Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Lonely Planet review

The newly renovated Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek houses an excellent collection of Greek, Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman sculpture and art. It was built a century ago by beer baron Carl Jacobsen, an ardent collector. The museum's main building, designed by architect Vilhelm Dahlerup, is set around a delightful glass-domed conservatory, replete with palm trees, which houses a lovely café - the perfect escape from the Danish winter.

Although Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek was originally - and remains - dedicated to classical art, a later gift of more than 20 works by Paul Gauguin (whose wife was Danish) led to the formation of an impressive 19th-century French and Danish art collection. The Danish collection includes paintings by JC Dahl, CW Eckersberg, Christian Købke and Jens Juel.

The French collection is centred on the Gauguin paintings, which now number 45. These are displayed along with works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Pissarro, Monet and Renoir in the stunning modern wing of the museum, which opened in 1996. This 'French Wing' also boasts one of only three complete series of Degas bronzes.

A treat for low-season visitors are the chamber concerts given on Sunday from October to March in the museum's concert hall, which is lined by life-size statues of Roman patricians. And you won't have to pay a penny for this highbrow experience since the concerts, like Sunday admission itself, are gratis.