About
Designmuseum Danmark is Denmark's national museum of design and applied art, set in Copenhagen in the former Frederiks Hospital, a building that dates from the 18th century. For visitors interested in how everyday objects are made and shaped, it makes a focused and rewarding stop in the Danish capital.
What you will see
The collections cover a broad range of disciplines, with Danish work at their heart and international pieces alongside it:
- Furniture, including the permanent exhibition The Danish Chair – a Cultural History, which traces the chair as an object of design and daily life
- Fashion and textiles
- Ceramics
- Graphic design
The building and the visit
The museum's home is itself part of the experience. Walking through a historic hospital building, with its older architecture around the displays, gives the visit a sense of continuity between the past and the design objects on show. The museum suits a slower visit of an hour or more, particularly for anyone with an interest in furniture, craft, or the history of Scandinavian design.
Around the museum
Copenhagen is compact, so the museum is easy to combine with other stops in the city. Its collections make a natural complement to a wider exploration of Danish design, whether you are browsing the shops and galleries nearby or planning the rest of your time in the city around your interests.
