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Military Museums In Denmark
In Denmark you find a number of military museums showing exhibitions on military subjects and providing information on Danish or international military history. These museums may be state funded or private foundations. These military museums may cover one or more services of the Military of Denmark, which comprises: * The Army * the Air Force * The Navy * The Home Guard The following museums show exhibitions on the Army: * The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum in Copenhagen * Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum Dybbøl Banke Museum and History Centre Southern Jutland * Forsvarsmuseet at Bornholm http://formus.dk/ * The Artillery Museum at Varde Exhibitions on the Air Force are found at: * Denmark's Air Force Museum at Stauning * Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum The following museums show exhibitions on the navy: * Royal Danish Naval Museum * Aalborg Søfarts- og Marinemuseum Exhibitions on the Home Guard are found at: * Home Guard M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Museums In Denmark
In Denmark you find a number of military museums showing exhibitions on military subjects and providing information on Danish or international military history. These museums may be state funded or private foundations. These military museums may cover one or more services of the Military of Denmark, which comprises: * The Army * the Air Force * The Navy * The Home Guard The following museums show exhibitions on the Army: * The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum in Copenhagen * Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum Dybbøl Banke Museum and History Centre Southern Jutland * Forsvarsmuseet at Bornholm http://formus.dk/ * The Artillery Museum at Varde Exhibitions on the Air Force are found at: * Denmark's Air Force Museum at Stauning * Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum The following museums show exhibitions on the navy: * Royal Danish Naval Museum * Aalborg Søfarts- og Marinemuseum Exhibitions on the Home Guard are found at: * Home Guard M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
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Military Of Denmark
Danish Defence ( da, Forsvaret, fo, Danska verjan, kl, Illersuisut) is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Defence also promote Denmark's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. Since the creation of a standing military in 1510, the armed forces have seen action in many wars, most involving Sweden, but also involving the world's great powers, including the Thirty Years' War, the Great Northern War, and the Napoleonic Wars. Today, Danish Defence consists of: the Royal Danish Army, Denmark's principal land warfare branch; the Royal Danish Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the Royal Danish Air Force, an air force with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The Defence also includes the Home Guard. Under the Danish Defence Law the Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Danish Arsenal Museum
The Danish War Museum (Danish language, Danish: Krigsmuseet) is a museum of military history and arms on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in Christian IV's Arsenal (Danish: Tøjhuset), from which it takes its former name. On 1 July 2018, the name was changed from the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum ( da, Tøjhusmuseet) to The Danish War Museum, in order to make it easier for guest to discern the nature of the museum. History Tøjhuset was built from 1593 to 1604 as an arsenal, part of a new naval harbour constructed by Christian IV. It is 163 metres long and built around a central harbour basin. The building served as an arsenal well into the 19th century but already from the 1680s, it also housed historic collections. In the 1880s the building had become too small and a new arsenal was constructed in what is now known as the district Islands Brygge. In 1926 the current museum was founded in the building. Outside the Tøjhus building, facing the harbour, st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence And Garrison Museum
The Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum ( da, Aalborg Forsvars- og Garnisonsmuseum, links=no) is a military museum in Aalborg, Denmark that covers all branches (except naval) of Danish defence organizations. History The museum is located in a seaplane hangar, built by German occupation forces during World War II. The German seaplane base Seefliegerhorst Aalborg was established there in 1940. Following the war, the hangar was used as a storage depot for equipment of the Danish Civil Defence Forces. In August 2001, the hangar was provided to the Garrison Historical Society of Aalborg for the creation of a military museum. The building was renovated and the museum opened on 22 June 2002. In 2009 a second exhibition hall was opened creating a total exhibit area of approximately . Exhibits The museum covers most branches of Danish defence organizations—the Danish Navy was excluded because it was already represented in the city's maritime museum. The branches include the Royal Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danmarks Flymuseum
The Danmarks Flymuseum is a museum located at Stauning Vestjylland Airport, Stauning Airport in Stauning (village), Stauning, Denmark. It has a collection of around 70 aircraft from the period 1911 until 2000. Around 60 aircraft are on display. The collection includes gliders, fighter planes and helicopters. Many are still airworthy. The collection is considered part of Military museums in Denmark, Denmark's Air Force Museum as it hosts the collection of the Royal Danish Air Force. The museum has a restoration department which restores and maintains aircraft. Stauning Airport is also home of a yearly vintage aircraft rally. Denmark. References External links * Museums with year of establishment missing Air force museums Military and war museums in Denmark Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality {{Denmark-museum-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Danish Naval Museum
The Royal Danish Naval Museum (Danish: Orlogsmuseet) is a museum dedicated to the history of the Royal Danish Navy. The displays include a collection of naval models which dates back to late 17th century. The museum is based in ''Søkvæsthuset'', a former naval hospice which overlooks Christianshavn Canal. The museum is a branch of the Museum of Military History which also includes the Tøjhus Museum at Slotsholmen and three museum ships, the frigate HDMS Peder Skram, the fast attack craft HDMS Sehested'', and the submarine HDMS Sælen, all located at Holmen. History The museum traces its history back to the foundation of the Royal Model Collection which dates back to the 17th century when it became common practice to build accurate models of ships, or detail models of components of them or their fittings, as part of the ship building process. In 1773 the collection was installed at Gammelholm but later passed into oblivion. The 1830s saw a renewed interest in ship models, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalborg Søfarts- Og Marinemuseum
Aalborg Søfarts- og Marinemuseum is a marine museum located on the wharf of Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ..., Denmark. Inaugurated on 24 May 1992, by Margrethe II of Denmark, the museum's collections have been expanded considerably since opening. They now include an extensive collection of ship radios and navigation instruments, showing the development of such tools. References External linksOfficial site Museums in Aalborg Maritime museums in Denmark Museums established in 1992 {{Denmark-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea War Museum Jutland
The Sea War Museum Jutland is a war museum in Thyborøn, Jutland, Denmark. It was founded by Gert Normann Andersen and was opened on am 15 September 2015. It is about the Battle of Jutland, which took place during World War I, on 31 May 1916. Attached to the museum is the Jutland Memorial Park, which commemorates the 8,645 sailors from both the United Kingdom and Germany who died in the battle. Museum exhibitions The museum includes the following: *British and German U-boats * The Battle of Jutland * Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914), The Battle of Heligoland Bight * Battle of Dogger Bank (1915), The Battle of Dogger Bank * The air war over the North Sea * RMS Lusitania, RMS ''Lusitania'' and ''SM U-20 (Germany), U-20'' exhibition * Seamine exhibition * Torpedo exhibition * Marine archaeology The Sea War Museum Jutland not only tells the story about the Battle of Jutland but also about four years of war, which was fought on, above and below the surface of the sea. It was four br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
