T H E D A N I S H

N AT I O N A L M U S E U M

G E N E R A L G U I D —E

A' H ow to get to the National Museum : ’ MN m itua ed 5 The National Museu is s t in the centre of the city , minutes walk from “ ” ’ n Raadhuspladsen and 10 minutes walk from the Central Station . The followi g

: 1 2 5 6 8 1 0 19 . : trams st0 p at the museum , , , , , , and The museum has two entrances

Ka na l 1 2 Frederiksholms for the Danish Collections , the Collection of Oriental and

i 1 0 N Vester ade Classical Antiquities , and the Collection of Co ns and Medals , and y g

hno i . for the Et graph cal Collections , Danish Peasantry and lecture room

What to see in the National Museum

“ s The National Mu eum , which is one of the oldest and largest museums of the has as : history of culture not only in Denmark but in the whole world, object the demonstration of the cultural level of humanity at different times and in all - i ul i i continents . It is a picture book of the h story of c ture llustrated by the man fold and heterogeneous productions of culture . The core of the museum is of course the l r Danish collections . In the prehistoric dep artment one can fol ow cultu al devel m n he Op e t from t time after the Glacial Period , when the first primitive hunters

r t a . The took possession of the country , and until Ch is ianity took root in Denm rk historical collections show the development from the beginning of the Middle Ages e until our own time . The co llections from rec nt times comprise the culture of towns r W and manors , Danish peasant cultu e , and special collections . In connection ith he peasant collection an Open Air Museum is situa ted near Sorgenf ri Station outside diff s Copenhagen with old farm houses from erent parts of the country . Relation hip the l i to rest of the world is formed by the Col ection of Coins and Medals , wh ch besides Danish specimens also contains coins and medals from other parts oft he world . In the Collection of Antiquities one finds testimonies of the cultures of

n c A tiquity in the ountries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, while the l Ethnographical Col ection comprises the rest of the world . This last collection , which is the biggest in the museum , encompasses the primeval forests of the tropics

a as well as the arctic ice fields , the most primitive s well as the most developed

bi d ' cultures , thus completing the picture of human culture . T 18 the objective of the

National Museum .

Ho w the Collections of the National Museum were founded The collections of the National Museum are di vided into eight independent de art ments di p under a common rector . A part of the most precious objects date from ’ “ ”

III s u . 1 650 r Frederik Cabinet of C riosities c , but the eal activity of the

1 807 u N eru Museum did not begin till , when Frederik M nter and Rasmus y p caused u w the Royal Commission for the Preservation of Antiq ities to be established . It as,

. . 1 865 r however, the ingenious C J Thomsen , T , who was of the g eatest impor

8 1 8— 20 tance with regard to the whole development of the museum . In 1 , he was the t e : first to arrange a prehistoric collec ion of the three p riods The Stone , 1 8 Bronze and Iron Ages . In 4 1 he Opened the first general ethnographical museum

1 85 1 u the in the world , and in he fo nded Collection of Antiquities . Furthermore he i h was d rector of the Collection of Coins and Medals , etc . In recent times Bern ard Olsen has done work of considerable importance by establishing the Danish Folk s (188 1) e s Mu eum which comprises the period fro'”W pre ent days , and the Open Air Museum at Sorgenfri ANTHROPOLOGY

75° An tiquity

e : Th Garden Four types of graves from the Stone Age , some originals (passage - r . e grave, cist) , some replicas (dolmen, single g ave) . Rock carvings In the c ntre

a replica of the great Jelling rune stone .

- o ne . H e Marrow split doe b s, oll rup interglacial period . Paleolithic Period, ’ — e o 5 . Reindeer P ri d Maglemose Culture . 000 B . C ) Denmark s

r . ea liest settlement , Bromme Large settlement finds from the Maglemose

h . Period . The auroc s from Vig Ornamented bone objects . Amber .

l i c 500 — 0 Settlement finds Meso ith Period . Ertebolle Culture ( 0 270 B . C .) from

he a . kitchen middens . Section of s llhe p from Ertebolle . Skeletons

a— ~ 2 b . Comparative Collections of European Antiquities .

n . l t Stone Age tech ique Sku ls with marks of repanning . - . 27 3 ds. Neolithic Period Dolmen Period ( 00 2 00 B . C .) Types and grave fin

Finds from dolmens and earth graves .

