# List of museums in and around Copenhagen

The following is a list of museums in Copenhagen, including all of the Region Hovedstaden (best known in English-speaking countries as the Capital Region of Denmark).

## The list

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| Name | District/place | Municipality | Type | Summary |
| Amalienborg Museum | Amalienborg Slotsplads 1 1257 København K | Copenhagen | Art, antiquities, historic site | Located in Amalienborg Palace, the royal palace, displays the Chronological Collections of the Glücksburg monarchs |
| Amber Museum | Nyhavn | Copenhagen | Design and natural history museum | A combined shop and museum of amber |
| Arken Museum of Modern Art | Skovvej 100 2635 Ishøj | Ishøj | Art | A permanent collection of modern art and large changing exhibitions |
| Assistens Cemetery | Nørrebro | Copenhagen | Art | Historic cemetery, burial place of many famous people, small museum dedicated to the artist Germin Stilling in former stables |
| Bakkehuset | Rahbæks Allé 23 1801 Frederiksberg | Frederiksberg | Historic house | A historic house associated with the Danish Golden Age of the early 19th century |
| Blue Planet Aquarium | Kastrup | Tårnby | Aquarium | Aquarium with 4,000,000 L water |
| Brede House | Brede | Lyngby-Taarbæk | Historic House | A country house built in 1795 today managed by the National Museum as a historic house museum with interiors typical of its time |
| Carlsberg Visitor Centre | Carlsberg | Copenhagen Municipality | History | Historic site, interactive experience centre |
| Charlottenborg | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Art | Located in a historic building, large exhibition space for modern art |
| Church of Our Saviour | Christianshavn | Copenhagen Municipality | Religious | Lutheran church, access to the corkscrew spire |
| Cinemateket | City Centre | Copenhagen | Film | National Danish film museum with three auditoriums |
| The Cisterns | Søndermarken | Frederiksberg | Art | Located in a complex of abandoned, underground cisterns, hosts a permanent and special exhibitions of glass art |
| Copenhagen City Museum | Vesterbro | Copenhagen | History | Exhibitions about the history of Copenhagen |
| Copenhagen Zoo | Frederiksberg | Frederiksberg | Science | All-round zoological garden with Elephant House designed by Sir Norman Foster |
| Danish Architecture Centre | Christianshavn | Copenhagen | Design | Changing exhibitions about architecture and urban planning |
| Danish Jewish Museum | Slotsholmen | Copenhagen | History | Based at the Royal Danish Library in galleries designed by Daniel Libeskind, documenting Jewish history in Denmark |
| Danish Maritime Museum | Helsingør | Helsingør | Cultural history | Museum dedicated to the maritime history of Denmark located in an underground museum building designed by Bjarke Ingels Group around a former dry dock |
| Danish Museum of Science & Technology | Helsingør | Helsingør | Technology | Dedicated to science and technology, focusing on display of machines and technology, old as well as new, including the recently used Soyuz TMA-12M space capsule. |
| National Gallery of Denmark | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Art | National collection of art from the 14th century to the present day |
| Danish Police Museum | Nørrebro | Copenhagen Municipality | Cultural history | A former police station from 1883, now a museum dedicated to the history of the Danish Police Fore and crime in Denmark |
| David Collection | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art, applied arts | Located in two Neo-classical town houses, extensive collection of Islamic Art and Danish and European fine and applied arts |
| Den Frie Udstillingsbygning | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Contemporary art exhibitions |
| Design Museum Denmark | Frederiksstaden | Copenhagen | Design | Located in the 18th-century Frederick's Hospital, Denmark's national museum for design, both modern and historic |
| DieselHouse | South Docklands | Copenhagen | Technology | Interactive experience centre with diesel technology as the main theme |
| Experimentarium | Tuborg Havn | Gentofte | Technology | Located in a former building of the Tuborg Brewery, science centre with interactive exhibitions, changing exhibitions |
| Finn Juhl House | Klampenborg | Gentofte | Historic house | Operated by Ordrupgaard, modernist house designed by Finn Juul with most of its furniture for his own use |
| Fotografisk Center | Carlsberg | Copenhagen | Photography | Exhibition space dedicated to Danish and International art photography |
| Frederiksborg Museum | Hillerød | Hillerød | Art. historic site | Located at Frederiksborg Castle, art collection illustrating Danish history combined with historic interiors |
| Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 | City Centre | Copenhagen | Historic House | The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home is operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark |
