Naval and Maritime Museums: Denmark

Aalborg

Aalborg Marinemuseum

Vester Fjordvej 81,
DK-9000 Aalborg.

Telephone: +45 (0)9811 7803
Telefax: +45 (0)9813 6186

Opening hours: May — August, daily 10:00-18:00; September — April, daily 10:00-16:00.

A fishery and maritime museum, also covering Aalborg harbour and shipyard.

Museum ships:

Ebeltoft

Den Selvejende Institution Fregatten Jylland

Strandvejen 4,
DK-8400 Ebeltoft.

Telephone: +45 (0)86 34 1099
Telefax: +45 (0)86 34 2714

Opening hours: summer, daily 10:00-17:00; winter, daily 10:00-16:00.

The frigate Jylland (1860) was the last major wooden ship-of-war built in Denmark.

Esbjerg

Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet

Tarphagevej,
DK-6710 Esbjerg V.

Telephone: +45 (0)75 15 0666
Telefax: +45 (0)75 15 3057
WWW: http://www.fimus.dk/

Opening hours: September — May, daily 10:00-17:00; July — August, daily 10:00-18:00.

National fishery and maritime museum.

Museum ships in the adjacent open-air museum:

Fanø

Sønderho Gamle Redningsstation

Sønderho Strandvej,
DK-6720 Fanø.

Telephone: +45 (0)75 16 4098/75 16 4171
Telefax: +45 (0)75 16 4529

Opening hours: end-June — August, Sunday 15:00-17:00.

Local fishery, maritime and lifesaving museum.

Gilleleje

Gilleleje Museums Skibshaller

Hovedgaden 49,
DK-3250 Gilleleje.

Opening hours: mid-June — mid-September, Tuesday-Sunday 14:00-17:00.

A local fishery and maritime museum. The open sailing herring fishing boat Thora from 1880 is exhibited.

Grenå

Dansk Fiskerimuseum

Søndergade 1,
DK-8500 Grenå.

Telephone: 45 (0)86 32 4800

Opening hours: mid-June — August, Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00, Saturday-Sunday 13:00-16:00; September — mid-June, Thuesday-Friday 13:00-16:00, Sunday 13:00-16:00.

A national fishery museum.

Helsingør

Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg

Kronborg Slot,
DK-3000 Helsingør.

Telephone: +45 (0)49 210685
Telefax: +45 (0)49 213440
WWW: http://www.kulturnet.dk/homes/hsmk/

Opening hours: November — March, Tuesday-Sunday 11:00-15:00; April and October Tuesday-Sunday 11:00-16:00; May — September, daily 10:30-17:00. The museum archives, library, and photo-collection are open Monday-Thursday 8:00-16:00, Friday 08:00-12:30.

The museum, which is the national maritime museum of Denmark, opened in 1915 and is housed in the 17th century Kronborg Castle.

There are photographs of almost all Danish ships since 1880 in the photographic collection of the museum. The collection of the library comprises some 28.000 volumes.

Membership in Selskabet Handels- og Søfartsmuseets Venner (The Friends of the Maritime Museum) is available at DKK 185:- per year [1995], which entitles the member to free admission to the museum and the museum yearbook. Members are also able to buy other museum publications at a discounted price.

Hirtshals

Skudehandelsmuseum

Vintergækvej 11,
DK-9850 Hirtshals.

Telephone: +45 (0)98 94 9791

A local fishery and maritime museum.

Kolding

Kolding Submarine Center

Helligkorsdage 22,
DK-6000 Kolding.

Telephone: +45 (0)7550 1511 ext. 6624
Telefax: +45 (0)7552 8159
E-mail: nydrg@inet.uni-c.dk

The museum which features the Russian Wisky-class submarine U-359 was opened in 1994.

Two projects are underway to further enhance the museum:

København

Burmeister & Wain Museet

Strandgade 4,
DK-1401 København.
The museum of the well-known ship-building company and engine manufacturer.

Fregatten Peder Skram

Holmen.

Will open at Easter 1999.

Orlogsmuseet

Søkvæsthuset,
Overgaden oven Vandet 58A,
DK-1415 København K.

Telephone: +47 (0)31 546363
Telefax: +47 (0)31 542980
WWW: http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk

Opening hours: Tuesday — Sunday 12:00-16:00.

The Danish Naval museum is housed in a former 18th century naval hospital. It has a superbe collection of large scale dockyard models from the 18th century.

Tøjhusmuseet

Tøjhusgade 3,
DK-1214 København K.

Telephone: +45 (0)33 11 6037
Telefax: +45 (0)33 93 7152

Opening hours: 10:00-16:00.

A collection of weapons, uniforms, flags etc housed in an armoury built in 1598-1604.

