Struer Museum
Struer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde meet in an exciting intersection between cultural history and contemporary art, with sound as the theme.
Struer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde meet in an exciting intersection between cultural history and contemporary art, with sound as the theme.
Struer Museum is a state-recognized, cultural history museum responsible for recent cultural history in Struer Municipality. This means that the museum collect, register, preserve, research and, not least, communicate life as it has shaped the areas north and south of Oddesund in recent times.
Struer Museum has a special focus on sound and listening across its many activities. The museum works to update knowledge about sonic cultural heritage and make it accessible and relevant, develop its use and significance for citizens and society, and secure the cultural heritage for future use.
Listening Chairs from our collection
The branch is furnished with two listening chairs. Here, visitors can sit and experience an artwork from the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde’s collection and exhibition program. The listening chairs were designed in 1982 by Polish designer Dieter Mankau as part of a sound art installation for the 7th Documenta in Kassel, Germany. The Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde later acquired the chairs in connection with the 1996 exhibition Sound Journey – a presentation of 100 sound works from Studio Akustische Kunst in Cologne. Over time, the distinctive listening chairs have become a hallmark of the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde’s focus on sound art and have been part of many exhibitions and projects both inside and outside the museum.
With Contemporary Art Since 1925, Struer has resonated in a world of sound with the establishment of the Bang & Olufsen Radio Factory, which put the town on the world map. Here, sound became the town’s DNA, and with the newly established National Knowledge Center for Sonic Cultural Heritage, Struer continues its curiosity about sound. This curiosity resonates with the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde, which since its inception in 1991 has engaged with ephemeral and time-based art forms, including sound and sound art