A Journey Back to the 18th Century
The Countess’ Elegant Rooms show her accommodation at the manor as it could have looked in the early 18th century. The interior decoration is inspired by the young noble couple Count Christen Scheel and Augusta Wintereldt, who came to live at Gammel Estrup in 1717 and refurbished the place in the fashion of the times.
The rooms are decorated in the richly-coloured aesthetic style of the baroque, with magnificent tapestries, stucco ceilings, painted floors and decorated panels and doors. Together with their exclusive furnishings, they demonstrate the Scheel family’s position as one of Denmark’s leading families of the time.
The rooms include: The Countess’ bedchamber ‘The Red Bedroom’ with its impressive bed of state, The Cabinet by the Red Bedroom where the countess was dressed and had her hair powdered, The Room of the Lady’s Maid, where the countess’ personal maid lived, and the Countess’ Chamber, where important guests were served tea and perhaps played a game of cards.
The Countess’ Elegant Rooms
The countess’s bedchamber is dominated by the impressive state bed, which shows that the bedroom, unlike today, was not a private room. In this lavishly decorated room, the countess received close and specially selected guests
In the dressing room, the countess was dressed and had her hair powdered with the help of her personal maid. The maid lived in the room right next to the countess’s bedchamber
The Countess’s Chamber is an elegantly furnished room where the countess could receive guests and serve the luxury drinks of the time – tea, coffee, and hot chocolate
The Lord’s Manor
Renaissance nobleman Eske Brock's Parlour and manor Chapel
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
Christmas Upstairs & Downstairs
Experience Christmas at the Manor 100 Years Ago
The Manor Garden
Summer Exhibition About the Manor Garden at Gammel Estrup