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The
Amalienborg Museum
The museum in Christian VIII's Mansion at Amalienborg Palace is a continuation of the Royal Collections at Rosenborg Castle. With the arrangement of Frederik VII's Room in the late 19th century, Rosenborg's exhibitions on the Oldenburg Kings were complete. The limited space at the Castle was then used to its limit. If the reigns of later Kings were to be illustrated, it would have to be at a different location.
When Christian VIII's Mansion was restored in 1994 a museum was established on the ground floor. It houses exhibitions covering the period 1863-1972 and spans four generations of the Glücksburg line: Christian IX, Frederik VIII, Christian X and Frederik IX.
The history of
Amalienborg
Palace
Amalienborg Palace is named after Frederik III's Queen, Sophie Amalie, who had the Sophie Amalienborg Palace built on the site in 1667-1673. The Palace burned down in 1689, but the Palace garden remained until 1748, when it had to make way for Frederiksstaden, the new part of the city Frederik V had laid out on the occasion of the 300 years anniversary of the Oldenburg line.
Taking a French model, the architect Nicolai Eigtved gave the new quarter a monumental centre in the present Amalienborg Palace: an octagonal courtyard with an equestrian statue of the King at the centre, surrounded by four identical Rococo mansions. The courtyard is cut by two perpendicular streets, of which the grandest leads from the harbour, then the main artery of Copenhagen, to the Marble Church. One of Europe's finest examples of the staging of Absolutism, Amalienborg Palace was occupied by several noble families until the Royal Family moved in after Christiansborg Palace burned down in 1794.
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Admission
prices
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Guided
tours
The Amalienborg Museum offers guided tours for groups. A tour lasts approximately 1 hour.
Prices:
Guided tours in Danish
Monday – Friday: Kr. 660 + admission
Saturday – Sunday: Kr. 770 + admission
Guided tours in English and French
Monday – Friday: Kr. 770 + admission
Saturday – Sunday: Kr. 880 + admission
Guided tours outside normal opening hours can be arranged in return for extra payment towards guarding expenses.
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How
to find Amalienborg
Palace
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Access
for the disabled
The exhibitions can be reached by a lift. Wheelchairs are for loan for the walking-impaired.
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