Morsø Iron Foundry moved out of the town in 1993, the old iron foundry was closed down, and the entire area in the middle of the old town of Nykøbing was taken over by Morsø Municipality.

An architectural whole

Most of the buildings, of which the oldest one is from 1844, have been preserved as a monumental architectural whole surrounding the old main foundry building. Along the street of Nørrebro north-west of the old iron foundry, a number of similar, small houses can be found. They were parcelled out and built by one of the builders of Nykøbing and were originally sold to the blacksmiths of the iron foundry. The entire neighbourhood is a fine example of an industrial town from the time around 1914 – with workmen’s houses, public institutions, the village hall, and M.C. Holm’s day nursery.

Danish Foundry Museum

Today the old foundry buildings house the Danish Foundry Museum (in the corner building and the building in Asylgade), Morsø public library (in the workshop building) as well as offices and private businesses. The museum is the largest of its kind in Denmark and tells the story of the workmen’s lives at all times – and of course the story of their work in the foundry itself, the purifying chamber, and the sand mill, in the office, in the drafting room, and in the modelling workshop. You will see the many products of the iron foundry, from pots and pans to fire places and stoves, which they have made through more than 150 years up to our time where a woodburning stove from Morsø is an internationally famous product.