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Back on Floor 8, stroll through the manageable permanent collection of
works from 1770 to 1930. Paintings dating from the
Danish Golden Age
(1800-1850) are evocative of the dewy-eyed Romanticism that swept Europe
during that era: pastoral scenes of flat Danish countryside and seascapes,
slices of peasant life, aristocratic portraits, “postcards” from travels to the
Mediterraneanworld,andpoignantscenesofdeparturesandarrivalsatDanish
seaports. The
Danish Modernist
section, next, mostly feels derivative of big-
name artists (you'll see the Danish answers to Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani,
and others).
Continue down the spiral staircase, past various temporary exhibits. On
Floor 5, take a spin through the
contemporary art gallery,
featuring art (in-
cluding many multimedia installations) since 1980. Like the rest of this mu-
seum, these high-concept, navel-gazing works are well-presented and very ac-
cessible.
▲▲Den Gamle By
—“The Old Town” open-air folk museum has 75 half-
timbered houses and craft shops. Unlike other Scandinavian open-air mu-
seums that focus on rural folk life, Den Gamle By is designed to give you
the best possible look at Danish urban life in centuries past. A fine botanical
garden is next door.
