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Statens Museum for Kunst is Denmark’s largest art museum, featuring outstanding collections of Danish and international art from the past seven centuries. Contemporary art exhibits are displayed in th...

Two permanent exhibitions are presented at Pederstrupgaard. One presents the history and development of Ballerup Municipality. The second deals with the grand duchess Olga, who was the daughter of tsa...

The Circus Museum near Copenhagen has facilities for circus workshops and performances. One Sunday every month, there is a free circus school for anyone interested.
The Circus Museum is located in Ave...

Display on Robert Storm Petersen (1882-1949), known as Storm P. humorous drawings and paintings, ranging from the sociocritical satire of his early years to the humorous newspaper drawings of his late...

Ever seen a letter written on a grain of rice? Ever met anyone who can whistle with a mouth full of tennis and billiard balls?

At Ripley's, you will stare in disbelief as you encounter the two-headed...

What does it feel like getting launched in a real dragster ride, accelerating from 0 to 508 km/h (315 mph) in a matter of seconds? It is possible to fit 20 students into a phone booth?

Great advent...

Welcome to a wealth of challenges and the eerie feeling of a churchyard. In the Mystic Exploratorie you will find horror, fun and games for all the family!

Try the electric chair - if you dare! You c...

Children's Museum in Copenhagen has special offerings for children ages four to 10. The museum is ideal for family visits as well as institutions.

At the Children's Museum start your journey in time ...

The Children’s Museum of Art presents two annual exhibitions geared specifically towards a children's perspective.

Give children the opportunity to experience exhibitions designed just for them, whe...

Visit Politimuseet in the area of Nørrebro in Copenhagen and get an insight into the exciting and eventful history of the Danish Police.

The museum is the only one of its kind in the country. It pres...

The many fortifications around Copenhagen, which together constitute Copenhagen’s Fortifications ("Københavns Befæstning"), offer lots of exciting experiences for children and adults alike.

About 20...

Step into the past with the National Museum and visit a luxury flat of original interiors, fully equipped in 1890 in late-Victorian style.

A complete, authentic home as remarkably well-preserv...

Kroppedal Museum is all about Danish astronomi. The museum has a permanent exhibition on astronmi as well as several special exhibitions through the year. 

Kroppedal Museum is located in Taastrup, ju...

Approximately 100 original farm houses and buildings from all over the country were re-errected with their gardens and surrounding landscape to give visitors an impression of the history and environme...

The Museum of Copenhagen has installed a 12 meter long and 2 meter high interactive screen, that shows the history of Copenhagen.

The screen - called VÆGGEN or The Wall - is a gigantic interactive t...

Frederiks Værk is a museum with a focus on the industrialization.

The museum covers several departments The archive and arsenal, The gunpowder plant and Knud Rasmussen's house in Hunde...

Visit Vedbækfundene Museum and meet the hunter-gatherers who lived a tough and dangerous life 7000 years ago!

The Vedbæk finds are on loan from the Danish National Museum. In groundbreaking excavatio...

Experience the true spirit of Finn Juhl (1912-1989) in his private home in Charlottenlund, North of Copenhagen. His house is a textbook example of his project as an architect and as a furniture design...

The Worker's Museum in Copenhagen has opened a section for children. Here they can immerse into how it would be like being a child in Denmark in 1930.

The museum covers a period of 100 years, meaning...

The Fairy-tale House guides the audience through a series of brilliant tableaux depicting the universally known fairy-tales by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.

The "live" exhibit boasts state-...

Come and see approx 2000 clocks in the Old Mission House in Hirtshals. The oldest clock is from the year 1777....

The history

Hirtshals Museum is situated in an old fisherman’s house built in 1880. The house is decorated as in 1915 to show how a fisherman family lived at this time.

The exhibition

The permanent...

200-year-old maritime and general store with furnishings from 1860. The shop smells of freshly ground coffee, salted fish, salami, rope and camomile soap. Purchase specialities of ...

A small exhibition of fishing and former lifeboat services in Lønstrup.For opening hours call: (+45)40261039...

The society collects and keeps interesting historical units and is telling stories from the villages Rubjerg, Maarup, Skallerup and Vennebjerg through exhibitions, historical walks and lectures. The s...

