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Brandts Klædefabrik
The former textile mill on Brandts Passage has been converted into a sprawling cultural centre and cinema, Brandts Klædefabrik, with a photography museum, modern art gallery and exhibition tracing the history of the Danish media. Bright and capacious, it holds around 25 changing exhibitions annually by artists from all over the world. People aged under 18 are admitted free.
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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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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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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.
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Danmarks Mediemuseum
Inside Brandts Klædefabrik, 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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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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Fyns Kunstmuseum
In a stately neoclassical building, 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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Fyrtøjet - Et Kulturhus For Børn
Near the museum is the charming Fyrtøjet - Et Kulturhus For Børn, where 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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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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Kunsthallen Brandts
Inside Brandts Klædefabrik, Kunsthallen Brandts, the modern art gallery, has four large halls focusing on new trends in the visual arts. Thought provoking and ever-changing displays include paintings, sculptures, installations and exhibits on Scandinavian design.
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Museet for Fotokunst
Inside Brandts Klædefabrik, Museet for Fotokunst, dedicated to the photographic arts, has both permanent and temporary collections by national and international practitioners.
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