Anna Ancher: Boats on
the beach
Admission:
Adults: 70 dkr
Children 20 (under 15 years and accompanied by an adult - free)
Groups: 60 dkr per person (minimum 20)
Opening hours:
December and January: closed
February and March: Saturdays 11am-3pm
April: every day except Fridays 11am-3pm
May-September: every day 10am-5pm
October: every day except Fridays 11am-3pm
November: Saturdays 11am-3pm
For further information please call +45 9844 3009 or mail: museum@anchershus.dk
Michael and Anna Ancher’s House
The artists Michael and Anna Ancher bought the house in Markvej in 1884 after the birth of their daughter Helga. The family lived for 30 years in the long, low wing facing the road. When they felt the lack of space, the architect Ulrik Plesner designed a studio building (completed 1913) to the north of the roiginal house and with a link access to it. After the deaths of Michael Ancher in 1927 and Anna Ancher in 1935, the house remained unoccupied. Helga Ancher, who died in 1964, had laid down in her will that everything she left was to be used to create a fund, The Helga Ancher Foundation. The house in Markvej together with the paintings and contents was restored and opened as a museum in 1967.
Saxilds Gaard
Saxild House stands close to Michael and Ancher’s House. It was in the possession of the Saxild family from the end of 18th century to 1959, and from 1810-1919 there was a bakery in the eastern wing. In 1989 the property was acquired by The Helga Ancher Foundation as a gift from The Aage V. Jensen Foundations. Changing exhibitions, primarily of works owned by The Helga Ancher Foundation, are arranged in Saxilds Gaard. These consists in particular of sketches and preparatory studies by Michael, Anna and Helga Ancher.