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Becoming a Copenhagener
In this special exhibition the Museum of Copenhagen focuses on immigration. Immigration is and always has been an important factor in the history of the capital. Not just as a curious feature in the life of the town, but rather as a fundamental factor contributing to its ongoing development.
TRASH!
The city is build on it and we must contend with it every day. We recycle and we repair, we throw away and we dump. Museum of Copenhagen invites children and grown ups to explore Copenhagen’s hidden garbage from the 14th of October 2011.
Underneath
In the exhibition ‘Underneath’ Museum of Copenhagen focusses on the archaeology: What kind of history are we digging in? And what are the special findings from the underground of Copenhagen? Surrounded by the urban atmosphere you can study findings from the excavations induced by the building of the metro cityring.
Freedom, Equality and the Bourgeoisie
While Copenhagen expands beyond its ramparts, the Bourgeoisie spend money recklessly and the town’s streetlights have recently become fuelled by gas. This exhibition tells the story of Copenhagen from the passing of the Constitution during the 1840s up until the enfranchisement of Danish women in 1908.
The Søren Kierkegaard Collection
The world famous philosopher put his mark on Copenhagen, both spiritually and physically speaking. At the Museum of Copenhagen a unique collection of Kierkegaard’s personal belongins is on display. The collection is one of a kind, since Kierkegaards belongings were scattered to the winds at an auction over the things he left behind in the spring of 1856.
Power and Autocracy
Copenhagen grew to become a new city at the height of the autocratic period. This exhibition tells the story of Copenhagen when it was the residential seat of the reigning autocratic monarchy, a period that lasted up until the Danish Golden Age when the Bourgeoisie came to power.
Under the Wings of Democracy
From the enfranchisement of Danish women in 1908 to the hosting of the European Capital of Culture in 1996 - Copenhagen certainly underwent extensive changes, socially, politically and economically speaking, in less than 100 years. This exhibition tells the story of welfare society’s road to victory within the capital.