Museum sights in Odense
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Danmarks Jernbanemuseum
Clamber aboard a diverting collection of 19th-century locomotives at Danmarks Jernbanemuseum, just behind the train station. The museum has about two dozen engines and wagons, including double-decker carriages and the Royal Saloon Car belonging to Christian IX, fully kitted out with everything a king might need – even a writing desk. There’s also a huge collection of Märklin model trains, and a separate exhibition about Denmark’s ferries. Audiovisual explanations are in English, German and Danish.
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Fyns Kunstmuseum
In a stately neoclassical building, the Fyns Kunstmuseum has a serene atmosphere and contains a quality collection of Danish art from the 18th century to the present, chronologically arranged. Highlights include Gustava Emilie Grüner’s cheerful Portraegruppe Familien Leunbach and HA Brendekilde’s harrowing, powerful Udslidt, (‘Worn Out’), depicting a dead farm worker and distressed woman in a vast, flat field. Changing exhibitions are also staged.
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Bymuseet Møntergården
Odense’s city museum, Bymuseet Møntergården, is in a courtyard of half-timbered Renaissance houses. The ‘Creative Man’ exhibition on the ground floor focuses on Funen’s very early cultural history, while upstairs there are nice Stone, Bronze, Iron and Viking Age finds, including a lur (a snaking bronze instrument sounding like a trombone).
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Fyrtøjet – Et Kulturhus For Børn
In the charming Fyrtøjet – Et Kulturhus For Børn, youngsters explore the world of Hans Christian Andersen through storytelling and music (in English as well as Danish from June to August). They can dress up as Andersen characters, have their faces painted, act out stories and draw fairy-tale pictures in the art room. All materials are included in the admission price.
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Den Fynske Landsby
A delightful open-air museum, Den Fynske Landsby has borrowed period houses from around Funen and laid them out to create a small country village, complete with barnyard animals, a duck pond, apple trees and flower gardens. Costumed ‘peasants’ tend to the geese, while children in knickerbockers play with hoops and sticks.
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Danmarks Mediemuseum
Danmarks Mediemuseum traces the development of printing in Denmark over the last three centuries. One section covers lithography, engraving, bookbinding and paper-making; the other section concentrates on newspaper production. Commentary is mostly in Danish.
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Carl Nielsen Museet
In Odense’s concert hall, Carl Nielsen Museet details the career of the city’s native son Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), Denmark’s best known composer.
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HC Andersens Barndomshjem
In the city centre, HC Andersens Barndomshjem has a couple of rooms of mildly diverting exhibits in the small house where Andersen spent much of his childhood.
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Museet for Fotokunst
Museet for Fotokunst, dedicated to the photographic arts, has both permanent and temporary collections by national and international practitioners.
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