| Frieboeshvile | Kongens Lyngby | Lyngby-Taarbæk | Local | A former Rococo country house, now hosting the local historic collections for Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality |
| Gammel Holtegård | Holte | Rudersdal | Art | Located in a former country house designed by architect Lauritz de Thurah for his own use, changing art exhibitions |
| Heerup Museum | Rødovre | Rødovre | Art museum | Biographical museum dedicated to the oeuvre of the artist Henry Heerup |
| Hirschsprung Collection | Stockholmsgade 20 2100 København Ø | Copenhagen | Art | Large collection of Danish 19th- and early 20th-century art with some provenance furniture |
| Nivaagaard | Nivå | Fredensborg | Art | Permanent painting collection and changing exhibitions |
| J.F. Willumsens Museum | Frederikssund | Frederikssund | Art | Dedicated to the works of the artist Jens Ferdinand Willumsen |
| HDMS Peder Skram | Holmen | Copenhagen | Ship | A decommissioned frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, now open to the public |
| HDMS Sehested | Holmen | Copenhagen | Ship | The last fast attack boat in the Royal Danish Navy |
| HDMS Sælen | Holmen | Copenhagen | Ship | A decommissioned submarine of the Royal Danish Navy, now open to the public |
| Jægerspris Castle | Jægerspris | Frederikssund | Historic house | Museum in Baroque manor house and former royal residence associated with King Frederick VII and Countess Danner, sculpture park |
| Karen Blixen Museum | Rungsted | Hørsholm | Biographical, historic house | Former family home of author Karen Blixen, also exhibiting a collection of her paintings and drawings |
| Kastrupgård | Kastrup | Tårnby | Art, applied arts, historic site | Permanent and changing art exhibitions, a collection of artefacts from Kastrup Værk |
| Kronborg Castle | Helsingør | Helsingør | Historic site | Historic interiors and artefacts as well as changing exhibitions |
| Kroppedal | Taastrup | Høje-Taastrup | Astronomy, archaeology, ethnology | National museum of Danish astronomy, also has an archaeological unit, and an ethnological unit specializing in modern society |
| Kunstforeningen | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Based in a Rococo town house, changing exhibitions of Danish and International art, mainly contemporary but occasionally historical |
| Lightvessel Gedser Rev | Nyhavn | Copenhagen Municipality | Ship | Defunct lightvessel, now opened to the public |
| Little Mill | Christianshavn | Copenhagen Municipality | Historic house | Operated by National Museum, originally a windmill but transformed into a private home in 1917, intact, interiors |
| Louisiana Museum of Modern Art | Gl. Strandvej 13 3050 Humlebæk | Fredensborg-Humlebæk | Art | Denmark's most visited museum, large permanent and changing exhibitions and sculpture garden |
| Marienlyst Castle | Helsingør | Helsingør Municipality | Historic house | Palacial residence which formerly served as a royal pavilion of Kronborg Castle |
| Medical Museion | City Centre | Copenhagen | History | History of medicine |
| Munkeruphus | Dronningmølle | Gribskov | Art | A Colonial Revival-style former country house now playing host to changing exhibitions of art, crafrs, design and architecture |
| Museum of Hunting and Forestry | Hørsholm | Hørsholm | History | History of hunting and forestry |
| Museum of Music | City Centre | Copenhagen | Cultural history | History of Music |
| National Museum of Denmark | City Centre | Copenhagen | History, archeology, ethnology | National collections of archeological finds and historic objects. Ethnological exhibits. |
| National Museum of Photography | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Photography | National Danish collections of photographs, changing exhibitions |
| Natural History Museum of Denmark | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Nature | Includes the Zoological Museum, Geological Museum, Botanical Museum and Central Library, and Botanical Gardens |
| North Atlantic House | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Art, culture | Cultural history of Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands |
| Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Art | Significant collections of classical antiquities, Danish and European 19th- and 20th-century art, French impressionism particularly well represented |
| Nyboder Memorial Rooms | City Centre | Copenhagen Municipality | Art | Exhibition about everyday life in the Nyboder naval quarters from 1631 to the present day |
| Open Air Museum | Kongens Lyngby | Lyngby-Taarbæk | Historic | A collection of more than a hundred rural buildings from around Denmark as well as reconstructed period gardens and old Danish breeds of farm animal |
| Ordrupgaard | Ordrup | Gentofte | Art | Located in a historic in a former country house with an extension by Zaha Hadid, exhibits a significant collection of Danish and French art from the 19th and early 20th century as well as changing exhibitions |
