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08.07.04 - A new exhibition about lifestyle and class lines at Greenland National Museum
This new exhibit is called lifestyle and class lines during the colonial era. This exhibit opened on Greenland’s national day on the 21st. Of June 2008.
The exhibit shows the interior decoration of two homes in Greenland during the colonial era. One shows a Greenlandic home and the other is the home of Danes. By studying picture archives by John Møller and Jette Bang and by gathering information through reading, we found out how the homes where decorated. Most of the items from the exhibit are taken from our storeroom, says Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen to greenland.com.
In the Danish livingroom we borrowed the table and the chairs from Qaqortoq Museum. They used to belong to O.P.C Koch and family. Koch was an employee in KGH from 1884 to 1911. The table and the chairs were made specifically to Koch by the master smith Peter Høegh in 1907 when he lived in Qaqortoq says the museum inspector Georg Nyegaard.
- When Koch returned to Denmark he brought with him the furniture. Qaqortoq Museum recieved the table and the chairs from a relative of O.P.C Koch in 2000. In connection with this exhibit we have borrowed the furniture for a period of 10 years ends the Museum inspector Georg Nyegaard from The Greenland National Museum and Archives.
This exhibit will be part of the permanent exhibition. The preparations for this new exhibit lasted 2-3 years, says Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen. She goes on to day:
- We have chosen to make this exhibit to show this part of our history to the new generation and for people outside Greenland. Many people do not know much about Greenland’s history during the colonial era.
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| The greenlandic home during the colonial era. Photo: GTE |
The exhibit shows the interior decoration of two homes in Greenland during the colonial era. One shows a Greenlandic home and the other is the home of Danes. By studying picture archives by John Møller and Jette Bang and by gathering information through reading, we found out how the homes where decorated. Most of the items from the exhibit are taken from our storeroom, says Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen to greenland.com.
In the Danish livingroom we borrowed the table and the chairs from Qaqortoq Museum. They used to belong to O.P.C Koch and family. Koch was an employee in KGH from 1884 to 1911. The table and the chairs were made specifically to Koch by the master smith Peter Høegh in 1907 when he lived in Qaqortoq says the museum inspector Georg Nyegaard.
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| The danish home during the colonial era. Photo: GTE |
- When Koch returned to Denmark he brought with him the furniture. Qaqortoq Museum recieved the table and the chairs from a relative of O.P.C Koch in 2000. In connection with this exhibit we have borrowed the furniture for a period of 10 years ends the Museum inspector Georg Nyegaard from The Greenland National Museum and Archives.