Museum Odense (Until 2022: ''Odense City Museums'', da, Odense Bys Museer) is a self-governing museum institution in

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

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. The first Museum in

opened in 1860 under the name ''Nordisk Museum'' located in

Odense Palace Odense Palace ( da, Odense Slot) in the city of Odense on the Danish island of Funen has its origins in a 15th-century monastery which passed to the Crown after the Reformation, and since then has served as an administrative building: in turn as ...

. During 1885 it moved to a newly erected building, a few hundred meters from ''Odense Palace'' – this building today houses the Funen Art Museum, was renamed to ''Museum Civitatis Othiniensis'' and came under

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

administration. In 1904 the name changed to ''Fyns Stiftsmuseum''. During the next many years new museums opened (and closed), got renamed and moved around. Starting in 1997, ''Odense City Museums'' has been run as one museum with the formerly independent museums around the city as departments. In 2018 the museum organisation became a self-governing organisation. And in september 2022 the name was changed from ''Odense City Museums'' to ''Museum Odense''.

Museums

* Hans Christian Andersen House (''H.C. Andersen Museum'', ), The main, original 1908, museum for the author H.C. Andersen, rebuilt by

Kengo Kuma is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings ...

in 2021. The museum site includes the original house where Andersen was born. * Hans Christian Andersen's Childhood Home (). The house where the danish author

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

lived from he was 2-14 years old. *

The Funen Village The Funen Village ( da, Den Fynske Landsby) is an open-air museum located in the neighborhood of Fruens Bøge in Odense, Denmark. History The Funen Village was founded as a public works project in 1942, during the German occupation of Denmark. ...

() -

open-air museum An open-air museum (or open air museum) is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum. Definition Open air is “the unconfined atmosphere� ...

with original buildings from

19th century The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolis ...

Carl Nielsen Museum The Carl Nielsen Museum (''Carl Nielsen Museet'') is a museum in Odense, Denmark. The museum is located as an extension on the northwestern side of the Odense Concert Hall . History The museum operates as a part of the Odense City Museums. The ...

() - Museum for the composer

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

* Carl Nielsen's Childhood home () - The house in Nørre Lyndelse,

where the composer

grew up * Møntergården () – Contains the remains of the Koelbjerg Man (c. 8,000 BC), the oldest known bog body and human remains found in Denmark.Museum Odense
Fyn - midt i verden.
Retrieved 3 April 2017. * – the power station for Thomas B. Thrige's factory

References

External links

Museum OdenseInterview with Kengo Kuma: The New Hans Christian Andersen Museum
'' House of Fairytales'', Odense City Museums, Denmark {{Authority control Odense City Odense City Odense Museums