The Danish Museum of Science and Technology

The Danish Museum of Science and Technology

The Danish Museum of Science and Technology in Elsinore has been extended to 8,000 square metres exhibit in a former iron foundry from the 1960's.

The museum has an impressive collection of steam engines, inventions, electric appliances, bicycles, cars and airplanes.

A complete pewter workshop has been built inside the museum and you can also experience how Hans Christian Ørsted in 1820 discovered electromagnetism.

Follow the development of technology

In the exhibit on communication, you will find Valdemar Poulsen’s invention, the Telegraphone, which is the forefarther of modern tape recording. In these big halls you will find the development in technology, science and industry.

The museum has an extensive avaition department, as well as a huge collection of old cars with unique examples.

Placed around in the exhibit there are several pieces which can be touched, mounted or otherwise operated, some which require that you insert a coin.