Martinus Hus i Sindal. In this smallholding, beautifully situated in a valley on the outskirts of Sindal, cosmologist Martinus enjoyed a spartan, but happy childhood. The house is now a museum & a...

Landscape and agriculture museum in Mosbjerg, Sindal is located in a magnificent setting of hills and ravines. There are marked trails throught the various types of landscape and past ancient monument...

Gøgsigs Pakhus provides the settings for art in Sindal. The summer season features open studios, art school and art exhibitions. Contact the Tourist Information in Sindal or see the local press or the...

The Artisan's House in Hjørring aims to preserve traditional crafts. The museum is located in Hjørring Old Town and is a working museum. Come and see the Turner (lathe worker) turning spinning tops / ...

The collection is a studycollection with sketches, drawings, and paintings made by the artist J. F. Willumsen. He was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts and attended the Free ...

At Vendsyssel Art Museum you can experience contemporary Danish art closely connected to North Jutland.

Landscapes and portraits are the backbone of the collection that includes artists like John Hof...

Vendsyssel Historiske (Historical) Museum in Hjørring is a Museum with exhibitions about prehistoric times, churches farmin, attre, toys and more.Big

Museum of local history for the parish of Raabjerg. The name "Raalling" means farmhouse. The house was built around 1780....

See how a Danish kitchen looked many years ago - Besides the historical exhibitions, Nibe Museum also holds a local historical archive and the Gallery Tinghuset which has changing art exhibitions thro...

Nature school and exhibition about the agricultural history
The Halkær Mill Nature Center functions partly as a nature school for students and children from day cares in Aalborg and partly as rooms fo...

Haandværkerhuset - House of Crafts. North Jutlandic Centre for craft, architecture and Cultural environment is located in the old half-timbered buildings from 1630. The buildings were originally a par...

The Historical Museum in Aalborg tells the story of the town and its surroundings over the last 1000 years. A special attraction is the Aalborgstue (the Aalborg Room) from 1602 - without doubt the bes...

Look at stars and planets through a big telescope
The Urania Observatory in Aalborg contains the largest publicly accessible refracting telescope in Denmark, giving closeups of heavenly bodies. It als...

Memory Room for Ole Magnus Rasch and other exhibitions
In "Raschgaarden" you can see interiors and historical collections in a former farmhouse. In "Pibemagerhuset" there are textiles, a pipe collecti...

Steam boilers and pumps from 1893 and forward
The Museum of Water Technology in Aalborg has intact installations which have worked for many years. The oldest preserved machine is from 1893. There are ...

KUNSTEN in Aalborg houses a permanent collection of Danish and international art from around 1900 to the present. The impressive building was designed by renowned architects Elissa and Alvar Aalto, an...

Historical museum for Nørresundby
Late 18th century middleclass house. Interiors and local historical picture collection, bottle ships etc, and visiting exhibitions.

Buses no. 1, 17 and 42.

Free en...

In the Lindholm Høje Museum in Aalborg you will find two exciting exhibitions about the Vikings on Lindholm Høje and the antiquity around the Limfjord. Try sailing a Viking ship and visit a Vikings ho...

The exhibits at Springeren Maritime Centre tell stories about the unique life at sea in the Port of Aalborg and Aalborg Shipyards. The main attraction is the last Danish constructed and Danish built s...

Central Danish collection of emigration history
The Danish Emigration Archives is the Danish central collection of emigration history and includes memoirs, letters, manuscripts, photographs and books ...

The Aalborg City Archives has seven kilometers of shells with documents, where half of it concerns Aalborg and the rural district. It moreover contains documents, photo collection etc concerning Aalbo...

Go underground to see the well-preserved medieval ruins of the Franciscan Friary in Aalborg (Danish). The walled cellar and foundations at the friary chapel can be seen. Models, finds and displays tel...

Only in Aalborg, can you see a complete exhibition of the country's total defence. In the museum you will find cars, planes, motorbikes and tanks, and you are welcome to try sitting in most of them. T...

Godthaab Hammerværk Museum is a rare example of an early Danish industry. The Zinck family produced tools and instruments at Godthaab Hammerværk for 5 generations from 1858 to 1985.
A permanent exhib...