Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
Museum Jorn - the entrance
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| Established | 1965 |
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| Location | Gudenåvej 7-9 DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 50.000 |
| Director | Jacob Thage |
| Website | Museum Jorn, Silkeborg |
Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, (formerly Silkeborg Kunstmuseum) is a Danish art museum located in beautiful surroundings by Gudenåen in Silkeborg, Denmark.
Museum Jorn holds the collections that were developed by Asger Jorn from the early 1950s until his death in 1973, since when they have doubled in extent.
In consequence, the museum is not only home to the most comprehensive collection of Jorn’s own works but also holds thousands of paintings, sculptures and works on paper by other artists – members of Cobra and older international artists who inspired Jorn or were kindred artistic spirits including, among others, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Fernand Léger and Man Ray.
Museum Jorn's history dates back to 1940 when a museum association of Silkeborg and Neighbourhood made its first acquisitions of art. In 1951, a single room in the local history museum in Silkeborg (Silkeborg Museum) was converted to hold modern art.
In 1961 the museum opened an exhibition at the premises of a school building in Silkeborg, and in 1965 the independent institution Silkeborg Museum of Art was founded. In 1973 the museum took over the whole school building, where the museum was housed until 1982.
At Asger Jorn's birthday, the third of March, 1982, Silkeborg Museum of Art moved to a newly built complex of buildings on an 8,000 m2 site near the river Gudenåen. The building was designed by the architect Niels Frithiof Truelsen and was inspired by Constantin Brâncuși's studio in front of Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Because of the museum's large international collection, own acquisitions, and artists’ and collectors' donations the premises were inadequate. This resulted in an extension that was inaugurated in 1998. The extension was also designed by Niels Frithiof Truelsen. Thereby, the exhibition area was increased to 3,200 m2 along with a daylight free gallery in the basement for exhibition of works on paper.
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