Neolithic Period . Dolmen Period . Settlement finds and votive off erings . Pottery

- from bogs . Great amber finds . - r Neolithic Period . Passage Grave Period (2300 1 800 B . C .) Types and g ave DANISH COLLECTIONS Roo m

finds from the Passage Grave Culture . Rich Passage Grave finds . Fine

n c in . earthenware : S karp salli g. Obje ts of copper found a clay vessel Irish

ornaments of gold . ff Neolithic Period . Settlement finds and votive o erings from Passage Grave

e . Culture . Single Grave Culture . Flint planks from Str by Ladeplads Largest

flint axes and finest battle axes .

— H r 1 800 1 500 . . a Neolithic period . Dagger Period ( B C ) Axes of amber from

fl . . dum . Finest int daggers , lance heads and arrow points Flint sword ” Culture picture room . Stone and Bronze Age . Large mound model , loom

- model from the Bronze Age , bronze casting . Boats .

— Early Bronze Age ( 1 500 900 B . C . ) Types and votive finds . Earliest Danish T ndho m ru l . bronzes . Scimitars . The Sun chariot from Belt plate from

Langstrup . Rock carvings . Objects of gold .

f : Esh fl t . Bronze Age grave finds . The Oak co fins Borum j , Egtved , Skryds rup i f Well preserved garments . Folding cha r and other objects from the oak co fins .

— 900 500 . . s . . Late Bronze Age . ( B C ) votive find The lurs Bronze helmets

Faardal from Vikso . Gold vessels . Large find with female figure from . Shields .

Boats of gold .

’ S a crificial l Late Bronze Age , votive finds . we l from Budsene . Women s

Lovelbro . garments . Sword from

Late Bronze Age , objects connected with bronze casting . Settlement finds .

- Types . House urns . Face urns . “ ” Culture picture room . Iron Age . Models of Early Iron Age house , smelting

or iron , ships . C . 500 . . Art e Early Iron Age , Celtic Period ( B Finds from cemetery near .

s . Votive find . Wooden di hes The Silver cauldron from Gundestrup .

. H o rtS rin ko bbel Early Iron Age , Celtic Period Boat from j p g with shields ,

weapons etc .

500 C — 4 00 - Early Iron Age . Settlement finds ( B . . A . Grain jar , clay

s . hearth , loom weights . Plough

n 0— 200 Early Iron Age , Early Roma Period ( A . Grave finds . Pottery ' graves from Jutland . Roman import . Silver cups from Hoby . The carriage

’ J ellin e from Dejbjerg . Rich woman s grave from u g .

— . 200 400 Early Iron Age Late Roman Period ( A . Large bog finds .

sacrified Enemy spoils to the war god . Earliest runic inscriptions . Model of a

warrior .

Rerio d Early Iron Age , Late Roman . Rich grave finds from Sealand with ' ’ Roman import . Roman painted glass vessels . Woman s grave from Himling

o e . P j Grave finds from unen and Jutland .

400— 800 Germanic Iron Age ( A . Grave finds . Gold finds . Idol . Models

of gold horns .

800— 1000 - Viking Period ( A . Grave finds . Collar harnesses . Silver finds

Terslev .

s . l Viking Period, Jelling , grave find Tre leborg , large fortification , model and

- finds . Ladby ship burial . Hedeby .

Rune stones . Danish Collections

— ab . I OOO a b 1 750 1 o . ( . fl or)

1 : 750

The Middl A R i c B r d R c c e ges , ena ssan e , a oque an o o o Roo m

Details of wood and stone from Romanesque churches . Romanesque granite

altar .

- Romanesque tomb stones , one with runic inscriptions .

12th 1 3 . Ecclesiastical art , and th centuries

Mediaeval bui lding material . 1 1 50 Chancel and altar from Romanesque village church , ab . .