Københavns Ubåds Museum

Kalvebod Brygge,
Kajplads 110,
DK-1560 København V.

Telephone: +45 (0)33 33 0900
Telefax: +45 (0)33 33 0900

Opening hours: mid-March — May, daily 11:00-18:00; June — August, daily 10:00-20:00; September — October, daily 10:00-18:00.

The largest diesel-electric submarine in the world, a former Russian missile submarine, built at the Krasnaya Sormovo submarine yard, Gorki, in 1984.

Læsø

Søfarts- og Fiskerimuseet

Verstø Havnegade 5,
DK-9940 Læsø.

Telephone: +45 (0)98 49 9497; 9849 8045

Opening hours: Daily 13:00-15:00.

A local fishery and maritime museum housed in a house built in 1872. The museum ship the "snurrevod" cutter FN 162 Ellen is to be seen in the Verstø harbour.

Løgstør

Limfjordsmuseet

Kanalvejen 40,
DK-9670 Løgstør.

Telephone: +45 (0)98 67 1805
Telefax: +45 (0)98 67 4052

Opening hours: May — middle June, Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday 10:00-17:00; Middel June — August, daily 10:00-17:00; September — October, Saturday 14:00-17:00, Sunday 10:00-17:00.

A local fishery and maritime museum covering the Limfjord area and which is housed in the former canal inspectors house. There are two local crafts in canal outside the museum.

Løkken

Kystfiskerimuseum

Det gamle redningshus,
Ndr. Strandvej,
DK-9480 Løkken.

Telephone: +45 (0)98 99 1847/98 99 1269

Opening hours: June — August, Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00, Sunday 14:00-17:00.

A fishing museum housed in a former life saving station.

Museum ship: Bent II, a coast fishing boat.

Marstal

Jens Hansens Søfartsmuseum

Prinsengade 2-4,
DK-5960 Marstal.

Telephone: +45 (0)62 53 2331
WWW: http://home5.inet.tele.dk/marmus/

Opening hours: May — September, daily 10:00-16:00; July 09:00-21:00; October — April, Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00.

A national maritime museum.

Roskilde

Vikingskibsmuseet

Strandengen,
DK-4000 Roskilde.

Telephone: +45 (0)42 35 6555
Telefax: +45 (0)42 32 2115

Opening hours: April — October, daily 10:00-17:00; November — March, daily 10:00-16:00.

A museum built round the five viking-time ships excavated in the Roskilde Bay in 1962-1969.

Rudkøbing

Fiskeri- og søfartssamling

Østergade 25,
DK-5900 Rudkøbing.

Telephone: +45 (0)62 51 1347
Telefax: +45 (0)62 51 1346

Opening hours: February — May, Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday 10:00-13:00; June — August, Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday 10:00-14:00; September — December, Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00, Saturday 10:00-13:00.

A local fishery and maritime museum. Includes a fine collection of bottle ships.

Svendborg

Søfartssamlingerne

Strandgade 1,
Troense,
DK-5700 Svendborg.

Telephone: +45 (0)62 22 5232
Telefax: +45 (0)62 20 2161

Opening hours: May — September, daily 10:00-17:00; October — April, Monday-Friday, 10:00-17:00, Saturday 09:00-12:00.

A maritime museum founded by the well-known martime historian and writer Frode S. Holm-Petersen.

Søfartssamlingen i Troense

Grubbemøllevej 13,
DK-5700 Svendborg.

Taasinge

Valdemars Slot

Outstation (?) of the Orlogsmuseet in Copenhagen.

Thisted

Fiskeri- og Redningsmuseet

Vesterhavsgade 123,
Nørre Vorupør,
DK-7700 Thisted.

Telephone: +45 (0)97 93 8200

Opening hours: April — mid-October, 10:00-23:00.

A local fishery and life saving museum.

Thorsminde

Strandingsmuseum "St. George"

Vesterhavsgade 1E,
Thorsminde,
DK-6990 Ulfborg.

Telephone: +45 9749 7366
E-mail: post@strandingsmuseum.dk
WWW: http://www.strandingsmuseum.dk [In Danish, English & German]

Opening hours: January 2 — March 14, Monday-Thursday 11:00-15:00, Saturday-Sunday 13:00-16:00; March 15 — October, daily 10:00-17:00; November 1 — November 15, Monday-Thursday 11:00-15:00, Saturday-Sunday 13:00-16:00; November 16 — December 22, By appointment only; December 26 — December 30, daily 13:00-16:00.

A museum featuring archaeological finds from HMS St George (98) which stranded at Thorsminde Havn in 1811 together with HMS Defence (74). About 1400 British sailors were drowned at the two strandings.

Troense

Søfartssamlingen ved Svendborgsund

Grønegade

Updated 2001-12-17 by Lars Bruzelius


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