullscreen map
Established1908
LocationSkagen, Denmark
Coordinates57°43′28.56″N 10°35′50.28″E / 57.7246000°N 10.5973000°E / 57.7246000; 10.5973000
TypeArt museum
Visitors89.004 (2014)[1]
DirectorLisette Vind Ebbesen
ArchitectUlrik Plesner (1928), Friis & Moltke (2014–2016)
Websiteskagensmuseum.dk

Skagens Museum is an art museum in Skagen, Denmark, that exhibits an extensive collection of works by members of the colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Important artists include Marie and P. S. Krøyer, Anna and Michael Ancher, Laurits Tuxen, Viggo Johansen, and Holger Drachmann. The museum also hosts special exhibitions. Its facilities include a café in the Garden House, an old building which for a while served as home residence and studio of Anna and Michael Ancher.

  1. ^ "Statistikbanken" (in Danish). Danmarks Statistik. Retrieved 2015-10-13.