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Nationalmuseet | |
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 ThePrince's Mansion in Copenhagen, home of the National Museum of Denmark | |
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Former name | Det Kongelige Kunstkammer |
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| Established | 22 May 1807; 218 years ago (22 May 1807)[1] |
| Location | Ny Vestergade 10,Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°40′29″N12°34′29″E / 55.67472°N 12.57472°E /55.67472; 12.57472 |
| Type | National museum |
| Visitors | 351,373(2017)[2] |
| Founder | Christian Jürgensen Thomsen |
| Director | Rane Willerslev |
| Owner | State of Denmark |
| Website | Official Website |
TheNational Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) inCopenhagen isDenmark's largest museum ofcultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance fromStrøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, fromGreenland toSouth America. Additionally, the museum sponsors SILA - The Greenland Research Center at the National Museum of Denmark to furtherarchaeological andanthropological research inGreenland.[3]
The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas:archaeology,ethnology,numismatics,ethnography,natural science,conservation,communication, buildingantiquarian activities in connection with thechurches ofDenmark, as well as the handling of theDanefæ (the National Treasures).
The museum covers 14,000 years ofDanishhistory, from the reindeer-hunters of theIce Age,Vikings, and works of religious art from theMiddle Ages, when the church was highly significant in Danish life. Danish coins from Viking times to the present and coins from ancientRome andGreece, as well as examples of thecoinage andcurrencies of othercultures, are exhibited also. The National Museum keeps Denmark's largest and most varied collection of objects from theancient cultures of Greece and Italy, theNear East andEgypt. For example, it holds a collection of objects that were retrieved during the Danish excavation ofTell Shemshara inIraq in 1957.[4]
Exhibits are also shown on who theDanish 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.
In 2013, a major exhibition on theVikings was opened byMargrethe II of Denmark. It has toured to other museums, including theBritish Museum in London.[5]
In 2024, the museum repatriated a 17th-century sacred feathered cloak that was taken to Denmark in 1689 from theTupinambá people of Brazil, where it was placed in the custodianship of theNational Museum inRio de Janeiro.[6]
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Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark is the title of the museum's yearbook which has been published since 1928 and contains articles and other contributions.[7] ISSN 0084-9308
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