Denmark's Best Museums 2026

Denmark's best museums are treasure troves that offer a unique mix of past and present, tradition and innovation. These cultural oases are more than just repositories for art and historical artifacts. They are platforms that communicate history in ways that speak to today's audiences, integrate modern technology to create immersive experiences and demonstrate a deep commitment to preserving and communicating Danish cultural heritage. These museums stand out not only for their collections, but also for their ability to create memorable experiences that enrich, educate and inspire visitors of all ages.

That is why we at OpdagDanmark have launched the vote for Denmark's Best Museums! We do this to pay tribute to the experiences that make exploring our heritage and culture exciting.

Denmark's Best Museums

In order to find and vote for Denmark's best museums, we have created a poll where you can vote for your local candidate in the best X-Factor style via SMS or through our app. Along the way, we also find winners for the best museums in North Jutland, Central Jutland, South Jutland, Funen & Islands and Zealand & Islands

2026

You have the opportunity to nominate your favorite place until October 12th at 12:00, after which the voting will start.

Nominate in the field below👇

Starting on 12/10 2026 at 12:00

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Aalborg Defense and Garrison Museum

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Boldrup Museum, Nørager

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Børglum Monastery, Vrå

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Bornholm Museum, Rønne

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Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt's Museum, Herning

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David Collection, Copenhagen

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Deep Forest Art Land, Kibaek

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The Old Town, Aarhus C

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The Green Museum, Auning

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The Green Museum, Auning

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Frederikshavn Art Museum

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Open-air museum Hjerl Hede, Holstebro

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The Open Air Museum, Kongens Lyngby

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Old Estrup, Auning

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Grey Friars Monastery Museum, Aalborg

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HEART Museum, Herning

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Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen

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Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro

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Cold War Museum REGAN West, Skørping

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The Arts, Aalborg

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Bangsbo Coastal Museum, Frederikshavn

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Laesoe Museum, Laesoe

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Medical Museum, Copenhagen

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Mechanical Museum, Hjallerup

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Museum of Paper Art, Blokhus

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Museum of Illusions, Copenhagen

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Museum East Jutland, Randers C

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The National Museum, Copenhagen K

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New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen V

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East Funen Museums, Kerteminde

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Skagen Teddy Bear Museum, Skagen

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Skagen Museum, Skagen

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SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

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Thorslundgård, Skamby

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Trapholt, Kolding

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Vendsyssel Historical Museum, Hjørring

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West Himmerland Museum, Aars

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Wellings Village Museum, Lintrup

No participants were found.

2025

See the winners of the 2025 vote👇

Congratulations to:

Børglum Monastery, Vrå

DENMARK'S BEST MUSEUM 2025

...and congratulations to the top 3 winners in regions and nationally:

Denmark's Top 3 Museums:

🥇 Børglum Monastery, Vrå
🥈 Vendsyssel Historical Museum
🥉 East Funen Museums, Kerteminde

Top 3 in North Jutland:

🥇 Børglum Monastery, Vrå
🥈 Vendsyssel Historical Museum
🥉 The Hessel Manor Museum, Farsø

Top 3 in Central Jutland:

🥇 Daugbjerg Limestone Mines, Viborg
🥈 Art Center Silkeborg Bad
🥉 VW & Retro Museum, Ulfborg

Top 3 in South Jutland:

🥇 Art Museum Panbo, Aabenraa
🥈 Wellings Village Museum, Lintrup
🥉 Tirpitz, Blåvand

Top 3 on Funen & Islands:

🥇 East Funen Museums, Kerteminde
🥈 Time Collection, Odense C
🥉 Marstal Maritime Museum

Top 3 on Zealand & Islands:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The Medieval Centre, Nykobing F
🥉 Technical Museum of Denmark, Helsingør

