Best places: History museums in Birkerød, Denmark

Elegant lakeside palace donated to the country & now housing a museum of Danish & royal history.

Modernist museum sloping out of the ground & containing exhibits covering humans & their ancestors.

👍👍 Nice trams, perfect place for childern and all public transport lovers.

Recreation of a market town from the time of Hans Christian Andersen, including 75 period houses.

16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet.

Fine art museum with antique Mediterranean sculptures, plus 19th-century French & Danish works.

Reconstructed Viking settlement with costumed characters, a market, a farm & hands-on activities.

Open-air museum with buildings from 1650-1940, old breeds of livestock, gardens & costumed actors.

Museum on Danish railway history, with locomotives & carriages, most accessible to visitors.

Dutch Renaissance palace & gardens, including a museum housing the crown jewels, with guided tours.

18th-century mansion with collections and exhibitions on Denmark's history, people and culture.

👍👍 Visited Svendborg last week of July 2020 and came to see the museum with my 12 year old daughter and I was surprised how big the welfare museum was. This is great place to experienced to discover how the welfare state Denmark treated the poorest up until 1974. The museum was very interesting how thi...

Restored wooden warship from 1860, powered by both sail & steam, with exhibitions & kids' events.

Preserved buildings including a watermill & blacksmith's forge, plus traditional craft demos.

👍👍 What a great location. So many welcoming people, nice catering and a great many of beers. See you again, this year.

Military history museum in Christian IV's arsenal from early 1600s, with large weaponry collection.

Guided tours of a 1950s underground fortress carved into limestone cliffs, plus cannons & tanks.

Preserved manor house with period furniture & guided tours detailing daily life for Danish nobility.

Modern museum featuring exhibits on Viking culture & history, plus a burial site with gravestones.

👍👍 Loved the visit here. If you enjoy WWII history then this is a definite must to visit. And the views a cracking