ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
Established | January 6, 1859 Present site opened on April 7, 2004 |
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Visitors | 569.324 in 2015[1] |
Public transit access | 816.468 in 2015[1] |
Website | www |
The ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. On 7 April 2004, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum opened with exhibitions in a brand new modern building, 10 stories tall with a total floor area of 20,700 m²[2] and designed by Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Today, ARoS is one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe with a total of 980,909 visitors in 2017.
Apart from the large galleries with both permanent and changing exhibitions, the ARoS building features an arts shop, a dining café and a restaurant. The architectural vision of the museum was completed in 2011, with the addition of the circular skywalk Your rainbow panorama by
Exhibitions
ARoS has a large art collection with works from the
Located in the basement is The 9 Spaces, a gallery with installation art from artist like
History
The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. The art collecting activities were initiated some years earlier in 1847 by the local art association of "Århus Kunstforening af 1847" and the first public exhibition was presented on 6 January 1859 in Aarhus' old Town Hall, located at the Cathedral, now housing the
On 6 January 2009, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum celebrated its 150-year anniversary with a jubilee exhibition, displaying the same works as the very first exhibition in 1859, amongst others.[5]
Future constructions
In the fall of 2014, ARoS announced plans for an expansion project titled "The Next Level". It includes "The Dome", a new big underground gallery and art installation, designed by American artist James Turrell. The project has been postponed several times, but construction finally began in 2022, and it is now scheduled for completion in 2025.[6] It is budgeted at kr 57 million, and also includes a reconstruction of the surrounding Concert Hall Park.[7]
Name
The name ARoS refers to the Old Danish name of the city Aarhus, Áros, while the capitalized letters of the name hint at the Latin word for art, namely ars.
Attendance
In 2010, before Eliasson's piece opened, ARoS received 221,744 visitors. Two years later, more than 551,000 visitors came to the museum.[3] In 2017, 980,909 visitors was noted. These figure includes visitors who in one way or another have redeemed ticket (658,086) and people who have visited ARoS Shop, ART Café or gone through the building.[8]
Gallery
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Entrance from the park at The Concert Halls.
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Nighttime view of the ARoS building.
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"Your Rainbow Panorama" under construction.
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View from "Your Rainbow Panorama".
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Inner staircase. The white smooth walls are typical of the building's interior.
References
- ^ a b Aros.dk: Bedste år nogensinde [Best year ever] Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Om ARoS".
- ^ a b c Gulstad, Hanne Cecilie (28 August 2013). "Eliasson's room with a rainbow view brings record visitors to Aros". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Your rainbow panorama". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 8 Mar 2012.
- ^ "Aarhus Kunstmuseum - Anno 1859 150 år jubilæum" (in Danish). ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "ARoS - The Next Level". Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "The Next Level - udvidelse af ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum" (in Danish). Licitationen. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Her er det rigtige besøgstal for Aros: 33 procent går i cafeen eller butikken
Sources
- Visit Aarhus describes AROS as Aarhus's main art museum
- Description of "Your rainbow panorama" by the Realdania foundation (in danish)
- description of "Your rainbow panorama" by designboom.com