If you are passionate about history and anthropology and if you have heard of the Tollund Man, I suggest this place.

Been over 30 years since I first visited here, and it’s still an amazing exhibit to see and learn from. Silkeborg is also a nice town with nice views, forests, hills, lakes and more.

Similar display to our own Peat Bog Man. They have the 2400yrs old Tollun Bog Man. Totally amazing to behold!

Very charming little museum focused on local history. The annex features a spectacular exhibit about 2 famous bog people, the Tollund Man and the Elling Woman.

The home of the famous Tollund Man! With appropriate respect this 2300 year old body is put on display in the museum. He has his own glas shrine and plenty of accessible and well designed explanations in the next door rooms. The exhibition is clear, gives a good impression of danish stone age lifestyle and accessible for people in a wheelchair. All text in English and Danish. The guide could tell a lot and was clearly dedicated to the Tollund Man. Take an hour to really suck in the fate of this bogbody. The rest of the museum can be done in half an hour or so. Be aware of busloads of cruise passengers racing in and out. Just wait until they made their pictures and then quietly enjoy the presence of Tollund Man.

This is really only a local museum but it has some awesome things, beautifully explained in perfect English. Very friendly staff, simple cafe (please, please, Danish people, have more black tea/English Breakfast Tea). The two bog bodies although not in 100% form (the science of conservation in the 1950's was in its infancy) are quite moving. Very highly recommend

Brilliant! A small, local museum, but full of cool stuff. I've waited most of my life to meet Tollund Man, and I finally did!

Cozy, little museum with the world famous "Tollund man", the strange preserved human body from the iron ages who had been discovered in a bog close Silkeborg in the 1950s. Interesting exhibition for the whole family! Many other surprises there, for example some viking gods and a snoring dragon :)

We visited here whilst on a break in Stockholm which was about an hour's drive away. The museum was easy to find due to the clear signage and is located opposite the river from where we later departed on a paddle steamer trip. The museum is home to the Tollund Man and Elling Woman with related exhibits displaying clothing, pottery, tools of the same era. It was an interesting 40 minutes of history explaining how they were found, the reason for their deaths and what they ate and suchlike based on various scientific tests performed. Also, exhibited but totally unrelated is a wedding dress collection from the 1960's todate.

This is an amazing and fascinating museum with Tollund Man as the centerpiece of a comprehensive exhibit. Tollund Man is the prime example of preserved bog people in thousands of books and university textbooks on anthropology and other subjects.....it truly is extraordinary to see him in person. Helpful and lovely staff too.

We were the only people here, very quiet had all the time we wanted to look around and read through the English version of everything. Google Translate also came in handy.

The old little guy who lived before Jesus was amazing! 🤩

The new installation of the Tollund man is a big improvement on what was there before. More interactive exhibits and more history around the find has helped to increase understanding and interest. The videos are an education and humorous in places too. The other exhibits are a mere aperitif to the Tollund man. Definitely worth a visit.

Lovely location, and interesting display. Bit difficult to read some of the information inside the glass cubicles. Interesting to read about Tollundmannen and how he was found, and the other finds similar to it.

What a lovely museum and the presentation of the main attraction is stunningly cool but be advised to pay attention to the other rooms too

Very interesting historical experience. The Tollund man is something you should see and hear the stories of how he came to be.

The local history museum in Silkeborg is a cut above most similar museums I've visited. There is nothing at the entrance to say its open and its a big, imposing door on the building, but don't be put off. (I almost thought it was closed as it was late in the day.) Inside there are well displayed local collections of glass and local historical artifacts but biggest exhibition covers pottery (old and new) and the star of the show is 'Tollund Man'. This is a well preserved iron age body (going back to 500BC) which is exceptionally well preserved and was dug up in a nearby bog. It's an exhibit of international importance and is alongside a much bigger display on Iron Age life. The museum has a large cafe, though it wasn't open when I was there. It's well worth a visit.

As museums go it was very small but interesting enough and well layed out. I think people only go for the tollund man, a perfectly preserved bog man.