Occupying a half-timbered 17th-century house, the Køge Museum (koegemuseum.dk; adult/child 110kr/free) has genuinely absorbing local history artifacts. One exhibit explores the 4000 BC Strøby Egede multiple-grave site, complete with a shockingly gory reconstruction. The museum is also home to Denmark’s biggest coin hoard: a 32kg pile of 17th-century silver unearthed in the courtyard at Brogade 17 by two electricians in 1987. On the uppermost floor is an exhibition relating to the witch hunts of the early 17th century.
In Hans Christian Andersen’s day, a local inn was supposed to have had the words "God, Oh God in Kjøge" scratched onto a windowpane. Failing to find the inscription, Andersen vandalized a window himself, writing smugly in his diary about how he had created an inscription for future generations. The museum has that glass on show.
