Stiftsmuseet Maribo

Stiftsmuseet in Maribo is one of the exhibition venues under Museum Lolland-Falster and tells the cultural history of the region from the Ice Age to the present. The museum has its roots in Lolland-Falsters Stiftsmuseum, which was founded in the 19th century and is thus one of the oldest museum institutions in the region; today it is housed in a prominent museum building from 1890, designed by architect Ove Petersen, located by Maribo Station. The museum's most talked-about exhibition tells the story of Stone Age girl Lola, who lived on Lolland approximately 5,700 years ago. Her story could be reconstructed because archaeologists at an excavation found a piece of chewed birch pitch whose DNA revealed details about the girl who had once chewed it. In addition to the Stone Age exhibition, the museum holds collections of prehistoric finds, rune stones and medieval church furnishings — including a collection of chancel arch crucifixes in the exhibition 'Oh my God!' — as well as an exhibition about the Polish seasonal workers who came to Lolland from the late 19th century to work in, among other things, the beet fields. With its blend of archaeology, medieval and local history, Stiftsmuseet is an obvious stop for those wishing to understand Lolland-Falster's long and layered past.