The final position

Ended on. 14/10 2025 at 1:00 PM

Total number of votes: 1998

1

Børglum Monastery, Vrå

509 votes

2

Vendsyssel Historical Museum, Hjørring

452 votes

3

East Funen Museums, Kerteminde

331 votes

4

Nyvang Adventure Center, Holbæk

143 votes

5

The Collection of Time, Odense C

86 votes

6

Art Museum Panbo, Aabenraa

66 votes

7

The Hessel Manor Museum, Farsø

58 votes

8

Daugbjerg Limestone Mines, Viborg

51 votes

9

Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg

39 votes

10

Wellings Village Museum, Lintrup

37 votes

11

The Parish Sheriff's House Museum, Frederikshavn

27 votes

11

VW & Retro Museum, Ulfborg

27 votes

13

Marstal Maritime Museum

26 votes

14

Museum Ovartaci, Aarhus N

19 votes

15

The Rebild Center with Thingbæk Lime Mines, Skørping

18 votes

16

The Medieval Center, Nykøbing F

17 votes

17

Museum of Paper Art, Blokhus

15 votes

18

Technical Museum of Denmark, Helsingør

10 votes

19

Køge Maritime Model Builders Guild

9 votes

19

Mönsted Limestone Mines, Stoholm

9 votes

21

Memory Lane Rock Museum, Knebel

8 votes

22

Faaborg Museum

5 votes

22

PRISON MUSEUM, Horsens

5 votes

24

Old Estrup, Auning

4 votes

25

Museum Give

3 votes

25

Museum Lolland-Falster, Nykøbing F

3 votes

25

Tirpitz, Blåvand

3 votes

28

Open-air museum Hjerl Hede, Holstebro

2 votes

28

Horsens Art Museum

2 votes

28

The museums in Fredericia

2 votes

28

The road art museum

2 votes

32

CLAY Ceramics Museum Denmark, Middelfart

1 vote

32

Escape, Oksbøl

1 vote

32

Karen Blixen Museum, Rungsted Coast

1 vote

32

Cold War Museum REGAN West, Skørping

1 vote

32

Korsør City and Ferry Museum

1 vote

32

Salling Museum, Skive

1 vote

32

Peter Freuchen Society, Nakskov

1 vote

32

The Land of Legends, Lejre

1 vote

32

Science Museums, Aarhus C

1 vote

32

Stranding Museum St. George, Ulfborg

1 vote

44Møen, Askeby

0 votes

Aalborg Defense and Garrison Museum

0 votes

Aero Museum

0 votes

The prison, Faaborg

0 votes

Ballerup Museum

0 votes

Bornholm Defense Museum, Rønne

0 votes

Egedal Archives and Museum, Stenløse

0 votes

Esbjerg Art Museum

0 votes

Esrum Monastery, Graested

0 votes

Fredensborg Museum, Kokkedal

0 votes

Frederikshavn Art Museum

0 votes

Frello Museum, Varde

0 votes

Furesø Museums, Farum

0 votes

GeoCenter Møns Klint, Borre

0 votes

Heerup Museum, Rødovre

0 votes

History Haderslev

0 votes

Holstebro Museum

0 votes

IKONO - Immersive Art Museum, Copenhagen

0 votes

Industrial Museum Frederik's Works

0 votes

Industrial Museum, Horsens

0 votes

The Kastrup Farm Collection

0 votes

Kroppedal Museum, Taastrup

0 votes

Art Center Silkeborg Bad

0 votes

Lemvig Museum

0 votes

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde

0 votes

Museum ERNST, Assens

0 votes

Museum Jorn, Silkeborg

0 votes

Museum Central Denmark Region, Herning

0 votes

Museum North Zealand, Hillerød

0 votes

Museum East Jutland, Randers C

0 votes

Museum Silkeborg

0 votes

Museum Skanderborg

0 votes

Museum Service, Kjellerup

0 votes

Nakskov Fire Museum

0 votes

Nakskov Ship and Maritime Museum

0 votes

NatArk, Højbjerg

0 votes

Nexo Museum

0 votes

North Jutland Coastal Museum, Frederikshavn

0 votes

New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen V

0 votes

Archipelago Museum Faaborg

0 votes

Vestvolden Experience Center, Rødovre

0 votes

East Zealand Museum, Faxe

0 votes

Ribe VikingeCenter

0 votes

Rings Museum

0 votes

Rudersdal Museums, Nærum

0 votes

Skovgaard Museum, Viborg

0 votes

Struer Museum, Struer

0 votes

Southwest Jutland Museums, Ribe

0 votes

VejleMuseerne

0 votes

Vendsyssel Art Museum, Hjørring

0 votes

West Jutland Art Museum, Videbæk

0 votes

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2025

  1. Voting period:
    7 October at 12.00 – 14 October at 1 p.m
  2. On October 14th at 1:00 PM we will choose winners for North Jutland, Central Jutland, South Jutland, Funen & Islands, Zealand & Islands and of course all of Denmark.
  3. The top 10 for all of Denmark and the winner in each region will get a place on our map of Denmark's best experiences. In addition, all places that receive over 100 votes will also get a place on the map. 

