Nationalmuseet - Danish National Museum |
Danish National Museum, Copenhagen |
The National Museum is housed in the 17th C. Prince's Mansion |
Main entrance, National Museum |
Directory - Danish National Museum |
Lobby, Nationalmuseet |
Danmarks Oldtid - Danish Prehistory |
Aurochs skeleton, wester Zealand (Vig), 8600 BC |
Stone axes - tools and weapons, 8500-4000 BC |
"The Bog Witch" |
Peat bogs in Denmark provide a treasure trove of ancient discoveries |
Stone age dildos (I didn't make that up) |
Skull of a young girl, 3500-3400 BC |
Hoard of flint axes, 3700-3300 BC |
Stone battle axes |
Vessel from a grave at Hagebrogård, central Jutland |
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Two curved swords found in a bog at Rørby, western Zealand, ca 1550 BC |
Distribution of Danish flint daggers |
The swords of Kamma Kisteglad |
The swords of Kamma Kisteglad |
Early bronze axes |
Oak coffin of a young man from Trindhøj, southern Jutland, 1356 BC |
Oak coffin of an elderly woman found near Århus |
Oak coffin of a young woman from southern Jutland ca 1300 BC |
Oak coffin of a 50-60 year old man, ca 1351 BC, found near Århus |
Large ornamental disk, Skagen, ca 1400 BC |
Ornamental disks, Skagen ca 1400 BC |
Grave goods of a woman from Hverrehus, ca 1400 BC |
Large dagger, ca 1400 BC |
"The Haraldskaer Mermaid" |
"The Haraldskaer Mermaid" |
One of several "Tall Tales" exhibited throughout the museum |
Good to see someone has a sense of humor! |
Swords and spearheads, 1500-1300 BC |
Trundholm Sun Chariot, 1800-1600 BC |
The Tall Tale of Valdemar |
Trundholm Sun Chariot - found in western Zealand, 1902 |
Funerary urn with snakes, eastern Jutland, 700-500 BC |
Golden "sun ships" - 1500-1100 BC |
Horned helmets ca 900 BC - found in a northern Zealand bog |
Horned helmets ca 900 BC - found in a northern Zealand bog |
Horned helmet, ca 900 BC |
Horned helmet, ca 900 BC |
Gilt ornamental plate with horns, NW Zealand ca 1400 BC |
"The Sword of Tatiana the Red" - another Tall Tale |
Ornaments, central Jutland ca 800 BC |
Rock carving of a ship with sun images, 1100-700 BC |
Journey of the sun - bronze age Nordic religion |
Cult axe, northern Jutland, 1500-1300 BC |
Lur horns - bronze age musical instruments, 1200-700 BC |
Shields found in bogs |
Golden bowls ca 1000-800 BC |
Spearheads and other metal items, western Jutland, 1100-900 BC |
Ornamental objects, western Jutland, 900-700 BC |
Neck rings and arm rings, northern Zealand, 700-500 BC |
Male figure made of oak, ca 600 BC |
Braided locks sacrificed in bogs, Jutland ca 350 BC |
"Braids of the sorceress Yrq" - Tall Tale |
Danish National Museum |
Map of Denmark with the location of Viking rune stones |
Viking rune stone - Tirsted, 10th C. AD |
Detail of the 10th C. Tirsted rune stone |
Asferg rune stone ca 1000 AD - Thorger Toke's son raised this stone in memory of Mule his brother... |
Sandby rune stone, 11th C. AD |
The Dejbjerg Wagon, 1st C. BC |
Detail of the Dejbjerg Wagon - Celtic |
Detail of the Dejbjerg Wagon - Celtic |
Large bronze neck rings |
Gold neck ring (torque) |
Gundestrup Cauldron - ca 150 BC |
Gundestrup Cauldron - Thracian craftsmanship with Celtic images |
The Gundestrup Cauldron is believed to have originated in SW Romania or NW Bulgaria |
Gundestrup Cauldron - found in 1891 in Jutland |
No one knows how the Gundestrup Cauldron ended up in Denmark |
The interior of the Gundestrup Cauldron |
Gundestrup Cauldron |
Gundestrup Cauldron |
A bog body found in 1879, the woman from Huldremose, ca 100 AD |
Hjortspring Warship - 20m long weighing 530 kg |
The warship from Hjortspring - northern Europe's oldest plank-built vessel |
Shields from the Hjortspring Bog, ca 350 BC |
Shields from the Hjortspring Bog, ca 350 BC |
Emperor Augustus tried to expand the Roman Empire to northern Germany |
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"Storm and Priam" - Tall Tales |
Offerings of the weapons and equipment of 300 soldiers, Vimose, 3rd C. AD |
Horse skull with bridle |
The woman of Himlingøje, 3rd C. AD |
A gold coin was found in the mouth, Charon's coin - pay the ferryman |
Roman silver cups, 1st C. AD, found in a burial in Lolland |
Scenes from the Iliad on a 1st C. AD Roman cup |
Grave goods - drinking horn with bronze mounting |
Skeleton of a dog from a burial |
The woman from Juellinge, 1st C. AD, Lolland |
Collars for carriage horses from the hoard of Mammen |
"The Belt Buckle of Jesus Christ" - Tall Tale |
"The Belt Buckle of Jesus Christ" |
The Bamberg Casket made of walrus ivory, 10th C. AD (copy - the original is in Munich) |
The Golden Horns, ca 400 AD, found in 1639 and 1734, were stolen and melted down in 1802 (these are copies from 1861 and 1970s |
Gold ornaments from Darum, western Jutland, 6th C. |