| Post & Tele Museum | City Centre | Copenhagen | History | Postal and telecommunications history, stamps, letters, artefacts |
| Resistance Museum | City Centre | Copenhagen | History | Exhibition about the Danish resistance movement during World War II |
| Danish Revue Museum | Frederiksberg | Frederiksberg | Cultural history | Museum dedicated to Danish revue, based in a former country house from the late 19th century |
| Rosenborg Museum | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art, antiquities, historic building | A Renaissance castle built by King Christian IV, displays the Chronological Collections of the Danish Oldenburg monarchs, including the Danish Crown Regalia |
| Roskilde Cathedral | Roskilde | Roskilde | Religious | Lutheran cathedral, exhibition about its history with artefacts, models and reconstructions |
| Round Tower | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art, historic site | A 17th-century observatory, changing art and other exhibitions in the attached Library Hall located above Trinity Church |
| Royal Danish Arsenal Museum | Slotsholmen | Copenhagen | Military | Collections of historic weapons and military artefacts |
| Royal Cast Collection | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Located in an 18th-century former warehouse of the Danish West India Company, comprises more than 2,000 plaster casts of sculptures and reliefs from around the world |
| Royal Danish Naval Museum | Christianshavn | Copenhagen | Military | History and artefacts of the Royal Danish Navy |
| Royal Life Guards Museum | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Located in Rosenborg Barracks, history and artefacts of the Royal Life Guards from 1658 to the present day |
| Royal Stables and Carriage Museum | Slotsholmen | Copenhagen | History | The Danish royal family's stables and collection of carriages at Christiansborg Palace |
| Rudolph Tegner Museum | Dronningmølle | Gribskov | Art | Purpose-built museum for works by sculptor Rudolph Tegner, located in an area of protected heatherlands |
| St. Ansgar's Museum | Frederiksstaden | Copenhagen | Religious | Located in connection with St. Ansgar's, the Catholic cathedral in Copenhagen, sizable collection of artefacts linked with the church and the Catholic congregation, and Liturgic artefacts |
| Storm P Museum | Frederiksberg | Frederiksberg | Biographical | History of Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter actor and humorist Robert Storm Petersen and collections of his works |
| Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre | Slotsholmen | Copenhagen | Theatre Museum | The museum seeks to document the history of professional theater through collections of pictures, letters, costumes, props and models of theater buildings and set designs. |
| Thorvaldsens Museum | Slotsholmen | Copenhagen | Art, biographical | Purpose-built museum dedicated to the works and collections which Bertel Thorvaldsen brought back from Rome |
| Tycho Brahe Planetarium | Vesterbro | Copenhagen | Planetarium | Exhibitions about astronomy, an IMAX theatre and a star projector |
| University Botanical Garden | City Centre | Copenhagen | Natural history | 27 glasshouses and more than 13,000 species of plants |
| V1 Gallery | Vesterbro | Copenhagen | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Viking Ship Museum | Roskilde | Roskilde | Maritime, history | Display of recovered remains of Viking ships |
| Worker's Museum | City Centre | Copenhagen | History | History and artefacts relating to workers in Copenhagen |
| Æbelholt Abbey Museum | Hillerød | Hillerød | Antiquities, historic site | Displays the remains of an Augustinian monastery |
| Øregård Museum | Hellerup | Gentofte | Art, history, historic house | Located in a Neoclassical former country house, holds a collection of around 3,000 pictures from the Copenhagen and hosts changing art and historic exhibitions |

## Visitor numbers

Visit Denmark, the national Danish tourist organisation, publishes an annual Attractions List with visitor figures for the fifty most visited attractions in Denmark. According to that, visitor numbers in 2010 for the most visited museums in and around Copenhagen were:
* Copenhagen Zoo, 1,055,593
* Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 557,803
* Danish National Gallery, 448,342
* National Museum of Denmark, 434,000
* Round Tower, 391,108
* Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 355,945
* Open Air Museum, 318,667
* Experimentarium, 285,755
* Rosenborg Castle, 238,278
* Kronborg Castle, 194,704
* Tycho Brahe Planetarium, 179,800
* Carlsberg Visitor Centre, 157,500
* Post & Tele Museum, 152.879
* National Aquarium Denmark, 132,433
* The Cinemateque, 116,992
* Viking Ship Museum, 111,455
* Worker's Museum, 100,883
Note: The list from Visit Denmark does not include museum-like parks such as Copenhagen Botanical Garden or Assistens Cemetery.