The Danish Natural History Museum

The Danish Natural History Museum, officially the Natural History Museum of Denmark (Statens Naturhistoriske Museum), is Denmark’s national museum for natural history, housed in the former Geological Museum building at Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 København K, right in the corner of the Botanical Garden near Nørreport Station. It was formally established on 1 January 2004 by merging the Zoological Museum, Geological Museum, Botanical Museum, and Botanic Garden, all under the University of Copenhagen. The venue features the Mineral Hall with striking crystal displays, rotating special exhibitions, and access to the adjacent Palm House and Butterfly House in the Botanical Garden. It opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, with extended hours until 21:00 on Wednesdays, and is closed on Mondays except in July, August, and during school holidays. Note that these exhibitions will close after 1 November 2026 as the museum prepares to move to its new subterranean building at Sølvtorvet in the Botanical Garden, opening in spring 2027.