The crowded walls
Paintings, photographs and mementoes reflecting a loud personality.
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The house of **Holger Drachmann**, the odd one out among the Skagen painters because he was not only a painter: he was a **poet**, novelist, playwright and journalist, and one of the best-known public figures in Denmark of his day. He bought the house in 1902 — originally a fisherman''s cottage — and lived there through his last years until his death in 1908. The interior is entirely unlike the quiet Ancher house: strong colours, walls covered in paintings, photographs and mementoes, and mixed furniture. The house reflects its owner — loud, volatile and theatrical. On show are his own paintings (chiefly marine: storms, waves and ships), works given to him by his friends in the group, and his manuscripts and tools. Note: Drachmann wrote patriotic texts and songs still sung today, among them the **Midsummer song** performed across Denmark every 23 June around the evening bonfires. Note: **the house is very small and its hours are short and seasonal** — it closes entirely in winter.
Paintings, photographs and mementoes reflecting a loud personality.
Storms, waves and ships, his central subject.
Works given to him by the other Skagen painters.
Hans Baghs Vej 21, Skagen
Skagens MuseumThe museum holding the work of the **Skagen Painters**, the most famous artistic16 minutes walk4.4
Anchers HusThe house where **Anna Ancher** and **Michael Ancher** lived, and one of the bes17 minutes walk4.4
The Buried ChurchA whitewashed church tower standing alone among sand and pine — all that remains22 minutes walk4.1The three — **Skagens Museum**, **Anchers Hus** and **Drachmanns Hus** — are run by one foundation and sell a **combined ticket** clearly cheaper than three separate ones, bought at any of them and valid several days. If you will visit two of the three it already pays. ⚠ The logical order is **Skagens Museum first**, because it explains the whole group and puts the two houses in context — visiting the houses before it loses half their meaning. ⚠ Then **Anchers Hus**, the more important of the two, and **Drachmanns Hus** if time remains. ⚠ Note that **Drachmanns Hus is seasonal with short hours** and closes in winter, while the main museum is open all year.