Amalienborg Museum

The Amalienborg Museum, like Rosenborg Castle, is part of The Chronological Collection of the Danish Kings. It is the Royal House’s own museum presenting royal culture and background to the general public.

It presents culture that concerns us all. Not merely because the history of Denmark is being told, but throughout history the Royal Household has served as a model with respect to taste and customs that the population, with varying time lags, has imitated and adopted.

When the Rosenborg Collection was opened to the public in the 1830s, the objective was to tell the history of the House of Oldenborg in the past as well as the present. Since the opening of the Amalienborg Museum in 1994, the same objective has been pursued. Focus has, however, been placed on the House of Glücksborg, which in 1863 succeeded the House of Oldenborg. Thus, the permanent collection covers the period from 1863 to 1972.

The Museum presents a number of private interiors. They reflect the personalities of various members of the Royal House as well as the changing styles of interior design from the Victorian age to our time.

In “Guldburet” (the Golden Cage), which is the treasury of the Museum, jewellery and precious objects of art are on view. Among other things, there are several works of Fabergé, the famous Russian crown jeweller, who prior to the Russian Revolution provided the Imperial Court with presents.

In addition, the Museum holds a major collection of costumes, some of which are often placed on view.

There are, furthermore, special exhibitions on an ongoing basis. They present subjects of historical as well as present interest against the background of the royal environment

For further information about the Amalienborg Museum, please visite the website.