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Linger with marble gods under the palm leaves and glass dome of the very
soothing winter garden. Designers, figuring Danes would be more interested
in a lush garden than in classical art, used this wonderful space as leafy bait to
cleverlyintroducelocalstoafewGreekandRomanstatues.(Itworksfortour-
ists, too.) One of the original
Thinker
sculptures by Rodin (wondering how to
scale the Tivoli fence?) is in the museum's backyard.
▲▲▲National Museum
—Focus on this museum's excellent and curiously
enjoyable Danish collection, which traces this civilization fromits ancient be-
ginnings. Its prehistoric collection is the best of its kind in Scandinavia. Ex-
hibits are laid out chronologically and are eloquently described in English.
Cost and Hours:
Free, Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, closed Mon, mandatory
lockers take a 10-kr coin that will be returned, enter at Ny Vestergade 10, tel.