To ensure that voting is fair and equal for everyone, there are rules about what is and is not allowed. For example, it is strictly forbidden to offer competitions and prizes to get people to vote.

Read more about the rules by clicking the button here:

To make it easy to vote for you, we have created graphics for sharing online and offline. You can download your graphics hereIt is also possible to download QR codes for free use, but it is important to note that an SMS costs 3 DKK.

How to do it:
  • Find your favorite on the list
  • Send an SMS with the location code to 1214 (it costs 3 DKK + regular rate)
  • You will receive a response thanking you for your vote.
  • Why isn't my vote going through? If you do not receive a return SMS, your vote has not been counted. In that case, it is because your number does not allow content-based SMS, e.g. because it is a calling card, business number or because you simply have not enabled it yet on your subscription.
  • Why does it cost money to vote? To ensure that only people who really want to vote for a favorite, we use a 4-digit number (1214) to receive votes. This means that it costs a little, but in return it is much easier to vote and at the same time we avoid cheating with airtime cards, SMS gateways, etc.

2024

Congratulations to:

VW & Retro Museum, Ulfborg

DENMARK'S BEST MUSEUM 2024 

...and congratulations to the top 3 winners in regions and nationally:

Denmark's Top 3 Museums:

🥇 VW & Retro Museum, Ulfborg
🥈 Søby Brown Coal Museum, Herning
🥉 Børglum Monastery, Vrå

Top 3 in North Jutland:

🥇 Børglum Monastery, Vrå
🥈 Vendsyssel Art Museum🥉 Vendsyssel Historical Museum

Top 3 in Central Jutland:

🥇 VW & Retro Museum, Ulfborg
🥈 Søby Brown Coal Museum, Herning
🥉 Museum Overtaci, Aarhus 

Top 3 in South Jutland:

🥇 Fanø Art Museum
🥈 Ecolariet, Vejle
🥉 Koldinghus, Kolding

Top 3 on Funen & Islands:

🥇 Cold War Museum Langelandsfort, Bagenkop
🥈 Egeskov Castle, Kværndrup
🥉 CLAY Ceramic Museum Denmark, Middelfart

Top 3 on Zealand & Islands:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The legendary land of Lejre, Lejre
🥉 Evolution Museum, Maribo

The final position

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2024

It is once again time to find out where to find the best museum experiences in the kingdom. We are now ready with this year's programme:

  • Nominations: Until 20 November
  • Voting: 21 November at 12.00 – 28 November at 1 p.m
Details of this year's poll:
  1. All the museums that receive over 250 votes get a place on the map of Denmark's best museums 2024. 
  2. 28 November at 1 p.m. we will choose the winners and top 3 for North Jutland, Central Jutland, South Jutland, Funen & Islands, Zealand & Islands and of course the whole of Denmark

The nominees:

Denmark's Top 3 Museums:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The Medieval Centre, Nykøbing Falster
🥉 East Funen Museums, Kerteminde

Top 3 in North Jutland:

🥇 Vendsyssel Art Museum
🥈 Vendsyssel Historical Museum
🥉 Museum Mors, Nykøbing Mors

Top 3 in Central Jutland:

🥇 The Industrial Museum, Horsens
🥈 Museum Skanderborg
🥉 Skovgaard Museum

Top 3 in South Jutland:

🥇 Esbjerg Art Museum
🥈 Ribe Art Museum
🥉 Museum Sønderskov

Top 3 on Funen & Islands:

🥇 East Funen Art Museums
🥈 Marstal Maritime Museum
🥉 Faaborg Museum

Top 3 on Zealand & Islands:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The Medieval Centre, Nykøbing Falster
🥉 Heerup Museum

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2023

For the first time, we must have found the country's best museum experiences!
This year's program looks like this:

  • Nominations: Until 7 December
  • Voting: 7 December at 08.00 to 14 December at 1 p.m
Details of this year's poll:
  1. All the museums that receive over 250 votes get a place on the map of Denmark's best museums 2023. 
  2. 14 December at At 1 p.m. we choose the winners and top 3 for North Jutland, Central Jutland, South Jutland, Funen, Zealand and of course the whole of Denmark.

