"Aarhus tells" - The Old Town in Aarhus
A time machine is hidden in the Old Town in Aarhus. In the quarter from 1974, you will find the descent to the underground exhibition Aarhus Tells. The exhibition tells the story of Aarhus, from the Viking Age to the modern city as we know it today.
Stouenborg has both acted as advisers at the exhibition and provided management and installation and has therefore been involved in the creation of the entire project, which tries to pass on part of Denmarks history in a new way. The special feature of the exhibition is that it is told from the residents point of view. It is the citys history told about and by the people who have lived there throughout the ages. You travel through time in the company of real people who once populated the citys streets, so that history becomes alive and relevant, and Aarhus stands in a completely new light.
Everything takes place under the streets of the Old City, in an underground museum, and as soon as you take the elevator down, the time travel has begun. You enter the Viking town of Aros – the name by which the Vikings knew Aarhus. But the largest part of the exhibition is the part that focuses on the past 150 years in Aarhus. Here, visitors can take part in history themselves through engaging interactive activities. Was it e.g. something about a tram ride down the street in 1971? If not, you can instead hop on a city bike and take a ride around todays Aarhus like a true Aarhusian.
Regardless of whether you are mostly into the Viking city or trams and city bikes, Aarhus tells a small treasure trove of cultural history, hidden under the cobblestones of the Old City.
You can also read about our project with Frederikssund Museum.