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]]>But during bad weather you can visit one of free museums in Copenhagen. Here is a map and a list of all museums you can visit for free in the city and near Copenhagen.
Free museums in Copenhagen city
Banking and Savings Bank Museum
The museum gives you the whole story about a time when banks were increasingly important for both Danish and international finances.
Overgaden neden Vandet 11, 1414 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Wednesday 13:.30 – 16:30
Free admission
www.bankogsparekassemuseet.dk
Danish Centre of Architecture
The Danish Architecture Centre is a gathering point for all those interested in new architecture, urban development and innovation in the built environment. Here you can explore exhibitions, events, new books about architecture and urban development – or enjoy a cup of coffee overlooking the Copenhagen Harbour front.
Strandgade 27B, 1401 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
All days 10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday until 21:00
Free admission to the exhibition 17:00-21:00 on Wednesday
www.dac.dk
Designmuseum Danmark
Designmuseum Danmark is Denmarks largest museum for Danish and international design and a central exhibition forum for industrial design and applied arts in Scandinavia. The museum’s collections, library and archives constitute a central resource centre for the study of design and its history in Denmark.
Bredgade 68, 1260 Copenhagen K
Opening hours:
Tuesday-Sunday 11:00 – 17:00
Wednesday open till 21:00
Monday closed
(Closed December 24-26, 31 and January 1)
Youth under 26 years free
Free access to the library, design studio, Grønnegården, Klint – The Museum Café and museum shop
DieselHouse
The collection contains several epochal items from the B&W history, such as the ship’s bell from the first ocean-going motor ship M/S Selandia, the first diesel engine delivered by B&W in 1904 and now, with the move, also the gigantic engine.
Elværksvej 50, 2450 Copenhagen
Opening hours
Monday-Thursday 10:00 – 16:00
Friday and Saturday closed
1 and 3 Sunday of the month 10:00 – 13:30
Free admission
National Museum of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark is a must-see for every visitor to the city of Copenhagen. As Denmark’s most important and largest cultural and historical museum it hosts a broad variety of fascinating exhibitions.
Ny Vestergade 10, 1471 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00- 17:00
Monday closed
Free admission
Museum of the Scout Movement
Opening hours:
Thursday 14:00 – 17:00
Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
May – September open on Wednesdays 17:00 – 20:00
July only open on Wednesdays
Closed in December and January
Free admission
Museum of Copenhagen
The Museum of Copenhagen wishes to kindle a desire for knowledge of the city, its past, present and future, by stimulating public curiosity and delight in discussing matters concerning the capital. The Museum aims hereby to present Copenhagen as a modern metropolis with a living, dynamic, relationship to its cultural heritage.
Vesterbrogade 59, 1620 København V
The museum moves to Stormgade. The exhibitons at Vesterbrogade 59 close on 9th of October 2015. Reopens in Stormgade 18 in central Copenhagen in a couple of years.
Opening hours
Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission on Fridays
www.copenhagen.dk
Post & Tele Museum
The Post & Tele Museum is the depository of Denmark’s national collections in the field of post and telecommunications and houses the largest stamp collection in Denmark and the country’s most important special subject library.
Købmagergade 37, 1150 København K
Opening hours
Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 16:00
Free admission
www.ptt-museum.dk
The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK)
SMK presents Danish art to the world and the world’s art to Denmark while taking their point in departure in the museum’s collection of more than 700 years of art.
Sølvgade 48-50, 1307 København K
Opening hours
Tuesday, Thursday – Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday 10:00 – 20:00
Free admission to permanent exhibitions
The Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet)
Provianthuset via Rigsdagsgården 7, 1218 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Monday – Saturday 9:00 – 16:00
Closed Sunday and on public holidays
Free admission
The David Collection
The David Collection is housed in the building once occupied by the museum’s founder, Christian Ludvig David. C. L. David – a prominent lawyer – decided to preserve his collections for posterity in the form of a museum open to the public, owned and administered by the C. L. David Foundation and Collection.
Kronprinsessegade 30, 1306 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday until 21:00
Monday closed
Free admission
The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum (Tøjhus Museum)
The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum is a museum of military history charting the military history of Denmark from the 1500s to today.
Tøjhusgade 3, 1214 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday 12:00 – 16:00
Free admission
www.thm.dk
Thorvaldsens Museum
Decorated ceilings, mosaic floors and Bertel Thorvaldsen’s sculptures in plaster and marble – the museum offers a world-class art and architecture experience.
Bertel Thorvaldsen Plads 2, 1213 Copenhagen K
Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission on Wednesday
Free museums in near Copenhagen
Ballerup Museum
Ballerup Museum is a part of the charming village community in Pederstrup. The village consists of several farms and cottages. The museum consists of Pederstrupgaard, Lindbjerggaard, Lynsmedenshus (the house of the lightning smith) and Skomagerhuset (the Shoemakers house).