’ 1000- 1 300 Goldsmith s work from ab . .

1 200— 1 3 75 Church treasures from ab . .

Secular culture of the Middle Ages . Finds from Norse settlements in

Greenland . fl Finds from the Middle Ages , chie y from castle sites . 1 h Ecclesiastical art from the 5t century .

Objects used at the Mediaeval mass . DANISH COLLECTIONS

- 1 500 . Altar pieces and images of saints , ab .

1 500 . Gothic church interior , ab .

Church bells from the Middle Ages .

Late Gothic sculpture after 1 500 . Saint George and the dragon .

c 1 6 . Lutheran ecclesiasti al objects , th century

- r . Tapestries from K onborg Castle , state weapons

’ 1 6 n Furniture and goldsmith s work from the th ce tury .

i 1 6 . Furn ture from western Jutland , th century

- 1 600 . Living room of an Aalborg councillor, ab .

- 1 620 . Silver altar, Augsburg work

Foreign applied art from the Renaissance .

Renaissance chapel .

- 1 600 3 0 . 1 625 . Wood carvings , , painted ceiling ab - 1 640 Upper middle class room with plaster ceiling ab . .

- Room with four poster and fireplace after 1 650 . 1 7 Silver treasures from the th century , many of them hidden during the wars

— with Sweden 1 627 60 .

Objects excavated in Copenhagen .

Exhi bits from the Royal Cabinet of Curiosities .

- - 1 6 0 1 7 30 . Table service etc . 6 - 1700 Middle class drawing room , ab . , painted walls imitating tapestry .

1 720 i . Room with painted wainscot , ab . , Ch nese style

fl . Baroque furniture showing Dutch in uence . Tapestries “ ’ ” i i The Prince s Palace , the rococo part of the museum bu ld ng , was rebuilt

1 743 — 44 48— 5 3 in for prince Frederic (later king Frederic V) . The rooms still

i 1 700— 30 have their original rococo decoration . Furn ture ab . . Tapestries

- showing masquerade sceneries .

- - Painted wall coverings in Chinese style from manor house in Jutland . - - 1 725 u Gallery . Gilt leather wall covering ab . . F rniture in baroque and rococo . dr - Rococo awing room . Partly with painted furniture .

- Rococo drawing room . Furnished according to contemporary pictures .

“ ’ ” - Banquet hall of The Prince s Palace with contemporary Teniers tapestries . Danish Collections To wn and Manor culture 1 8 th and 1 9 th

ent ie 2 c ur s ( . floor)

Lift fro m Entrance H all 1 : 7 50

T w d M r C l r 1 h d 1 9th c ri o n an ano u tu e , 8t an entu es Room

54 - — - 1 725 50 . : . Table service etc . ab . Wall coverings dust paper

’ — A 7 10 1 10 . 54 1 90 . 7 . Costumes ab . . Noblewoman s dress of gold brocade from ab - 6 Sho rtw aisted Bridal costume of yellow brocade from manor house 1 7 6 . d 1 90 7 . ress of muslin ab . etc

ni 1 700— 1 850 Da sh silver ab . .

1 747 — 50 Views of Copenhagen , painted by order of Frederic V by the painters

Ee ber Rach and g g. 5 6A - 1 740 . Rococo apartment from Copenhagen . Made ab . by the Royal cabinet

Schafl er 1 8 h : maker Dietrich . Typical t century Copenhagen apartment state DANISH COLLECTIONS

Roo m i . c room with closets on both sides , alcove beh nd one of the closets Ro oco

d : . chest of rawers signed Ortmann , Copenhagen - t Table service . Royal Copenhagen porcelain , par ly from the oldest factory

Blatarn 1 7 75 . S edanchair at , partly from the later factory , founded with

k d r coat of arms of Danish noble families . Fayence stove from S to c els o fl

1 776 with painted sceneries from the Iliad .

