The collection of paintings and sculptures in Faaborg Museum consists mainly of works by the circle of Funenite artists, who, together with founder, Councillor of State and Preserves Manufacturer Mads Rasmussen, established the Museum in 1910 in "Konservesgaarden" in Faaborg. The painters Peter Hansen, Fritz Syberg, Johannes Larsen, Poul S. Christiansen, Jens Birkholm, Harald Giersing, Anna Syberg, Christine Swane and the sculptor Kai Nielsen. The Museum building was designed 1915 by the Architect Carl Petersen in the style of Nordic Neoclassicism.