It is a department under the Danish National Museum and is part of the research done on agricultural history.

Represented are also buildings from the Faroe Islands, as well as the former Danish possessions of Southern Schleswig in Germany and Scania and Halland in Sweden.

The distribution demonstrates how life has been adapted to regional living conditions and availability of materials.

Represented in the collection are also all social living conditions, from a manor house to a poorhouse, different types of buildings like farms, mills and workshops, and numerous professions.

[4] The grounds of the museum also features 25 historic gardens and cultural landscapes and livestock of old Danish breeds.