1 8 . Church objects , th century . Collection tablets and purses Altar piece from

757 . : 1 Objects from tombs amulets , coins etc

1 8th . Furniture etc . from the end of the century Objects from the Royal

1 775 — 1 8 10 Copenhagen Porcelain Factory ab . and Chinese export porcelain

from 1 8th century .

- — - - 1 7 80 90 . Rooms from a small manor house , Hall , state room , sitting room .

- — 1 800 40 . Table service , tobacco etc . ab . fl 1 8 at . Fur niture from late th century . Part of a in Copenhagen Furniture fl i - showing English in uence . Comb ned toilet writing and sewing table ,

F . signed J . engel , Copenhagen Neo -classic drawing-room from a row of houses called the 6 sisters in 2 Copenhagen . stoves for the sake of symmetry ; one of them made of wood .

1 790— 8 3 0 u . 1 Objects , furnit re etc about .

m r . in Furniture etc from the for er Danish West Indies (Vi g Islands) . - 1 820 Sitting room ab . .

- 1 8 50 Sitting room ab . .

1 840 . Bedroom ab .

1 9 th— 2oth u 1 800— 1 9 0 Costumes , cent ries . Hats 1 . l Ex ibi i s (3 . o ) Danish Collections : Specia h t on fl or

To Peasant Co llectio ns Special Exhibitions

- h Fisheries and hunting outfit . Dug out use d for fis ing and transport till

- 1 890 i s . about . Fish ng nets , bow net , decoys

Alternating exhi bitions .

’ u G ilds antiquities . Objects concerning the old ceremonials of the master

’ ’ men workmen s and jo urney s corporations .

u 1 7 . . Passage . Timber from b ildings , mainly th century Straw marquetry etc

’ Turner s workshop established in Copenhagen 1 86 1 .

ma n - Fire ki i . . g and l ghting Table for candle making , lamps , etc

Closed .

’ Antiquities of law . Executioner s sword and other implements .

Ko n n ade 722 e s 1 . Fayence from the St . g g factory , founded

— n 1 750 1 8 30 . Fayence from Da ish factories ab .

n . Textile study room . Embroideries , weavings , k ittings , lace , etc

Closed .

’ - 1 8th 19 c u . e r . Toys , and th ent ries Doll s hous s , rocking ho ses etc Danish Collections : Peasant culture

Frederik sho lms Kanal through the D anish Co llections or from

Special Collect ions 1 ; 720

Peasant culture

Ro om Staircase in front of entrance : Decorated peasant cabinets .

— — 1 700 1 8 7 5 . 1 8 3 0 60 . . Clock made in Bornholm . Costumes ab . Furniture ab

- 1 745 73 . Ronne ab .

1 760 . Bornholm . Decorated room ab . , without stove

1 800 . . . , Bornholm . Oak chest , renaissance Chairs ab etc

1 760 . Amager . Interior ab . Most of the peasants of Amager descend from

Dutch families who immigrated in the 1 6th century .

fl . Amager . Costumes showing Dutch in uence “ ” 1 78 3 . Amager . Interior from the old Danish part of the island

— 1 675 1 87 5 . Amager , Furniture ab . DANISH COLLECTIONS

- f Baking implements from di ferent parts of the country .

Sealand . Interior with kitchen from the western neighbourhood of Copen

1 800 . hagen ab .

: Sealand . Peasant costumes . On the left Costumes from the western

— 1 800 50 . neighbourhood of Copenhagen ab .

: Sealand . Furniture , etc . In the background to the left implements for animal husbandry from different parts of the country .

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1 790 . Sealand . Interior from a farm house near Copenhagen ab . C - 860 Sealand . ottage interior from the region NW of Kalundborg 1 . The

- - table placed along the cross wall according to middle age custom .

Textile implements from all parts of the country .

- — 1 675 1 85 0 . Lolland Falster . Furniture ab .

- — n 1 800 1 860 . Lolland Falster and Fu en . Peasant costumes ab .

— P u u 1 660 1 850 . unen . F rnit re ab .

- Folk customs and superstition from all parts of the country . Caui (amulet

5 6 drillho les fire- of invulnerability) 1 7 . Posts with for making as a remedy

- against cattle diseases .

