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National Gallery of Denmark is Denmark’s pre-eminent museum of art. No other museum in the country offers a correspondingly rich and varied selection of works from art history – dating from the early Renaissance to the most cutting-edge of contemporary art.

Here you find the best of everything: Paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphic art, photography, video works, and installation art. In short: 700 years of art in the heart of Copenhagen.

Overall, the Gallery comprises:

The collections have their origin in the art collections of Danish monarchs. They can be traced back to the reign of King Christian II in the mid-16th century.

The Royal Collection of Paintings and Sculptures: Numbering a total of 10,500 works, this collection comprises paintings and sculptures from Denmark and abroad, dating from the 14th century to the present day.

The Royal Collection of Graphic Art: One of the finest collections in the world of drawings, graphic art, and photographic art.

The Royal Cast Collection: Plaster casts of statues and reliefs dating from the year 2,500 BCE up until around 1600.

The Royal Collection of Paintings and Sculptures and the Royal Collection of Graphic Art are both housed at the Gallery domicile in Sølvgade, whereas the Royal Cast Collection is housed at Vestindisk Pakhus in Toldbodgade by the Copenhagen harbour front.

Exhibitions: The Gallery stages a wide range of exhibitions, all taking the museum collections as their point of departure. The Children’s Museum of Art offers exhibitions aimed at children and young adults.

x-rummet: Twice a year an artist from Denmark or abroad is invited to create an exhibition specifically for x-rummet. The space is the Gallery’s venue for experimental contemporary art.

In between enjoying the Gallery’s collections, exhibitions, concerts, guided tours, and workshops, you can contemplate the arts in the Gallery café or browse the well-stocked bookshop.