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Arken Museum of Modern Art
This museum is located a bit outside of the city, next to a nice beach in the suburb of Ishøj. They have a very extensive collection of modern art and constantly changing exhibitions. You will see a wide variety of kinds of mediums, including paintings, sculptures, installations, mobiles, and more. The museum itself is an interesting modern building, designed by the Danish architect Søren Robert Lund. It’s contours are made to look like the hull of a beached ship. The museum has been open since 1996.
Opening times: Tues and Thurs - Sun 10 am - 5 pm, Wed 10 am - 9 pm
Entrance prices: 60 kr for adults, 30 kr for children over 5 (children under 5 not admitted)
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Skovvej 100
2635
Ishøj
Tel: +45 43540222
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| www.arken.dk |
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Erotica Museum
This unique museum explores eroticism and sex in a variety of ways. It was founded by Ole Ege, a famous photographer of nudes. Exhibits go into erotic art and customs from around the world, and you can also learn about the interesting sex lives of some famous people like Freud, Nietzsche and Duke Ellington. The art displays include Etruscan drawings, Chinese paintings, and some Greek vases depicting sexual activities. Other exhibits present much more modern artifacts, such as dirty postcards from the early 20th century. The exhibits get more explicit as you climb the four floors of the musuem. On the top floor, there are several video monitors showing porn and erotic films from 1920 to the present. The museum is centrally located, within walking distance of Tivoli and the Central Station. Visitors under the age of 16 are not permitted, and children of 16 - 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Opening times: May - Sept: Daily 10 am - 11 pm, Oct - Apr: Sun - Thurs 11 am - 8 pm and Fri - Sat 10 am - 10 pm
Entrance price: 89 kr
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Købmagergade 24
1150
Copenhagen
Tel: +45 33120311
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| www.museumerotica.dk |
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Copenhagen City Museum
This museum brings Copenhagen’s 800 year history to life through a variety of vivid and interactive exhibits. Visitors pass through rooms that present six main phases of the city’s history, progressing chronologically. There are building models depicting examples of fascinating architecture, both ancient and modern, as well as a model showing a cross-section of the underground of Copenhagen today. There is also a section dedicated to archaeological excavations, and describes how archaeologists piece together evidence and artifacts from the past. There are always some temporary special exhibitions, and guided tours are offered.
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Vesterbrogade 59
1620
Copenhagen
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| www.bymueum.dk |
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Danish Museum of Decorative Art
This museum presents a varied selection of Danish designs and decorative items. It is one of the main exhibition spaces in Scandanavia for industrial design, as well as the decorative and applied arts. The collection includes items such as royal porcelain from Copenhagen, Danish furniture, glass, textiles, and even some art from East Asia. The exhibits document several different periods and movements in Danish and Scandanavian design. The museum is also an important research centre, and includes a library and archives area that focuses on the history of design in Denmark. There is a nice garden that is open during museum hours, and refreshments are served outdoors in the museum café during the warmer monthes.
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Bredgade 68
1260
Copenhagen
Tel: +45 33185656
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| www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk |
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Geological Museum
This museum has an extensive collection dedicated to minerals, rocks, fossils and meteorites of all descriptions. The exhibits cover the geological processes that form minerals and fossils, display antique scientific instruments used for mining and excavations, and describe the evolution of life on Earth, the solar system, and volcanos. There is an exhibit about the geological evolution of Denmark and Greenland in particular. The museum’s collection has been built up over centuries, and contains some truly fascinating items. The staff encourages people who have found interesting rocks to bring them by for an explanation of what it is and how it was formed.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 1 pm - 4 pm
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Øster Voldgade 5 - 7
1350
Copenhagen
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| http://geologi.snm.ku.dk |
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum
This museum is all about events and phenomenons that are “so extraordinary, so shocking, you’ll wonder how they could possibly be true.” The museum is quite large, chock full of startling exhibits and demonstrations where you will experience how people and animals can be involved in grotesque situations that will make you doubt your eyes and ears. The exhibits present visitors with a series of questions, such as “Do you believe you can play a harp witout strings?” that are then proven to be possible. Other oddities include a genuine stuffed two-headed calf, Indian shrunken heads that are no bigger than a woman’s fist, and an exhibit about a condemed prisoner who survived being shot thirteen times and was then granted a reprieve.
Opening times: Jan - June 14: Mon - Thurs 10 am - 6 pm, Fri and Sat 10 am - 8 pm, June 15 - Aug 31: Daily 10 am - 10 pm, Sept 1 - Dec 30: Mon - Thurs 10 am - 6 pm, Fri and Sat 10 am - 8 pm
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Østergade 16
1100
Copenhagen
Tel: +45 33323131
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