1 625 — 1 8 50 East Jutland . Furniture ab . .

- — 800 60 . Jutland north of Esbjerg Kolding . Peasant costumes ab . 1

— . 1 660 1 800 . Island of Samso Interior ab . - i Domestic industry . The black Jute pots , most common in the Varde d strict ,

’ in i use were , like preh storic times , made by women without the of a potter s

- . h 750 wheel The Jute pots were exported throughout nort ern Europe ab . 1

’ - 1 8 50 . : : On the left spoon maker s workshop . In the background straw basketry .

a o . 1 800 . Island of L es Interior ab .

— i 1 626 ab . 1 8 75 . North and West Jutland . Furn ture

800— 1 875 South Jutland (or Slesvig) . Peasant costumes ab . 1 .

— u 1 59 3 ab . 1 875 . South Jutland , eastern part . F rniture

— u 1 563 ah . 1 8 75 . South Jutland , western part . F rniture

Closed .

. Urend rf 775 o 1 . Holstein Interior from ab .

— . t . u i ur 5 50 1 850 . Iceland Peasant cos umes F rn t e ab . 1 e r 0 — 0 o . 1 7 0 1 90 . Islands Furniture . Costumes . Fishing tackle etc . ab . 1 : 500

Collections o f Coins and Medals

Oriental coins , divided into four main groups , Arabian , Indian , Chinese ,

i i i and Japanese , compr s ng pr mitive natural money and pieces of metal for

- 2 : exchange as well as real coins . Note especially show case Arabian silver

8 — l 0th 19 1 1 coins from the th centuries , found at Terslev near Soro in , show

3 : n case Gold coins from Persia (Persian war indem ity, presented to Frederic ' VI by Russia) , Turkey, and India (a series with the odiac) as also the two

- K u ien show cases in the windows with Chinese coins from the l b collection , 19 3 0 a gift from , and Japanese coins from the Bramsen collection , a gift

1 8 84 . 1 from Room . is temporarily closed .

Sho w lcase 10— 12 : - Greek coins . s Coins from the Greek city states in their

— : 6 h 4 h . time of greatness t t centuries B . C Note from the early age gold coins

56 1 - 546 522 from King Croesus of Lydia ( ) and Darius , the Persian king (

5 — 4th the from the th centuries , the coins from Athens as centre of Greek trade and the Sicilian stampings which show the artistic culminatio n - - 1 1 of the art of die engraving . (Notice in show case bottom row, the big

- 1 3 — 1 6 : decadrachm by Kimon from Syracuse about B . C . Show cases

Coins from the time of Alexander the Great (3 3 6 — 3 23) and the kings in the

ff . di erent parts of his realm until the l st century B . C Note the introduction of the portrait of the ruler (see e . g . the coins from the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt in show-case Show-case 1 7 : Coins from Greek cities from the time of the COINS AND MEDALS

- 3 rd Roman emperors , l st centuries A . D . with types belonging to mythology

- 1 8 : and history of art . Show case Oriental coins deriving from the Greek

n - 9 — 0 ones (among others from the Sassa ides in Persia) . Show cases 1 2 : u imitations of Greek coins , struck by Celtic tribes in Central Europe , Ga l ,

— - d 3 rd . . 2 1 n an Britain , l st centuries B C Show case The co i s mentioned in the Bible together with Germanic imitations of coins from the Roman emperors , the latter mainly from Danish hoards . Window show-case and show-cases 22 Roman coins from the 3 rd century B . C . till the end of Antiquity , especially noteworthy because of the

’ i - - emperors portra ts . (Notice in the window show case the big copper ingot

si natum (aes g ) ; having on the obverse a pig , on the reverse an elephant , it is a memorial of the Roman victory over King Pyrrhus) . Many of the gold coins

3 rd— 4th r from the centuries have been found in Danish soil , particula ly in “ - 29 : the islands of Punen and Bornholm . Show case Roman medaillons struck for the emperors in order to be used as presents . Two gold medaillons

