National Museum of Denmark
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Nationalmuseet | |
Prince's Mansion in Copenhagen, home of the National Museum of Denmark | |
Former name | Det Kongelige Kunstkammer |
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Established | 22 May 1807[1] |
Location | Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Coordinates | 55°40′29″N 12°34′29″E / 55.67472°N 12.57472°E |
Type | National museum |
Visitors | 351,373 (2017)[2] |
Founder | Christian Jürgensen Thomsen |
Director | Rane Willerslev |
Owner | State of Denmark |
Website | Official Website |
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. Additionally, the museum sponsors SILA - The Greenland Research Center at the National Museum of Denmark to further archaeological and anthropological research in Greenland.[3]
The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas:
Exhibitions
The museum covers 14,000 years of
Exhibits are also shown on who the
The Danish pre-history section was re-opened in May 2008 after years of renovating.
In 2013, a major exhibition on the
Notable artifacts
- Golden horns of Gallehus(only copies are on display since the originals were stolen and melted down in 1802)
- Gundestrup cauldron
- Hjortspring boat
- Egtved Girl coffin
- Kingittorsuaq Runestone
- Snoldelev Stone
- Trundholm Sun Chariot
- Seikilos epitaph
- Holmegaard bow
- Tjele helmet fragment
Directors
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1825–1865)
- Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1856–1874)
- Sophus Müller (1895–1921)
- Olaf Olsen(1981–1995)
- Steen Hvass (1996–2001)
- Carsten U. Larsen (2002–2008)
- Per Kristian Madsen (2008–2017)
- Rane Willerslev (2017–present)
Gallery
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Copies of the twogolden horns of Gallehusfrom around the 4th century
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TheVeksø helmets- Bronze Age horned helmets from Brøns Mose at Veksø on Zealand, Denmark
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Gundestrupkarret (the Gundestrup cauldron), dating from the 1st century BC
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TheTrundholm Sun Chariot, an important late Nordic Bronze Age artifact
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Nivisarsiaq, a painting of a Greenlandic girl who came to Denmark in the mid 18th century
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The Egtved Girl coffin from the late Nordic Bronze Age
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Exhibit of an aurochs skeleton
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Exhibit from the Danish 20th century section
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Exhibit from New Zealand. Showcasing sections of global history and traditions
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The golden altar of Lisbjerg Church built c. 1125-1150
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The Dejbjerg wagon from the Pre-Roman Iron Age, thought to be a ceremonial wagon.
Publications (selected)
Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark is the title of the museum's yearbook which has been published since 1928 and contains articles and other contributions.[6] ISSN 0084-9308
- Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark 1807 - 2007. København: Nationalmuseet, 2007 ISBN 978-87-7602-079-8
See also
- Dankirke
- Frilandsmuseet
- Frøslev
- The Lewis Collection
- Liselund Manor
- Lille Mølle, Christianshavn
- Rømø
- List of museums in Denmark
References
- ^ "Nationalmuseets historie / Oldsagskommissionen" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Nationalmuseets besøsgtal" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "About SILA". Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
- OCLC 562453801
- ^ Kennedy, Maev (19 June 2013). "Biggest Viking exhibition in 20 years opens – and this time they're angry". Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ Om Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark Archived 2015-03-29 at the Wayback Machine; jelling.natmus.dk
External links
- Official website
- Virtual tour of the National Museum of Denmark provided by Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to Nationalmuseet at Wikimedia Commons