The funding to finance the rebuilding and restoration of Frederiksborg Castle was provided in many ways. There was some large donation from King Frederik VII – and some large contributions from the public and the Danish state – but most off all from the prominent owner of Carlsberg Breweries - philanthropist and brewer J.C. Jacobsen – who donate the prime funds for the restoration of the castle - and furthermore the funding and establishment of a Museum of National History that became an independent section of the Carlsberg Foundation and run by it for ever. The further agreement with the Danish state and the owner of Frederiksborg Castle was - that the museum of national history should be placed at Frederiksborg Castle and that all the in-house facilities were available for the new museum. The Museum of National History was founded in 1878 and in 1882 the museum was inaugurated and opened its doors to the public.