11 Kvaern deserve to be specially mentioned , one from Constantius , found at dru P 1 89 3 p in unen in , and another from the Emperor Valens , found near 9 3 Aarhus in 1 4 . Window show-case with gold coins from the Byzantine emperors in the years

- t . 3 95 1448 . Many of hem derive from Danish hoards ” l m r — Swedish p at ynte from the 1 7th 1 8th centuries . Note the heavy copper

8 1 660 1 662 14 12 . plates for dollars from and , weighing 1 and kilos respectively 9 Danish notes from 1 69 5 till the present time. The notes from 1 6 5 with many

’ - f a m ruc wax seals were destined o r Northern Norway . P l st h s bank in Stock holm issued the fir st European notes ; see the exhibited notes for 100 and 1000 - 662 6 Daler copper coin from 1 and 1 63 .

- : l Window show case Coins from Northumberland , East Ang ia , and Ireland , n mai ly struck by Scandinavian Viking rulers , a present from L . E . Bruun

- — - — 1 922 . 3 0 3 2 : : 3 3 3 5 : Show cases Swedish coins . Show cases Norwegian

- — — coins . Show cases 3 6 4 1 : Danish coins from about 800 1660 . Note the - 2 8 oldest dated European coin show case 3 7 No . ; in the same show

— . 1 19 20 149 6 s case (Nos ) Nobles from King Hans , oldest Danish gold coin “ ” - — - 4 . after Dutch pattern . Show case 0 Nos 1 50 1 54 Spectacle ducats of 1 Norwegian gold from Christian IV , 644 .

- 42— 4 6 : 6 0 Show cases Danish coins from 1 6 till the present time .

- 47 : — Show case Danish colonial coins : Tranquebar from about 1620 1 845 .

1 740- 9 3 - : Danish West Indies 1 1 . Window show cases Foreign coins from the

- 48 : Middle Ages and modern time . Show case Danish coin hoards and coin weights . Dies for the stamping of coins and medals .

- 49 — 54 : 54 9 l Show cases Danish gold medals from 1 1 till about 1 00 . Especial y - 0 10 worthy of notice is the extraordinarily big medal (show case 5 No . ) of

’ the battle in the bay of Koge 1 677 (Christopher Schneider) and Olfert Fischer s

- medal with brilliants from the battle of Cope nhagen (show case 5 0 Nr.

- 5 5 — 56 : I' Show cases Medals from Christian , Frederic VIII , and Christian

- - ' . 5 7 : d Show case Foreign prize medals bestowe upon Danes . Show cases 5 8- 6 1 : Foreign medals from the Renaissance (It’ aly 1 5th century) till the present time . Passage t o the

D anish Special Exhib itio ns Passage to the Ethno grap hical Collectio ns

t t e An iqui i s (2 . floor)

1 : 600

Pola r Tribes and American Indians (Ground floor)

1 : 720

Arctic Peoples and American Indians

. 1 8th 1 7 Lapps Shaman drums from the century , skis from the th and early

18th centuries . r Samoyed . Birch bark tent ; d ess and drum of a female shaman .

Samoyed and Ostyak . Samoyed wedding sledge with team of four white

reindeer . Y n u . . Y akut and Tu g s Shamans Rare old sword from the akut .

u : . Tribes of the Amr region Gold , Gilyak , and Orok Decorated garments of - salmon skin . Birch bark canoe .

: Y Ainu and tribes of northeastern Asia Koryak , ukagir, Kamchadal , 4000 Chukchi and Asiatic Eskimo . Stone Age finds from the Lena region (

1 300 . u B Prehistoric c ltures of the Bering Strait region .

Aleut and Eskimo of South Alaska . Specimens from Kodiak collected about 1 850 . Masks from Nunivak Island . Archaeological specimens from Prince

William Sound , the Aleutian Islands , Bristol and Kuskokwim Bays .

