Videnssalon – Hjortetaksøksen

Videnssalon om hjortetaksøkse fra Næsby Strand ved forsker Lasse Sørensen. Salonen er en del af 9 videnssaloner om Våben i Vestsjælland.

In 2024, a rare deer antler ax was submitted in West Zealand. The ax originates from the Neolithic age and is approx. 7000 years old. It is beautifully decorated with a distinctive motif that can be interpreted as special relationships with the animal kingdom, a death cult with burials in trees and territorial conflicts over the best hunting and fishing grounds. Lasse Sørensen is a leading researcher in precisely Stone Age objects and society and will unfold interpretations and stories about the ax and its meaning, use and contemporary times.

It is necessary to buy a ticket in advance.

Coffee and cake are included in the ticket price.

It is necessary to buy a ticket in advance.

Coffee and cake are included in the ticket price.

Knowledge salons 2025

Museum Vestsjælland presents a series of 9 different knowledge salons that relate to questions of armed force, combat, conflict, defence, resistance and escape from different sides, times and places. Come along to the fight and the various obscure and fascinating corners of the resistance from past to present, and learn more about Stone Age stag axes, Iron Age weapon finds, Viking Age weapon pits, Trelleborg's function and medieval defenses. Hear about the resistance struggle during the Second World War and about what it is like to flee and why you choose to go to war.

We have invited various experts who share their knowledge and, in dialogue with museum inspector Trine Borake, examine various corners of war and conflict. The salons must make us more aware of this gloomy but unavoidable problem, which is unfortunately current both in the past, in the present and probably also in the future.

The 9 salons contribute together with an insight into exciting places, stories and objects that are linked to war and conflict, defense and resistance with a starting point in West Zealand.

Trine Borake gives a short introduction followed by a presentation from our guest, and we end with a conversation with questions and discussion.

The salons are arranged in connection with the research project Weapons in West Zealand. The project is led by museum inspector, Ph.D. and archaeologist Trine Louise Borake in collaboration with Mads Dengsø Jessen, senior researcher at the National Museum. The project has received support from the Augustinus Foundation, the Beckett Foundation, the Knud Højgård Foundation, the Åge and Louis Hansen Foundation and the Ministry of Culture.