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Museums in Odense

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Did you know that Odense is the city with the most museums outside the metropolitan area? From Vikings to women's fashion, from skeletons to the composer Carl Nielsen and our world-famous poet Hans Christian Andersen. You can easily spend several days in Odense if museums are your thing.

Museums in the city centre

These museums you can easily visit on foot in Odense city centre. The next museum is never more than 15 minutes away and the only limit to what you can experience in a day is yourself.

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Hans Christian Andersen House
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Hans Christian Andersen House

H.C. Andersen's House - a world you thought you knew - Visit the newly built H.C. Andersen House in the historic quarter.

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Hans C. Andersen's Childhood Home
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Hans C. Andersen's Childhood Home

In Munkemøllestræde, close to the Odense Cathedral, the river and the Fairytale Garden, you will find the little yellow half-timbered house where Hans Christian Andersen lived with his parents from th...

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Odense City Museum Møntergaarden
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Odense City Museum Møntergaarden

In the heart of Odense's historic district is Møntergården – a cultural oasis comprising lovely courtyards and beautiful buildings from the 16th century to the present day.

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Carl Nielsen Museum
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Carl Nielsen Museum

Denmark's most famous composer came from humble beginnings. As a composer, Carl Nielsen constantly pushed the boundaries. The result was bold symphonies and compositions, but also songs that have beco...

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Art Museum Brandts
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Art Museum Brandts

At Art Museum Brandts, you can quickly spend a whole day among the masters of the past as well as the talents of contemporary art.

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Museum of Everyday Life in the 20th Century
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Museum of Everyday Life in the 20th Century

Tidens Samling is an everyday museum of fashion, design and interior decoration in the 20th century. There are two exhibitions, the permanent one and a special exhibition.

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The Danish Railway Museum
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The Danish Railway Museum

The Danish Railway Museum is located in the centre of Odense and is an ideal destination for the whole family. Feel the history as you get up close and personal with the large locomotives and beautifu...

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The Funen Military History Museum
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The Funen Military History Museum

At the Funen Military History Museum, you can dive into the Funen war history, the history of the Funen soldiers, the Funen resistance movement and the Funen Home Guard. The story of the Funen militar...

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Museums outside the city centre

To visit these  museums you need  a bicycle, a car or perhaps you can test the Odense Light Rail. But we promise it's worth the trip.

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Odense Bunker Museum
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Odense Bunker Museum

Would you like to explore a fully intact 450 m2 nuclear bunker from the 1950s?

This bunker has been restored to pristine condition and includes a majority of the original artefacts from the cold war ...

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The Funen Village - Open Air Museum
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The Funen Village - Open Air Museum

The Funen Village focuses on past experiences of living circularly and in closer harmony with nature, and how the past can inspire sustainability in everyday life today. All buildings date from the 18...

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Odin's Odense - Iron Age and Viking Age
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Odin's Odense - Iron Age and Viking Age

Welcome to our history - Discover our living past in a village that shows life in the Iron Age and the Viking Age, which lasted from app. 500 BC to about 1100 AD. In Odin's Odense, you can try for you...

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