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Coordinates: 55°40′29″N 12°34′29″E / 55.674722°N 12.574722°E
National Museum of Denmark Nationalmuseet 
Prinsens Palais in Copenhagen. Home of the National Museum of DenmarkLocation Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen,
DenmarkType National gallery Website natmus.dk 
Seal (1893)
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. Additionally, the museum sponsors SILA - The Greenland Research Centre at the National Museum of Denmark to further archaeological and anthropological research in Greenland.[1]
The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas: archaeology, ethnology, numismatics, ethnography, natural science, conservation, communication, building antiquarian activities in connection with the churches of Denmark as well as the handling of the Danefæ (the National Treasures).
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Exhibitions
The museum covers 14,000 years of Danish history, from the reindeer-hunters of the Ice Age, Vikings and works of art created in praise of God in the Middle Ages, when the church played a huge role in Danish life. Danish coins from Viking times to the present and coins from ancient Rome and Greece, as well as examples of the coinage and currencies of other cultures are exhibited also. Furthermore the National Museum keeps Denmark’s largest and most varied collection of objects from the ancient cultures of Greece and Italy, the Near East and Egypt. For example, it holds a collection of objects that were retrieved during the Danish excavation of Tell Shemshara in Iraq in 1957.[2] In addition to this, there are exhibits about who the Danish people are and were, stories of everyday life and special occasions, stories of the Danish state and nation, but most of all stories of different people’s lives in Denmark from 1560 to 2000.
The Danish pre-history section was re-opened in May 2008 after years of renovating.
Notable artifacts
- Golden horns of Gallehus (only copies are on display since the originals were destroyed)
- Gundestrup cauldron
- Egtved Girl coffin
- Kingittorsuaq Runestone
- Snoldelev Stone
- Trundholm Sun Chariot
- Seikilos epitaph
Directors
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1825–1865)
- Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1856–1874)
- Steen Hvass (1996–2001)
- Carsten U. Larsen (2002–2008)
- Per Kristian Madsen (2008–present)
Gallery
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Copies of the two golden horns of Gallehus from around the 4th century.
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Bronze Age horned helmets from Brøns Mose at Veksø on Zealand, Denmark.
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Gundestrupkarret (the Gundestrup cauldron), dating from the 1st century BC.
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The Trundholm Sun Chariot, an important late Nordic Bronze Age artifact.
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Nivisarsiaq, a painting of a Greenlandic girl who came to Denmark in the mid 18th century.
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The Egtved Girl coffin from the late Nordic Bronze Age.
See also
- Frilandsmuseet
- Little Mill
- Frihedsmuseet (Museum of Danish Resistance)
- Frøslev
- Danish Museum of the History of Music
- Liselund Manor
- Rømø
References
- ^ http://www.natmus.dk/sw59763.asp
- ^ Mortensen, Peder (1970), Tell Shimshara. The Hassuna period, Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter, 5, 2, Copenhagen: Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab, OCLC 562453801
External links
Categories:- Archaeology museums in Denmark
- History museums in Denmark
- National museums
- Museums in Denmark
- Museums in Copenhagen
- European Museum of the Year Award winners
- Viking Age museums
- Rococo architecture of Denmark
- Danish building and structure stubs
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