Holmegaard Works

THE GLASS WORKSHOP

Get up close to life as a glassworker at Holmegaard Glassworks. It was here in the glass hut that the glassmakers blew glass, drew stems and shaped feet while sweating in the heat from the large tank furnace.

HEBSGAARD HALL

Take us into a fantastic, sparkling, shimmering universe of glass art when Per Steen Hebsgaard shows selected works from Bjørn Nørgaard, Per Kirkeby, Ursula Reuter Christiansen and others.

THE GLASS COLLECTION

On shelves that tower an impressive seven meters into the air and are 40 meters wide, you are faced with 200 years of history – told in glass. The collection is one of the largest and most important in the Nordic region and contains more than 42,000 unique pieces of glass.

THE KÄHLER COLLECTION

It began with ceramics without any finer details – baking tins, milk jugs, jam jars and other unpretentious kitchenware. But as creative minds became associated with Kähler's workshop in Næstved, art crept into the ceramics.

DESIGNERS' TABLE

Take a look down through the exhibition of glass and ceramics and see if you can spot anything from your childhood. The glassware from Holmegaard and the ceramics from Kähler have been on the table for almost 200 years, and have crept into our homes as applied art, packaging glass and art.

10,000 YEARS OF CREATIVITY

Why are humans creative? Have we always been creative in the same way – and how does that help ensure our survival? We have put a Stone Age expert and an architecture professor opposite each other to discuss the matter.

GLASSWORK AND LIFEWORK

The tour of Holmegaard Værk starts with a meeting with the glassblowers, where you can experience the transformation of the liquid material. Here, in the middle of the glass hut's historic space, generations of glassworkers have drawn stems, shaped feet and blown glass for almost 200 years.

In the modern glass workshop, you will also get a vivid insight into the process when the museum's skilled glassmakers, in collaboration with guest artists, light the kilns and continue to reshape the future.

BECOME A DESIGNER FOR A DAY

Step into the Glass Studio at Holmegaard Værk, where artistic ideas take shape. Here, both children and adults can create their own glass works - perhaps inspired by the sample collection's many motivations from the tour of the museum.

Our hosts are ready to guide you, help with the technique and share tips from the glass industry, so that your idea gets exactly the design you dream of.

FREE ACCESS TO HISTORY

With an annual pass to Holmegaard Værk you get free admission to historical experiences for a whole year. The pass gives you a 10% discount in the museum's design shop and on the entire menu at Restaurant Holmegaard, as well as a wide range of benefits, such as free admission to 7 other museums.

Buy an annual pass and get free admission

WELCOME TO HOLMEGAARD WORKS

Visit Holmegaard Værk and experience Denmark's first, last and only preserved glassworks. It is here that iconic works such as the Provence bowl, the Ship glasses, the Lotus candlestick and the Blixen vase have been conceived, shaped and born. As a visitor, you will be taken on an inspiring journey through the development of the craft - from historical finds to the form of the future.

Holmegaard Værk is located in the beautiful surroundings of South Zealand on the edge of Holmegaard Mose, close to Næstved and only an hour's drive from Copenhagen.