The National Museum in Copenhagen

26-Jul-2013 • Copenhagen Denmark

Copenhagen's National Museum was the only museum we visited on our only full day in Copenhagen. Given the very limited time we were going to be in the city, we didn't want to be indoors for the most part of the day. We really wanted to walk around and explore the city which we had the opportunity to visit ten years ago. Thus, on this special day, we woke up early, ate breakfast early, and went to the National Museum right when it opened its doors to the public.

Unbeknownst to both Marc and I, there was a Viking exhibit that had been packing people in for quite some time. We were fortunate to see it while it was there. The Viking exhibit's main draw was the steel skeleton of a Viking ship which took most of the gallery space from all sides and from top to bottom. Right behind it was a huge movie screen which showed waves of the ocean with accompanying forceful sound.

Here's a part of the replica of Viking ship albeit modernized and made of steel.

One of the ship's pointed end

Here's the other end with the screen right behind it

From this gallery off Marc and I went to explore the other parts of the museum. The museum was huge with three floors if I am not mistaken. There were exhibits from other parts of the world namely Asia, the Pacific, and even the Middle East. What was most interesting for me here though was of course the exhibit about Denmark and the Danish culture.

This was one room we saw which reminded me of a ballroom in many European palaces and mansions. In fact, it looked quite like the one we saw in the Royal Palace of Oslo just days prior.

I was quite surprised to see these modern minimalist chandeliers in the ballroom. I was expecting more the French style multi-tiered glass light fixtures.