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To experience Danish history from 14,000 BC to the present and learn about Denmark's rich cultural heritage, a visit to the Danish museums is a must. They form a convenient network, so no matter what part of the country you're visiting, you're sure to be close to one.
Denmark’s past can be visited in close-up at the country’s many history museums. The National Museum of History and Culture in Copenhagen, recounts the history of Denmark from prehistoric times, through the Viking Age, Middle Ages and the Industrial Age up to the present day. The story of Denmark’s past is staged superbly from archaeological, historical, cultural and ethnographical angles.
The Prehistoric Museum, Moesgård near Århus, presents a wealth of relics from prehistoric Denmark to the Viking Age, including an impressive collection of runic stones. In the provinces, the regional museums bring local Danish history to life, while the open-air museums show Denmark’s heritage in full scale. Here the fully functioning workshops bring history to life at Den Gamle By (The Old Town) in Århus, at the Frilandsmuseet (Open Air Museum) north of Copenhagen, The Funen Village and at Hjerl Hede in Northwest Jutland.
The various historical adventure centres dotted around the country take visitors back in time to prehistory, the Iron Age, Viking Age or Middle Ages, recreating the past with real-life effects, so that every one of our senses transports us back to Denmark in former times. The smell of the animals and the smithy’s red-hot forge, the flavour of newly smoked fish, the sounds from equestrian jousts all produce the sense of past times. Encounters with Stone Age and Iron Age Denmark are to be had at Hjemsted Oltidspark in southern Jutland and at Lejre Experimental Centre near Roskilde. Ribe VikingeCenter invites you to be a Viking for the day, while medieval Denmark emerges large as life at the Medieval Centre on the island of Falster.
Denmark’s many castles and manor houses explore exciting chapters of Denmark’s history. Frederiksborg Castle in North Zealand houses the National History Museum (Nationalhistoriske Museum), with collections to illustrate the history of Denmark from the 16th century to the present day; Rosenborg Castle contains the Danish Crown Jewels, while parts of the Queen’s residence, Amalienborg Castle, are also open to the public. Kronborg at Elsinore is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Koldinghus displays Danish ecclesiastical art through the ages. The magnificient Egeskov Castle on Fyn is the best-preserved Renaissance moat castle in Europe.
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