Den Gamle By and all its many museums
Den Gamle By (The Old Town Museum) is Denmark's national open air museum of urban history and culture – and a perfectly unique attraction with many other smaller museums and exhibitions on site as well. Den Gamle By is in constant motion, and below is an overview of just some of the lots of exciting things you can see and do. In addition to these there is a huge number of activities and events going on in Den Gamle By every year.
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Den Gamle By - The Old Town
The 'Den Gamle By' (The Old Town) is a perfectly unique attraction in Aarhus for the whole family to go on fascinating journey back in history. The museum is awarded the maximum three stars in the Mic...
Remember the 1970s
Do you remember 1970s? Experience an entire neighbourhood from 1974 in Den Gamle By, The Old Town Museum. You can visit six different homes, a pastry shop, a radio and TV shop and a gynaecologist's cl...
The Danish Poster Museum
Dansk Plakatmuseum (The Danish Poster Museum) is a unique cultural-historical museum, established as a private foundation with its own exhibition space in an extension to the Aarhus Art Building.
Grea...
The Toy Museum
Den Gamle By - The Old Town Museum has several exhibits within the museum. The Toy Museum presents the guest to approximately 5000 toys from the 1600s to the mid-1990s. You can experience porcelain do...
The Decorative Arts Gallery
The Decorative Arts Gallery shows the exhibitions of silverware, clocks and watches, porcelain, and delftware. The high-security Decorative Arts Gallery in the 'Den Gamle By' (The Old Town) opens with...
Museum shop Merchants House
In 'Den Gamle By' - The Old Town Museum, trade is very much a part of the historical experience. Here you can buy wares which cannot be found anywhere else, and which are bound to make your visit to t...
Jazz bar Bent J
The legendary local Bent J pub now has its very own place in 'Den Gamle By' where you can enter the old jazz bar and see it come to life in the urban museum's new 1974 town district.
A charming piece ...