— — . 4 I iuta . 0 500 Eskimo of North Alaska Trail Creek ( 000 0 B . p q (ab

A . D .) and later prehistoric cultures at Point Hope and Point Barrow . ETHNO GRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS

Mackenzie and Copper Eskimo . Archaeological specimens from Barter Islands and the coast between the Mackenzie delta and Coronation Gulf

— (mostly 1 7th 1 8th century A .

Netsilik Eskimo . Amulets and shaman belts . Archaeological specimens

alerualik i 14th . from M , K ng William Island ( century A

Caribou Eskimo . Summer tent . ulik u I gl Eskimo . Archaeological finds from Naujan in Repulse Bay (Th le

1 4 . culture , th century A

Eskimo of Labrador and South Baffin Island . Archaeological finds from Fury

Hecle l a and Strait , Ponds In et and Southampton Island (S rqaq , Dorset and

1 500 . Thule cultures) (2000 B . C . till A

le de . d In lefield Polar Eskimo . Dog s g Archaeological fin s from Thule , g and Peary Land representing Sarqaq Dorset Thul e Inugsuk and later cul ture phases . 1 7 West Greenlanders . Old paintings and specimens from the th century . Archaeological finds of Sarqaq Dorset Thule Inugsuk and later culture

— 1000 C. 1 700 . r . phases ( B . A No se relics from Eskimo finds i East Greenlanders . Freder k VI Coast and Angmagssalik . Archaeological

finds from various parts of East Greenland .

Comparative collections from Arctic peoples .

Eskimo sledges , kayaks , and umiaks .

Fox trap and toy house from Northeast Greenl and .

Winter house from the Polar Eskimo .

Knud Rasmussen Memorial Room .

Indians from the Northwest Coast and Northern Plateaux . Tlingit slat d armour and blanket with geometrical esign .

r Indians of the No thern Woodlands and Great Lakes Area . Painted skin costumes from the Naskapi .

— 1 3 00 1 700 . Indians of the Eastern Woodlands . Prehistoric pottery ( A

1 7 e t isto ric t North American specimens from the th c ntury . pot ery

1 3 00— 1 700 ( A . Bison robes from the Plains Indians . Paintings of North

1 825 . American Indians by Charles B . King ab . n 19 India s of the Plains and Great Basin , mainly from the middle of the th u cent ry .

Indians of California and the Southwestern United States . Pottery fro m

- — ff d 1000 1 3 00 . prehistoric pueblos and cli wellings , ( A

Mexic o t . . , Cen ral America and the West Indies Mexican mosaic masks

t Mexico Painted M aya pottery , l st millennium A . D Stone sculp ures from and Costa Rica .

- Spanish Indian cultures of Latin America .

r Sculptu e casts from the ancient civilizations of America . di Cuna In ans . Prehistory of Panama and Northwestern South America .

Objects of gold and silver . Rock carvings from Venezuela .

u ui u . Per and Diag ta area . Mummy bundle from Per with feather robe , ab 100 0 D . i . . A . , Textiles , feather work , and pottery from l st m llennium B C 1 500 till ab . A . D . Ethnograp hica l Collections Primitive Tribes of the Trop ics

(1 . floor)

1 : 720

Primitive Tribes o f the Tropics 1 7 Indians of the Amazon area . Specimens from the th century and paintings

— Eckho u 1 640 50 . by the Dutch painter A . t

1 7 . Indians of the Amazon area . Specimens from the th century

Indians of the Amazon area . Head trophies from the Jivaro .

Indians of the Gran Chaco and southernmost South America .

Australia and stone objects from Tasmania .

- New Guinea and islands in Torres Strait . Mask of turtle shell .

Ma rik re io n New Guinea ( p . g and southwestern New Guinea) . Admiralty ,

Hermit and Anachoret Islands . Masked dancer from Sepik .

i c New Gu nea , Sepik River and neighbourhood . Wood arvings .

: . . Bismarck Archipelago New Britain, New Ireland and St Matthew Islands

Huge dance figure from the Baining .

Banks and Torres Islands , Solomon Islands , Santa Cruz Islands , New

Hebrides , New Caledonia , Loyalty and Fiji Islands . Rare ancestor figures

- carved from tree ferns , Fiji .

