M/S Maritime Museum in Elsinore is one of Denmark’s most acclaimed museums in recent years. It has been named ‘A cutting-edge cultural venue’ by The New York Times and ‘One of the eight greatest new museums’ by BBC. A sensory experience awaits with stunning architecture and modern, interactive exhibitions. From a distance it is almost invisible, but below sea level - in the Culture Harbour and next door to Kronborg Castle - lies the Danish Maritime Museum, M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark. If you follow the sloping bridges into the old dry dock, you will experience one of the most spectacular buildings in Denmark of the recent years.M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark tells the story of Denmark as one of the world's leading maritime nations in an evocative and dramatic way. The setting is innovative and created by the award-winning design studio BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. Eight different themes You can experience the story of Denmark as one of the world's leading maritime nations through eight themed exhibitions. You can look forward to the museum's rich maritime collection on display in an evocative and dramatic staging with major film projections and soundscapes. At the museum, you can get lost in films, objects and texts for hours – or you can walk through the exhibitions in 20 minutes and still get a glimpse of the past and present of global shipping, its structures and elements. Even if you’re not familiar with maritime history, the exhibitions open up stories of love, death, courage, science and drama Experience seafaring up close in the 400 m2 maritime play universe ‘THE DREAM SHIP’ where children and adults can explore, play and create their own stories. You can come face to face with a torpedo, get an old sailor tattoo and see the world's largest model of a container ship. Furthermore, the M/S Café offers lunch, hot and cold beverages and a selection of cakes. The museum shop M/S Cargo sells a wide variety of books, clothes, design items and toys related to the maritime world. Special Exhibition: Enigmas from the Baltic Sea - Echoes from the Deep, 15.11.24 - 31.08.26The Baltic Sea holds more than 100,000 sunken ships—remarkably well-preserved wrecks that rest like time capsules on the seafloor. The new exhibition “Enigmas from the Baltic Sea - Echoes from the Deep” invites you into this silent underwater museum, where divers’ discoveries, historical artifacts, and artistic interpretations bring hidden stories to life. Explore treasures from the Danish warship Gribshunden and be captivated by artworks inspired by the depths and secrets of the sea. SOS - The Rescue, 10/10-2025 - 31/08-2026This new exhibition about the largest civilian rescue operation at sea, in the history of the world, tells the story of the dramatic days in 1975, when a Danish cargo ship rescued 3,628 Vietnamese refugees in distress at sea.

The Workers Museum in Copenhagen invites you to step into everyday life of Copenhageners in the 1950's. HOME TO YOUR HISTORY The Workers Museums is located at the Workers Assembly Hall, built in 1879. The building includes the impressive Banquet Hall and the former Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning's office. Experience everyday life of the 1950s and taste chocolate biscuit cake and chicory coffee. Visit the Sørensens family who moved to Copenhagen in 1885 and explore the development of industrial work. Step into everyday life of working class children in "The Workers Museums for Children".  Enjoy a lunch in the Café & Øl-Halle "1892", the only listed basement restaurant in Copenhagen.  The Banquet Hall The Banquet Hall is the heart of the old Workers’ Assembly Building, which dates from 1879. It features an abundance of decorations and artistic details – testament to the pride of the countless different trades and craftsmen who used the building on Rømersgade. The Banquet Hall formed the setting for innumerable meetings, political discussions, congresses and parties, and here thousands of workers became accustomed to participating in democracy and civic life. In 2021, the Banquet Hall underwent major refurbishment.Come and enjoy this beautiful hall, filled from floor to balcony with a myriad of stories. Explore the life that went on in the hall across the years, visit the museum’s exhibitions and experience the unique sound and light installation. The 1950's The decade when Denmark bid farewell to war and deprivation and when working-class families joined the ranks of consumers. After the 2. World War there was still lack of many goods and they were still rationed by the use of coupons which characterized life for the working class. However, during the decade the families slowly earned more and consumerism emerged heavily influenced by the United States. The exhibition takes you to the worker family’s apartment where the growing wealth is shown, as well as taking you down the street where lack of goods from the war and post-war is slowly replaced with a larger supply. The Children’s Workers Museum Through games and using their senses children can experience how it was to be a working-class child generations ago. Playing at the Kids’ Workers Museum, our youngest visitors can experience and imagine the life of working-class children around 1930. Both children and adults can listen to the story of the working-class boy Thorvald, who went on to become Denmark’s longest serving prime minister. Kids visiting the museum can try working as a delivery boy or girl in the grocer’s shop, sort bottles at the brewery, or use a typewriter in the union office. They can also dress up in a sailor’s suit, dance at the dance school, play in a 1930s flat, or visit the pawnbroker and see if they can get a few pennies for an old coat.  

