National Museum of Denmark

Well worth a visit if you're in Copenhagen. I was fascinated by all the Viking history and artifacts.

Room by room explorative of Denmark in different eras. Well organized. Although I wasn't impressed with the articles of display, most of them looked n.. Read more »ew and unoriginal.

We looked at the ethnographic collection. Undoubtedly, a very important and impressive collection. But there is next to no information about the objec.. Read more »ts that are shown jammed together in overfilled glass cabinets. As a lay person I think I learned little about the objects, their origin, and the profile who made and used them. Even a small collection of podcasts linked to each cabinet would be a big help

A great place to understand denmark. Be sure to take more time as 3 hours was not enough for me to see everything.

I recommend that if you plan to go to this museum, take at least half a day. The museum is large and each room is very interesting, and thus it is wor.. Read more »th to enjoy it properly.

I can meet well organised information about Denmark and other cultures.

The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and .. Read more »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. 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 Excerpt from Wikipedia

No entrance allowed with a pram.

Worth a try if you are interested in Denmark history and its colonies.

Fantastic museum containing several very impressive collections of artifacts. We were lucky to see also the exhibition "Meet the Vickings", which is a.. Read more » wonderful interpretation of a Danish artisit about ghe way the old Vikings looked and dressed. We would recommend to budget around 5-6 hours in order to get a good overview of the museum.

Such a wide variety of exhibits when we went the two main exhibitions were Genghis Khan and Japanese Culture, with a few smaller displays throughout. .. Read more »Great because it was included on the Copenhagen card so we utilised this again. Very good experience overall.

Quite old-school museum with a bunch of different things to see. Somewhat interesting but dull to walk around and look at.

I love the Nationalmuseet, so much that I have a yearly pass. Excellent Viking and Danish in general collections, they frequently have very interestin.. Read more »g exhibitions. But, but, but... there are sections that are deeply problematic, especially the ethnographic section. Little to no context, and many artefacts were "acquired" in the 1920s, which raises questions on how exactly were these artefacts acquired, especially when it comes to Greenland and the quite disastrous colonial history of Denmark in the Arctic. Hopefully the time is ripe for a recontextualisation, and perhaps for scraping all those "Eskimo" labels.

I have seen many museums but this is one of the few that was especially engaging - I really enjoyed myself and would love to return one day! It was li.. Read more »ke going into a time machine and stepping into various homes from different times. Fantastic job! (I went in August 2019, my first time in Copenhagen.)

There were a lot of things to see and because I wanted to read everything comprehensively I didn't finish the tour but it was very interesting and eng.. Read more »aging. There was a boredom button in some display rooms, children could press and some animation would come up and awesome sounds explaining some of the artifacts. The children's museum was also very engaging with articles they could dress up in and a ship they could row in and take pictures and a lone horses. Would definitely come back to finish my tour.