Best places: Heritage museums in Silkeborg, Denmark

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

Imposing 12th-century, Gothic, brick cathedral with the graves of generations of kings & queens.

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

Living history museum depicting a small market town from the Middle Ages, with hands-on activities.

Interactive exhibits & guided tours narrated by inmates of this former state penitentiary.

👍👍 Positively surprised! It was super exciting and very informative 😃 an older lady (Kamma) sold homemade cards and we had a good chat with her. All in all, a really good experience and definitely worth a visit 😃

Museum, in the Danish author's former home, with exhibits on her life & work, her library & a cafe.

👍👍 Definetely worth a visit! The special exhibition "Rethink war" was very impressive. We visited the center with 4 adults and 4 12 year old kids, got the ipads with lots of material and had quite some interesting hours in the borgcenter (you definetely have to get the guide!). In the afternoon we had...

👍👍 Esrum Abbey is a Cistercian abbey from 1151. The abbey is well preserved, boasts an interesting history and now features a few interesting exhibitions and a cafe. Not to forget, they abbey is located in the National Park “North Zealand of Kings” with breathtaking nature for walks, cycling, angling a...

Museum featuring exhibits on local history in 17th-century half-timbered Renaissance-style houses.

👍👍 During summer they have this space where kids can play. I thought it was super nice! It’s just far from the city center…

Museum of humorist Storm P's cartoons, drawings & paintings, plus his collection of 450 pipes.

👍 A large collection where individual specimens have been restored. There is still a long way to go. But absolutely a lot to look at both indoors and outdoors

Museum outlining the life & times of the great Danish author, Hans Christian Anderson, & his works.

Historic house & gathering place of intellectual luminaries with a small museum, events & a garden.

👍👍 Amazing place! We were greeted by incredibly friendly staff. In the lobby there is a place for bags and outerwear. There is a cafе and a shop with souvenirs. This museum consists of two parts. In one part there is a historical museum, and in the second part the art. History part made a great impres...

👍👍 This is an amazing collection. We want to go back. Google maps doesn't specifically show that is inside Den Gamle By and it is included in the ticket