Gold ornaments, western Jutland |
Gold Ornaments |
Gudme - home of the gods, 3th-7th C. Funen |
Horde of Islamic silver coins from Terslev, Zealand, 10th C. AD |
Silver bracelets |
Pretzel-shaped brooch from Gråbense Vig on Falster |
Voyages of the Vikings |
Lobby of the National Museum from the 2nd Floor |
Denmark's Middle Ages and Renaissance |
St. George & the Dragon, Husum, 1520 |
Altar, Fåborg, 1539 - on the wings are St. Peter, St. Andrew and the Fourteen Intercessors |
Jesus held by God flanked by St. Augustinus and St. Monica |
Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven encircles by a wreath of Apostles & flanked by 12 saints, North Germany, 1518 |
Altar frontal depicting God with the crucified Jesus, Boeslund Church, Zealand, ca 1525 |
Side-altarpiece of St. Knud the Holy, the Danish royal saint martyred in 1086 - St. Peter's Church, Naestved ca 1500 |
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Crucifix depicting Christ as a tormented corpse, Elmelund Church, Møn ca 1350 |
Triptych altarpiece, Esrum Abbey, 15th C. |
Detail of the Esrum Abbey altar |
Detail of the Esrum Abbey altar |
God enthroned is holding the martyred Jesus, Tystrup Church, Zealand ca 1500 |
Skeleton of a child from St. Bends Church, Ringsted, ca 1080-1200 |
Bricks surrounded the body rather than a coffin |
St. George, Stokkemarke Church, Lolland ca 1500 |
Head of St. John the Baptist, 1450-1500, Ørslev Church, Zealand |
Reliquary with the thigh bone of one of the 10,000 soldiers martyred in 311 |
The Bible of Christian III, Copenhagen 1548-1550 |
Altar front from Torslund Church, 1561 |
Armor of a mounted knight in the hall of Royal Tapestries |
Armor of a mounted knight in the hall of Royal Tapestries |
Plate armor of a mounted knight |
Erich, Herzog zu Pommern |
The other surviving tapestries of this series are in the Kronborg, Helsingør |
Christian V, Graf zu Oldenburg |
Helmet and Gauntlets, 16th C. |
Case of swords |
Gilded powder horns, 16th-17th C. |
"The Rose" - a tankard of gilded silver with Christian IV's ceremonial dagger |
"The Rose" tankard - 1577 |
Hans Skovgard and Anne Parsberg, 1577 |
Pair of daggers and a rapier with built-in wheel-lock pistol, Germany ca 1600 |
Ornate shield, Antwerp, 1560-70 |
Rapier with gold hilt ca 1600 |
Executioner's Sword |
Rare articles of 17th C. clothing |
Stoneware from Westerwald, 17th C. |
Two-handed Broadswords - Copenhagen, Ribe, Malmø |
Altarpiece from the chapel of Orebygård Manor, 1638 |
A detail of the Orebygård Altarpiece with a scene of the Last Supper, Henrik Werner, 1638 |
Judgement Day, Anno 1594 |
Judgement Day, Anno 1594 |
Silver altar, 1620, with ebony frame, Husum Castle |
Central relief of the Crucifixion, 1620 |
Wing of the Husum Castle altar |
Wing of the Husum Castle altar |
The altar was brought to Copenhagen in 1751 |
Golden figure of a centaur on top of a table clock, 1657 |
Atlas supporting the celestial globe, 1630 |
Globe by Raphael Custodis, Gottorp Castle |
Tusk of a narwhal, assumed to have been a unicorn horn |
Carved ostrich egg |
Painting from epitaph of a Danish citizen and his family ca 1650 |
Cup of valbirk placed on the back of a unicorn, 1737 |
Fireplace from an old house |
Stucco ceiling from the house of Jacob Bastian, Christanhavn, ca 1640 |
Stucco ceiling from the house of Jacob Bastian, Christanhavn, ca 1640 |
The assault on Copenhagen, 10 Feb 1659 by Sweden |
Time revealing Truth and treading Falsehood underfoot, Joachim Henne ca 1670 |
Tankard of ivory and gilded silver with reliefs of the Four Seasons, 1735 |
Painting of the physician, antiquarian and collector Ole Worm with his family, Christ and Apostles |
Bridal couple in Amager folk costume, late 19th C. |
Åby Crucifix, 1050-1100, thought to be the oldest in Denmark |
Golden Altar from Odder Church near Århus |
Golden Altar from Odder Church near Århus, 1150-1175 |
Crucifix from Ørting Church near Odder, ca 1225 |
Crucifix from Tirstrup Church near Ebeltoft, ca 1175 |
Equestrian aquamaniles, 1150-1200 |
Aquamaniles - water fessles used for hand washing |
Ivory drinking horn with fighting, hunting and pastoral scenes, ca 1100 |
Drinking horn mounted with gilded silver and set with rock crystal, Trondhjem (Norway) 15th C. |
Swords from 1000-1400 |
The Holy Family - North German, ca 1500 - Rodsted Church, Jutland |
Triptych with a pietà and portraits of Christian I (1448-1481) and Queen Dorothea |
Altar crucifix with reliquary, 1333 |
Part of the museum preserves the original palace, here, the Crown Princesses Bedchamber |
The Cabinet in Chinese-style |
Detail of the Cabinet's Chinese decor |
The Great Hall, 1745 |
The Gallery, 1745 |
The Second Bedchamber |
Stairs leading up from the Ground Floor to the Great Hall |