Go underground and experience Denmark during World War II.Meet four resistance fighters and a Danish Nazi and delve into their difficult choices and dilemmas during the German occupation 1940-1945. Wiretap phone conversations, crack the German codes or try to print illegal newspapers. You can also see rare and unique objects from the occupation period such as the execution poles from Ryvangen, where resistance fighters were shot, and a coat belonging to the resistance fighter 'Flammen'.The Museum of Danish Resistance focuses on the choice to join the resistance or not. Late into the occupation, the choice was not as it may seem today, and the consequences of choosing a side were both incomprehensible and potentially catastrophic.The five historical figures who guide you through the exhibition have all chosen a side, and must live with the consequences.The Museum of Danish Resistance is located in Churchillparken by Kastellet in Copenhagen.

On the Brink of War - Neutrality between Warfare and Welfare in Denmark during World War 1 The exhibition "On the Brink of War - Neutrality between Warfare and Welfare" shows how the war affected the daily life of the Danes, and how the government, business community and general population upheld Denmark's neutrality through the four years of war. The exhibition is for visitors of all ages (families and adults) and you won't necessarily need your reading glasses! Use your ears, eyes and hands to discover an important yet forgotten period of Danish history that changed the lives of the Danes forever. You can listen to the English voices in the exhibition's numerous rooms and all exhibition texts are in English. Travel 100 years back in time when World War 1 took place in Denmark's neighboring countries. Explore the many surprising stories when you go back to a time when Denmark is on the brink of War. Denmark is fighting for its neutrality to avoid being drawn into war. Denmark is digging trenches, laying out mines and providing humanitarian assistance. The Danish welfare state is born when politicians intervene to keep the population united, while profiteers were making huge sums of money off war. The general population had to count ration coupons, while profiteers let the champagne flow The ordinary man had to join the army, while zeppelins, sea mines and foreign submarines were located on the Danish coast Christian X and the Danish politicians had to pull strings, while the borders closed and 100,000 prisoners of war came to Denmark Explore the exciting story of Denmark during World War 1: See the historical photos and movies Touch most of the objects Pick up the phone and listen to the voices in the antique telephones in Danish, German or English Getting there: S-train lines E and A runs to and from Karlslunde station. From the station it takes only five minutes to walk to the fort.Approximate travel time from Copenhagen Central Station 30 minutes.

Peder Skram was in service of the Royal Danish Navy from 1966-1988. Peder Skram was the first large warship in the world to use a combination of gas turbines and diesel engines for propulsion. It could reach a speed of approximately 30 knots (55 km or 34 mph) using gas turbines. In case of war, the frigate was a heavily armed flagship in the defense of the Baltic coast of Germany and the Danish islands against a naval invasion from the Warsaw Pact. The coordination of Operation Hurricane, large-scale air raids, and missile attacks on hostile landing forces, was to be coordinated from the combat information center of Peder Skram. Onboard the frigate you can experience the life of Danish naval personnel during the Cold War. You can witness how the 200 crew members of a navy flagship lived and worked every day. You can visit different stations: the combat information center, engine room, galley, bridge and even the gun turret.

The submarine Sælen was commissioned into the Royal Danish Navy in 1990 as the last submarine in Danish service. It was also the only submarine to ever participate in hostilities. Sælen is a small diesel-electric submarine, particularly suited for operations in coastal waters where it could encroach without detection. It was armed with eight torpedo tubes and could deploy naval specials forces. When visiting the submarine, you can experience the living conditions of the 24 crew members. During the Cold War, submarines of the Royal Danish Navy were feared by the enemy due to their stealth and low detectability. In 2002, Sælen participated in NATO counter-terrorism operations in the Mediterranean. Shortly before its return to Denmark, the submarine was redirected to the Arabian Gulf where it, along with the Corvette Olfert Fischer, conducted crucial operations during the second war in Iraq. Sælen was decommissioned in 2004.