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it on everyday town life in the 16th and 17th centuries, and, in Room 126, a
unique “cylinder perspective” of the noble family (from 1656) and two peep
shows. (Don't get too excited—they're just church interiors.)
The next floor takes you into
modern times,
with historic toys and a slice-
of-Danish-life (1600-2000) gallery where you'll see everything from rifles
and old bras to early jukeboxes. You'll learn that the Danish Golden Age
(which dominates most art museums in Denmark) captured the everyday pas-
toral beauty of the countryside, celebrated Denmark's smallness and peace-
loving nature, and mixed in some Nordic mythology. With industrialization
came the labor movement and trade unions. After delving into the World
Wars, Baby Boomers, creation of the postwar welfare state, and the “De-
pressed Decade” of the 1980s (when Denmark suffered high unemployment),
the collection is capped off by a stall that, until recently, was used for selling
marijuana in the squatters' community of Christiania.
The Rest of the Museum:
If you're eager for more, there's plenty left to
see.TheNationalMuseumalsohasexhibitsonthehistoryofthisbuilding(the
Prince's Palace), a large ethnology collection, antiquities, coins and medal-
lions, temporary exhibits, and a good children's museum. The floor plan will
lead you to what you want to see.
