Permanent exhibitions
Current opening hours
19 October 2025 – 15 April 2026
Skælskør City Museum is closed,
but will reopen on April 16
Christmas open 2025
Saturday, November 29, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Saturday, December 20, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM
Skælskør City Museum • Algade 2 • 4230 Skælskør
Peder Reedtz's farm
Skælskør City Museum is housed in a listed Renaissance building from the 1500th century. The house is named after Peder Reedtz, who was sheriff at Antvorskov Castle. Peder Reedtz owned the property in the time around 1580. On the ground floor you can see the old grocery store, decorated as in the early 1900s.
Maritime and Fisheries Exhibition
Skælskør City Museum exhibits a number of ship models, all connected to Skælskør. You can also see a number of objects that sailors have brought home from distant lands through the ages.
The fishing is illustrated by catching methods, and you can see various nets, ruses, hooks and eel irons as well as tools for maintaining gear. A giant ice saw that has been used in the harbor completes the picture of the seasons' impact on the profession.
Skælskør is located at the end of a 6 km long fjord, and shipping and fishing have had a great impact on the town's creation and development. In the Middle Ages, the city was the crossing point for Funen, and in the late 1800s, the city became home to one of Denmark's largest sailing fleets.
The scaly crucifix
The Skælskør crucifix, made in the French city of Limoges, was found during an excavation with the National Museum in 1996 at the city's Carmelite monastery. The original crucifix is in the National Museum.
Jørgen Poulsen's determination to reach his goal with a copy of the Skælskør crucifix has been decisive in the fact that the copy is now available to the museum's guests.
The Museumsforeningen for Skælskør City Museum, the Brand of 1848 Foundation and Museum Vestsjælland have contributed to the realization.
For a long time, the Museumsforeningen has also sold "indulgence letters" for DKK 50 as crowdfunding.
Also visit Vejerboden
The weighing shed at Skælskør harbor was built in 1919. Here wagons and other large elements were weighed by the Royal Weighs and Measures. The first bridge weight in Skælskør could weigh up to 5 tons, the last bridge weight could weigh 17 tons. The weighing booth was closed in 1987.
Plans to demolish Vejerboden created criticism and the Conservation Association and the Museums Association jointly succeeded in preserving and renovating the building.
The weighing shed at the harbor is kept open by Skælskør City Museum.
Also visit the Latin School
In Gammelgade on the corner of the cemetery to Sct. Nicolai Church is the old Latin school. It is not known when the listed building was erected and for what purpose. After the Reformation in 1536, the building was given the function of a Latin school. Here, the city's academically gifted boys learned Latin and other subjects that could prepare them for further education at the University of Copenhagen.
The Latin school was closed in 1739, and the building was sold to a merchant who arranged a free home for two citizens. After World War II, the building was used as a homestead. Today you can see a school exhibition. The Latin school is kept open by Skælskør City Museum.
