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City Museum of Copenhagen
The
Royal Shooting Society's palace from 1787 houses
the City Museum of Copenhagen. The City Museum was founded in 1901
and located in the Town Hall of Copenhagen.
Since 1956 the City Museum of Copenhagen has been
situated permanently in the buildings of the former Royal
Shooting Society.
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area around Vesterbro in 1863 with the premises of the
Royal Shooting Society in front. At that time, many boarding
houses and flats were built for the working class people. |
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Royal Shooting Society building in 1870, which was later
sold to the municipality of Copenhagen, who converted
the premises into a public park and City Museum in 1956. |
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The Royal Shooting Society
and the City Museum
The
Royal Shooting Society was founded in the middle age by rich merchants
who enjoyed the social life associated with the peacefully shooting
at targets and other objects. Around 1750s the society
obtained royal permission to shoot outside the city gate of Vesterport,
which lead to the building of the present stately mansion from 1782
to 1787 on Vesterbrogade. The Royal Shooting Society's palace
was located outside the ramparts of Copenhagen in the Vesterbro
area, where nearly 1000 inhabitants lived
and worked in the new industrial quarters with factories and large
manufacturing facilities. In 1880s the Vesterbro
district grew tremendously and was predominantly working class with
small businesses, family houses, boarding houses, hotels and restaurants
and most of all industrial production, which was one of the reason
why the Shooting Society sold their property to the municipality
of Copenhagen, who took the initiative to convert the former
shooting range into a public park and furnished the building as a
city museum, which was inaugurated in 1956.
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old Royal Shooting Society mansion from 1787 houses the
City Museum on Vesterbrogade. The museum moved into the
stately premises in 1956 from the city Town Hall, where
it was located since 1901. In front a complete model of
Copenhagen in the middle age. |
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City Museum is packed with artefacts, antiquities, archaeological
material and artistic items together with a long range
of interesting material related to the city of Copenhagen.
Here a model of Copenhagen's Cathedral - The Church of
Our Lady - from 1320. |
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Museum
covering Copenhagen's history
The present City Museum presents the visitors with a full coverage
of Copenhagen’s history and exhibits a very rich collection
of artefacts, antiquities, archaeological material and artistic
items together with a long range of material related to
the city of Copenhagen.
In the summer season the museum exhibits a large
model of Copenhagen from the middle age, showing first
castle on the isle of Slotsholmen together with the four gates and
ramparts that surrounded the medieval city.
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original Copenhagen City Coat Of Arms carved in solid
wood from 1661 and given as a gift by King Frederik III
to the courageous citizens, who supported the King and
bravely defended Copenhagen in 1659 during the Swedish
occupation. |
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| At the upper level
of the City Museum is the exclusive ceremonial hall from
1787, which is often used for temporary exhibitions and
other official events. The Søren Kierkegaard Collection
is situated in a room at the side of the hall. |
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famous Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is
represented at the City Museum with a permanent exposition
showing some of his work and following his life in Copenhagen.
The portrait is painted in 1840 by his cousin Niels Christian
Kierkegaard. |
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Søren
Kierkegaard - Danish philosopher
The museum also presents a small permanent exhibition of the famous
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855),
and his relations to Copenhagen. Søren Kierkegaard was well
known as a defender of religious faith and was born in Copenhagen,
where he also spent all his days. He matriculated in theology in
1840 from the University of Copenhagen, and in
1841 he also earned a Master’s degree, which
corresponded then to a doctoral degree, with a dissertation.
Extensive
restoration of the City Museum
The City Museum of Copenhagen went trough an extensive restoration
in 2000 and is fully up-to-date with information
and material about the development of the city since its foundation
in 1167.
Location
The City Museum is located near Vesterbro Square with its popular
Saturday flea market and not far from the Central
Station and the Liberty Memorial.
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Museum
Address
The Museum of Copenhagen
Vesterbrogade 59
1620 Copenhagen V
Friday - Free admission
Busses:
26 -6A
Trains
– Central Station – Vesterport Station
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