Museums & attractions

Accessible for wheelchair users

For opening hours and entrance prices, please click on the individual attractions.

• The Royal Cast Collection
  illustrates more than 4,000 years of the history of sculpting through 2000 plaster casts
  
  
• The Amalienborg Palace, The Royal Danish Collections
  a number of apartments with original furniture relate the history of the Glücksburg dynasty since 1863
  
  
• The Workers' Museum
  takes you back to the past and into the everyday life of the common working people of Denmark
  
  
• ARKEN Museum of Modern Art
  modern art in striking surroundings
  
  
• The Bakkehus Museum
  a museum of literature and cultural history covering the period 1780-1830
  
  
• Bakken - Dyrehavsbakken
  the world's oldest amusement park situated in beautiful wooded surroundings
  
  
• The Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall
  changing exhibitions of contemporary art, architecture and decorative arts

• Denmark's Aquarium
  one of Europe's largest and most beautiful aquaria
  
  
• The Museum of Aviation and Transport
  reflects the development of the aeroplane in Denmark and throughout the world
  
  
• The Danish Design Centre
  displaying the best and latest Danish design together with international design from all over the world
  
  
• The Danish School Museum
  what was the Danish school like in the old days?
  
  
• The Experimentarium
  you can try 300 funny and exciting experiments that will fascinate children and adults alike; also changing exhibitions
  
  
• The Museum of National History
  Danish history and portrait collection illustrating the past 500 years of history
  
  
• The Museum of Danish Resistance 1940-45
  illustrates the Danish resistance movement 1940-45
  
  
• The Centre for Danish Architecture - Gammel Dok
  exhibitions of Danish and international architecture
  
  
• The GeoArt Crystal Museum & Arthouse
  exciting museum exhibiting crystals, stones and minerals from around the world
  
  
• Greve Museum
  cultural historical museum in beautiful moor-dweller farmhouse
  
  
• The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry
  illustrates the history of hunting and forestry in Denmark
  
  
• Kastrupgårdsamlingen
  an art museum collecting Danish and foreign graphic art
  
  
• Kjøge Mini-Town
  a true replica of Køge as it was around the year 1865, to a scale of 1:10
  
  
• Køge Art Museum of Sketches
  all of Bjørn Nørgaard's preparatory work for the tapestries made for Queen Margrethe II
  
  
• The Royal Library
  changing exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events
  
  
• The Royal Stables and Coaches
  old uniforms, saddles and harnesses; the royal family's carriages plus old coaches; horses occasionally stabled here
  
  
• Kunstforeningen
  one of the oldest exhibition places in Denmark; changing exhibitions
  
  
• The Museum of Decorative Art
  includes European decorative art, fine art from China and Japan, as well as industrial design
  
  
• The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
  outstanding architecture and a world-class art collection from the 20th century
  
  
• Nationalmuseet/The National Musuem
  Denmark's national and largest historical museum
  
  
• Nationalmuseets Klunkehjem/The Late Victorian Apartment of the National Museum
  an apartment containing a fully authentic preserved apartment and interiors from the 1890s
  
  
• The Nivaagaard Picture Gallery
  Denmark's only private collection of old European masters' paintings
  
  
• The Ole Roemer Museum
  includes several historical items relating to the world famous discoverer of the velocity of light
  
  
• The Royal Danish Naval Museum
  comprises naval artillery, ship decoration, marine paintings and nautical instruments
  
  
• PTT Museum Denmark
  presents 400 years of telecommunication history
  
  
• Søllerød Museum, Mothsgården
  one of the oldest preserved country houses in Denmark
  
  
• Søllerød Museum, the finds from Vedbæk
  shows a vivid and so far unknown picture of the hunters who lived here in the Early Stone Age
  
  
• Spejdermuseet/The Museum of Scouts
  the development and history of the boy and girl scout movement in Denmark
  
  
• Statens Museum for Kunst
  Denmark's National Gallery with several famous Danish and foreign painters
  
  
• Tivoli
  fairytale amusement park in the heart of Copenhagen
  
  
• The Costums and Taxation Museum
  exhibition covering fiscal, revenue and tax development in Denmark
  
  
• The Tycho Brahe Planetarium & Omnimax Theatre
  amazing Omnimax films and a permanent exhibition about space
  
  
• The Swimming Centre
  an unusual indoor swimming centre that offers fun activities for the whole family
  
  
• Zoo Copenhagen
  Denmark´s national zoo
  
  
• The Zoological Museum
  informs about the wildlife of Denmark 20.000 years ago