| Summary: | Annual reportIn 2015, we completed the first major part of Den Gamle By’s modern townproject. In a very ordinary house, six modest homes have been openedportraying everyday life for a retired working-class couple, a divorced ladywith her teenage son, a young hippie couple with their newborn baby, siximmigrant workers from Turkey, a student from Greenland and a traditionalfamily about to move to their newly built detached house. A house thattells its own story has also been added, together with a jazz bar, a plumber,backyard lavatories, a moped repairer, a washhouse and two backyards.This year we have embarked on the next stage of the 1974-project, andthe concrete structure for the upcoming exhibition has been put up.We have expanded our work as an inclusive museum, and publishednew research in the vocabulary of historic textiles and books about coffeeand tea.On April 16, Den Gamle By’s protector, Her Majesty the Queen, celebratedher 75th birthday, and on this occasion Den Gamle By named a streetDronning Magrethes Gade, meaning Queen Margrethe’s Street. In five or sixyears, this street will portray shops and homes from the year 2014.
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