Peeing in the container was the last straw: Now museum moves AaB exhibition

The North Jutland Museums' exhibition container about AaB's history has been moved, after unknown individuals have used it as a toilet

The exhibition about AaB, "The Club and the City," opened last week in an exhibition container at John F. Kennedy's Square in central Aalborg. Now, the North Jutland Museums have been forced to move it to Aalborg Stadium.

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Jesper Knox ( [email protected] ) 18 minutes ago

Recently, you have been able to catch a glimpse of the football club AaB's more than 140-year history at John F. Kennedy's Square by the train station in central Aalborg.

But no longer.

In a container on the square, the North Jutland Museums have been running the AaB exhibition. The problem is simply that unknown individuals have been using the container as a urinal.

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> We have several times experienced people urinating inside the

> exhibition container. That is of course not acceptable.

> Thor Bæch Pedersen, museum inspector, North Jutland Museums

The area is frequently used by the city's vulnerable citizens, and due to the vandalism from those in need of a pee, the North Jutland Museums have found it necessary to move the exhibition container, says museum inspector Thor Bæch Pedersen.

- It is of course a real shame, and to put it bluntly, really annoying.

- We have several times experienced people urinating inside the exhibition container. That is of course not acceptable. Therefore, we have taken the consequence and moved it out to the south side of Aalborg Stadium instead. Here, we hope that the public will receive the exhibition better, he says.

The story of AaB is part of the North Jutland Museums' exhibition concept 'The Short History,' which since 2023 has been traveling around various corners of North Jutland with different local stories.

The mobile exhibition container has now been moved to the square at Aalborg Portland Park, where AaB has its home ground. The exhibition can be seen until August 24. (Photo: © North Jutland Museums)

- We were of course well aware that it is a square used by many vulnerable citizens, but we have been touring with this outreach container for four seasons and have previously placed it in exposed places where there are many people, and people drinking beer. But never before have we had problems with it, says the museum inspector.

Are you quite sure that it wasn't a rival football fan who has been by the exhibition container?

- You can of course never know if someone in an AGF jersey has been by and thought it was a good place to pee, but I don't think that's true. I really hope not, says the museum inspector with a smile in his voice.

Thor Bæch Pedersen emphasizes that the North Jutland Museums will continue to create mobile exhibitions that reach out to the citizens.

The exhibition about AaB's history can now be seen at Aalborg Stadium - if all goes well - until August 24.

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