Pederstrupvej 69, 2750 Ballerup
Opening hours
Tuesday-Friday 10:00 – 16:00
Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
Free admission
Greve Museum
One of the museum’s permanent exhibitions features life in the suburbs in the 20th century, while the other focuses on the living conditions and interiors of the Hedebo region from around the 1800s to the early 1900s.
Bækgaardsvej 9, 2670 Greve
Opening hours
Tuesday-Friday 11:00 – 15:00
Sunday 11:00 – 17:00
Saturday and Monday closed
2nd Wednesday of the month 13:30 – 21:00
Free admission
Danish Immigration Museum (Farum Museer)
Danish Immigration Museum is located in Farum, a suburb of Copenhagen and is a relevant and modern museum of the history of immigration to Denmark. Exhibition provides visitors with an insight into the people who, in the course of history, have come to Denmark.
Stavnsholtvej 3, 3520 Farum
Opening hours
Tuesday-Friday 11:00 – 16:00
Sunday 13:00 – 16:00
Monday and Saturday closed
Free admission
www.danishimmigrationmuseum.com
The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry
If you are interested in the interaction between man and nature, the extensive exhibitions in the Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry are just your cup of tea.
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 – 16:00
Monday closed
Free admission on Wednesday
www.jagtskov.dk
The Open Air Museum
The Open Air Museum is a museum of rural architecture focusing on landscapes, buildings and people.
Kongevejen 100, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 – 16:00
http://en.natmus.dk/museums/the-open-air-museum/
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]]>The Big Pineapple
New York may be called “The Big Apple” but Nambour, Queensland is home to “The Big Pineapple.” At 16 meters tall, this giant structure is the largest pineapple-shaped building in the world. Built in 1971, The Big Pineapple stands in front of a massive pineapple plantation. It attracts tourists to the plantation where visitors can enjoy rides and look at animals and botanical displays. Inside the building is a guide to the delicious tropical fruit which will entertain your kids and dazzle them with pineapple fact and information.
Big Bull
Wauchope in New South Wales is home to the Big Bull, a massive structure that stands in commemoration of all things dairy-related. The building was home to a milking display, a nursery for animals, and a place for kids to watch a day in the life of cows. It has been an education destination for years, but the building — located just a few kilometers outside of the town — has officially closed.
The Australian Farmer
This eight-meters-tall statue was unveiled in 2008 after 17 years of developing, designing and carving it out of solid granite.
Located in Wudinna, South Australia, this statue is a commemoration of the farmers that lived in the region long ago. It took 70 tonnes of local granite to make the Australian Farmer, but it was worth it to produce the monument.
Charlie Quartpot Statue or Anmatjere Man
Located just behind the Aileron Roadhouse, this 17-meter-high statue has been dominating the landscape of the Northern Territory since 2005.
The town, where the Anmatjere people have lived for centuries, is just 130 kilometers to the north of Alice Springs. The people have named the statue Charlie Quartpot, in honour of a rainmaker that called the area home long ago.
The Big Thing
In Western Australia, Denmark is home to The Big Thing — a massive barometer that stands nearly 4 meters high. It officially holds the Guinness Book of World Records title of “The Largest Barometer in the World”. It was actually built in the Netherlands, but was donated to the Western Australian town in 2007. The barometer is engraved with the name of its original owner, Bert Bolle. Even more impressive than the size is that the barometer actually works!
The Big Easel
Imagine painting on a canvas seven meters wide and 10 meters tall — that would take a lot of paint! The Big Easel was erected in November of 1999 as part of the Van Gogh Project, which is a series of Van Gogh paintings done on enormous canvases and on even bigger easels. Seven sites were chosen to display these huge pieces of art including Emerald Australia. The canvas depicts some of Van Gogh’s very famous sunflowers and rests on an easel 25 meters high.
The Big Orange
Australians like their fruit, but who knew they liked them this much? The massive orange stands 15 meters tall, 12 meters wide and weighs upwards of 85 tonnes. The building is divided into four floors: the first floor is an event room, the second floor a café and gift shop, the third floor is covered by a mural of the surrounding area, and the fourth floor serves as a lookout point. This massive building is absolutely fascinating, and your kids will love it!
Big Golden Guitar
The 12 meter-tall guitar is located in Tamworth, New South Wales, and it stands at the entrance to the Country Music Gallery of Stars Wax Museum. It weighs over 1.5 metric tonnes, and it has been around since 1988. Smaller replicas of the massive statue are handed out as awards at the Country Music Awards every January!
Many people searching for comfortable accommodations in Australia will look for rooms with a view of these massive structures, or will at least make it a point to visit them at one point or another.
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