The Lejre Centre, near Roskilde, is the oldest one in Denmark and over decades, has been example to many. The extensive site was in the 1960s scene for an experimental archaeology village, later followed by an experiment in ethnographic education and now famous for its Iron Age scenery as well as Mesolithic, Viking Age and post medieval area. There are some buildings with craft’s workshops on textiles, forging, ceramics et cetera. The surrounding landscape is an important asset as well as the animals, among others aurochs and sheep.

The workgroup for archaeology of the “Heimatverein” association in Greven initiated the plan for the start of a museum. The municipality paid for the land and the construction of the museum buildings, the local archaeology department provided the archaeological backgrounds and the “Heimatverein” runs the museum with volunteers only, the work group “Sachsenhof”. The longhouse is built after archaeological finds at Münster Gitrup.