It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1983 and has since 1993 been operated as a working museum by a local mill guild.

The dismantled windmill was purchased by farmer Niels Peter Rasmussen and subsequently transported to Nørre Jernløse by horse carriage where it was rebuilt on his property.

In 1899, Nørre Jernløse Windmill was acquired by farmer Ole Martin Nielsen and would remain in his family for almost 60 years.

It lost its sails in a storm in 1954 and they were after that not restored since wind energy had long only played an insignificant role in the operations.

[3] The windmill consists of a three-storey, octagonal tower standing with gallery on a white plastered brick case and topped by an ogee cap.