Best In Denmark
The best museums in Copenhagen
Design, military history and the Danish resistance — museums beyond the big art galleries. We've gathered 5 verified places in Copenhagen — each with a source.
Designmuseum Danmark
Denmark's design museum near Amalienborg, showcasing iconic Danish furniture, fashion and craft — Wegner, Jacobsen, Kjærholm.
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The War Museum (Krigsmuseet)
Over 500 years of Danish military history in the historic Tøjhus on Slotsholmen — cannons, weapons and uniforms.
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The Museum of Danish Resistance (Frihedsmuseet)
In Churchillparken near Kastellet, telling the story of the Danish resistance during the WWII occupation.
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Thorvaldsens Museum
A single-artist museum next to Christiansborg Palace devoted to the Danish neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), holding his marbles, plaster models and collections. Thorvaldsen is buried in the courtyard at the centre of the building.
Copenhagen Contemporary
An art centre for large-scale installation art in a former welding hall on Refshaleøen, with James Turrell's light work Aftershock as a permanent installation. Closed on Mondays, with late opening on Thursdays.