A Journey Back to the 1920s
Modern Times at the Manor profiles the final Count at Gammel Estrup, Christen Scheel (1853-1926), who moved into the manor house in 1918.
Christen Scheel took over Gammel Estrup at a time when manors were undergoing major changes. In the early days of the 20th century, society was on the threshold of the modern age, and industrialisation knew no bounds. Many manors led the way when it came to the development of agriculture and industry, and it was often at the manor that modern initiatives were introduced in local areas.
When Christen, Count Scheel, his wife and two of his 11 children moved into Gammel Estrup, they fitted it out with modern, technological inventions such as a gramophone, a telephone and a variety of electrical appliances mixed with heirlooms, artefacts and furniture from previous generations.
Modern Times at the Manor features the Count’s Drawing Room, which was the family’s everyday living room, The Smoking Room, where the count could retire with a good cigar, The Passage and The Studio, where visitors can take their own photographs.
Modern Times
The daily living room, where the count’s family could relax and listen to music from the gramophone
The count could relax, speak on the modern telephone, and enjoy a fine cigar in the Smoking Room
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
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
Christmas Upstairs & Downstairs
Experience Christmas at the Manor 100 Years Ago
The Manor Garden
Summer Exhibition About the Manor Garden at Gammel Estrup