The Open Air Museum

Museum · Copenhagen

The Open Air Museum

Museum · Copenhagen

Kongevejen 100, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Highlights

Historic buildings, gardens, livestock & costumed actors transport visitors.

Kongevejen 100, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Get directions

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"Going Back in Time Situated just outside of Copenhagen , the Danish Open Air Museum is a fantastic place that allows you to see and experience Danish history. The museum features historic buildings, traditional breeds of Danish livestock, and stunning gardens. Buildings within the museum cover the time period 1650-1940 with a mixture of farm houses, mills, and common buildings available for you to visit."

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Troy Windhorst

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Walk through decades and centuries of historic Denmark at this fabulous museum. There are so many buildings to see, all from different eras. Visitors are free to explore inside and out at their own leisure. I loved every minute. We spent a few hours, but could’ve easily spent an entire day. Highly recommend.

Christiane Nielsen

Google

This open-air museum must be experienced. It is fantastic here. Fine old farms that have been moved from their home village to the open-air museum. Stones and beams etc. are numbered and moved to the museum, where they are built up like the original. There is a large playground, pony riding and you can pet goats and rabbits.

Tomer Cagan

Google

Historical museum with recreation of part dwellings from around Denmark/Sweden. While interesting, and the museum itself is green and lush, there are really nice children activities that really ups the whole experience. When coming with children, head to the children section where they can enjoy various activities such a push-cart track, maze, circus and a small city. In addition, during the summer break there are shows and food stalls and a gun atmosphere.

Melanie Mengüş

Google

Spent the day here during a weekday and it was quiet so perfect for a day out of Copenhagen. It is only a few minutes away by train from the center. The museum is lovely and huge. It’s a quiet and pleasant place in the countryside. Everything is outside in the park where you can see older houses from Danmark & Sweden. It’s very interesting! Also they have some animals here like donkeys or rabbits. They all seems very happy and have a lot of space which is an amazing thing for them. I liked the fact that we can pet the bunnies which was adorable. We had a magical time here. It was so relaxing and also very interesting to see how they used to live in the past. The museum is well preserved and the staff is also kind and welcoming.

Ahmed Ouda

Google

A must-visit open-air museum around Copenhagen. It contains many original old houses that have been collected from all over Denmark and reassembled in the museum to showcase an authentic Danish countryside experience from that era which is from 1700, 1800, and 1900. The prices there are reasonable.

Mike Bailey

Google

Beautiful museum, interesting to see how people used to live and experience the history of the local areas.

Amit

Google

Absolutely beautiful. I loved every building and all the work they've put into maintaining and growing this place. We came across actors and actresses that also do their part in adding reality and context to the way things were. Let me tell you the real context here about why I love it. I'm a tech person. The app I run is on my profile page. My life is in the web, on the web and exists because of the internet. Despite this context, I love to peer into history. I love BEING in history even more. This entire place whisks me away to another world where life was much simpler. People worked manually in difficult jobs. People lived very simply. I feel like appreciating this, and history itself - is a duty - not an option. I'm really glad this exists. A similar open air museum exists in Stockholm too.

Mervyn Phea

Google

One of the oldest open air museum in the world. A little away from the city. 15 mins walk from the metro. Due to its rustic environment if it rains your shoes will be muddy. Nice place to see old historic houses.