Experience Christmas at the Manor 100 Years Ago
24 November – 30 December 2026
Experience the special exhibition 'Christmas Upstairs & Downstairs' in the manor’s many halls and chambers. See decorated Christmas trees and set tables as they appeared for both the noble family and the servants. Get into the perfect Christmas spirit as the rooms and halls are specially decorated for the festive season.
In the manor kitchen, the kitchen maids are busy preparing for Christmas and getting ready for the large influx of guests who spent the holiday at Gammel Estrup. In the dining room, the table is set for the noble family’s grand Christmas dinner, while in the servant's hall, you can see how the servants ate at Christmas.
In the Parlour, you can see how the Christmas tree party was held for all the estate’s children, and in the Great Hall, the noble family’s Christmas tree shines. In the rooms, you can experience where the count’s family drank their coffee after dinner before the lights on the Christmas tree was lit, where the children enjoyed their gifts after the traditional Christmas tree dance, and how the family gathered around the piano to sing Christmas carols.
The Lord’s Manor
Renaissance nobleman Eske Brock's Parlour and manor Chapel
The Countess’s Elegant Rooms
The Countess's elegant Baroque interiors from the early 1700s
The Great Hall
The manor’s grand hall, which hosted large parties and celebrations
The Count’s Apartments
The Count's elegant rooms in cohesive Rococo style
The Great Cabinet & The Count’s Roundel
Magnificent interiors from the late 18th century
Rooms for Science & Pastimes
The Wild Count’s fabulous study and family living room
The Gentlemen’s Manor
Rooms where gentlemen relaxed with a fine cigar in the late 19th century
The Manor of Family & Private Life
The count’s family bedrooms and living spaces in the mid-19th century
Modern Times
Old heirlooms side by side with modern conveniences in the 1920s
The Attic
The invisible world of the servants, drying loft and storage room
The servant’s domain
The manor kitchen and the servants’ quarters at the beginning of the 20th century
The cellar
Activity room and the servants’ hall
Gardens & Cultural Landscape
Magnificent Baroque garden and a complete manorial landscape
Kitchen Garden & Greenhouse
Utility gardens and the socalled 'vine and peach house'
The Forester’s Cottage
Workers house, showing the lives of the forest workers in the 1930s
The Manor Garden
Summer Exhibition About the Manor Garden at Gammel Estrup