Congratulations to:

Experience center Nyvang

DENMARK'S BEST MUSEUM 2023 

...and congratulations to the top 3 winners in regions and nationally:

Denmark's Top 3 Museums:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The Medieval Centre, Nykøbing Falster
🥉 East Funen Museums, Kerteminde

Top 3 in North Jutland:

🥇 Vendsyssel Art Museum
🥈 Vendsyssel Historical Museum
🥉 Museum Mors, Nykøbing Mors

Top 3 in Central Jutland:

🥇 The Industrial Museum, Horsens
🥈 Museum Skanderborg
🥉 Skovgaard Museum

Top 3 in South Jutland:

🥇 Esbjerg Art Museum
🥈 Ribe Art Museum
🥉 Museum Sønderskov

Top 3 on Funen & Islands:

🥇 East Funen Art Museums
🥈 Marstal Maritime Museum
🥉 Faaborg Museum

Top 3 on Zealand & Islands:

🥇 Experience center Nyvang, Holbaek
🥈 The Medieval Centre, Nykøbing Falster
🥉 Heerup Museum

The final position ended as follows:

ATTENTION! Unfortunately, a human error has meant that it has been possible to vote more than once per participant. Of course, that is not the intention, and therefore on Wednesday 13 December we will remove excess votes, so that only one vote will be registered for each telephone number. We apologize for the error.

UPDATE: All duplicate votes have now been removed, so the position is correct
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9 comments

  1. Dorte Madsen

    The Green Museum is a lovely place where you can have experiences both indoors and outdoors. There are experiences for both children and adults, and volunteers often help bring the museum to life.

  2. Annette

    Egholm Museum, probably Denmark's largest privately owned museum with unique objects from the Second World War, objects from the war that only exist in one copy, namely the one at Egholm. A story worth experiencing and listening to. Egholm museum? Church Hyllinge

  3. Discover Denmark's editorial staff

    hello Ole

    It is unfortunately a human error that has made it possible to vote without restriction. This has now been rectified and all the votes from phone numbers that have already voted have now been removed.

    Mvh Lau / Discover Denmark

  4. Just saw your list of museums and can see that it is too late to join. I would like to bring Denmark's Aviation Museum to next year if possible. We are visited annually by approx. 25,000 people, where they get a unique experience of flying. From Ellehammer 1906 to the F-16 today, Seasoned with an exhibition of objects, vehicles and lots of information.

  5. Ole Hansen

    CHEATING CHEATING CHEATING

    I was in to vote yesterday, December 9, and here the first 2 on the list had around 800 votes. This morning, December 10. Do they have over 2300 votes each.
    I have just tried to vote several times by voting on an SMS and it turns out that you can easily vote several times.
    On that basis, this vote must be declared invalid and only started once security is under control.

    Sincerely
    Ole Hansen

  6. Christiane Rasmussen

    Small, very interesting city museum, i.a. with knitting museum

  7. Lene Feldthus Andersen

    Hello Discover Denmark

    Your nomination form is incomplete.

    You have to choose a region, but you do not have all regions as an option, e.g. Bornholm/Hovedstaden.

    I have nominated the wonderful ceramic history museum and living workshop Hjorths Fabrik in Rønne on Boenholm. And had to choose Zealand as the region Something of an insinuation

    I really hope that you specify the right area for the museum - and correct the choice of regions

    The best greetings

    Lene Feldthus

  8. Anette Jorgensen

    The Sognefogedgården museum is an old farmstead from the 15th century. The farm was a fiefdom under Knivholt Hovedgård. It is one of the few remains of the old Vester-Flade in what used to be Fladstrand, now Frederikshavn.
    Sognefogedgården is the only place in Frederikshavn where you can experience how people lived in the area 100 years ago. Here, guided tours tell funny anecdotes about the farm's last owner, Peter Munk, who was a millionaire.
    The farm is today a museum, and stands almost as it did when Peter Munk owned the farm, and looks like it did around the year 1900. Worth a visit, where you get an insight into life in the area at the beginning of the 20th century.
    The museum gives visitors the feeling that those who lived here have just gone for a walk.
    They tell the story of ordinary Frederikshavners while they walk dressed like the old days.
    Chickens and ducks walk around the farmyard, and the ponies in the paddock in the field. It gives a real Morten Korch atmosphere in the middle of the city.

  9. Bjarne Pedersen

    The museum describes itself as the guardian of memories and does its best to preserve the memories of the good old days, when fun and togetherness were paramount and everything went not so fast.
    The VW & Retro Museum is a privately owned museum with an impressive collection of 20 old folk cars, special trailers and caravans, mopeds, bicycles and lots of retro things, which fit in vintage with the 1950s to the 1980s.
    In addition, there are many original exhibitions and collections of photo shops, the utility room, grocer, hairdresser, post office, radio shop.

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