Museums and attractions
Discover the exciting museums, gardens, collections, and other attractions which are part of the University of Copenhagen.
In Copenhagen
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Medical Museion
The Medical Museion explores the culture and history of medicine. See exhibitions on illness and health through the ages – from Hippocrates to modern biomedicine. -
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Denmark's national museum of nature has everything from two-ton meteorites and rare fossils to carnivorous plants and colourful live butterflies. -
The gardens on Frederiksberg Campus
(in Danish only)
See changing colours of the plants through the seasons from blossoming to blooming, fructification, autumn foliage and hibernation. -
The University Library in Fiolstræde
The University Library with its beautiful book hall was inaugurated in 1861. Visit the building and learn about the University's nearly 550-year-old history. -
The Veterinary Collections
(in Danish only)
Unique historical veterinary and animal science collections containing everything from horseshoes to specimens with deformities.
Outside Copenhagen
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The Arboretum
The Arboretum in Hørsholm was established in 1936 as an extension to the Botanical Garden, and with its approximately 2,000 species, it is the largest collection of trees and bushes in Denmark -
The Pometum (“the Apple Museum”) (in Danish only)
The Pometum is a collection of varieties of fruit trees and bushes. Several of the apple varieties are of cultural-historical interest, many dating back more than 100 years. -
The Øresund Aquarium
A unique experience into the magnificent, and to most people unknown, world that unfolds at the bottom of Danish seas and fiords. From shrimps to sharks.