- . ' fi sh Polynesia New ealand, rare jade objects and hook of wood and

whalebone . Hawaii , feather robes , the one with green and yellow feathers

- very rare . Tahiti , ponchos of bark cloth . Tuamotu , idol house . Easter Island,

Cook , Austral and Marquesas Islands . ETH NOGRAPHI CAL COLLECTIONS

T a . Polynesia . ong , Niue , Tokelau , Samoa , Ellice and Rennell Islands Two stone adzes from Horne Islands among the oldest known Polynesian artefacts

(early 1 7th century) . Ana i Y a Micronesia. Wuvulu and , Gilbert Islands , Carol nes , p , Pelew and

Y a . M arshall Islands . Outrigger canoe from p

Eastern Indonesia . Philippines . Moluccas (Ceram) . Small Sunda Islands ,

- F . ikat dyed weavings . ormosa , Southeast and Southwest Islands Celebes , 8 h shields from 1 t century .

D i . Sulu Islands . Borneo . ayak, decorated head troph es , weapons Bronze objects from Brunei . Great model of Celebes house .

i e . . Borneo . Sarawak, porcela n import d from China M asks a ur Bali . Painted temple h ngings , carved mythological fig es , weapons from

e th 1 7th century . ” r a Java . Two orchest as , m sks and costumes , batik n ur s Java and Mentawei Isla ds . Javanese furnit e and weapons , kri es and - gold inlaid spear head from 1 7th century .

Sumatra . Batak , Gayo , and Achinese .

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a . Nias . Part of chief s house from South Ni s K i ’ s i ’ l . a s Nias itchen and other p rt of the ch ef s hou e , ch efs stools of imestone , a co ffin , pal nquin , ancestor figures . - i Malaya . Shadow play figures , objects of silver . Objects from Saka and

Se mang .

Nicobar and Andaman Islands .

u s . African c lture types . Madaga car

South Africa . Bushmen and Bantu .

m . r . Wafio e Ruanda and U undi Wanyamwezi , Wanyakyusa , Wasandawi and

’ r 7 Congo . Wood sculptu e and a king s throne (possibly 1 th century) fro m

achi o k . Bakuba . Baluba . Fetishes from Southwest Congo . Chairs of B o chiefs

Spears with carved shafts from 1 7th century . Three paintings by Albert

— Eckhout 1640 50 .

. u 1 7 Congo Bakuba, woven and embroidered r gs and caps from th century, K ’ masks . ing s statuette from the Bakuba .

. t . Congo Musical instruments . Cameroons . Sou heast Nigeria

Upper Guinea . Negro man and woman from the Gold Coast painted by

Ee 1641 . 1 7th . Albert khout . Baskets from century Ashanti , gold weights ,

n . swords and stools of chiefs . Bronzes and ivories (1 7th century) from Beni

Upper Guinea and Sudan . Portuguese Guinea , dance costumes . Sierra Leone ,

w s u . . r . ood c lpture Mandingo Senegambia . Ka amojong and Turkana

Sudan . Bambara , wood sculpture . Fulbe x Hausa . Weapons . the : K Nor ast Africa Nilotics , Somali , Masai, ikuyu, Eritrea , Ethiopia ,

Uga nda .

a. t . North Afric Atlas region , glazed pottery from Morocco , Berber pot ery

Modern Egypt . Sahara . r Tua eg, tent, costumes, furniture , saddles , weapons . Ethnographical Collections H i h iviliza ti ns o Asia 2 o o g C o f ( . fl r)

Civilizations o f Asia

. h a Southwestern Asia Costumes and ornaments from Sout Arabi , Syria ,

Palestine , and Iraq . Furniture from towns in Syria and Egypt .

- Caucasus , Turan and Pamir . Al tai Tatars .

The upper classes of the former Turkish empire . Elaborate weapons and

' -outfit 17 1 8 h Tune i n - riding from the th and t centuries , s a princess costume

1 8 1 7 Tunesian from , Turkish military uniforms . tiles .

The upper classes of Iran . Costumes , weapons , musical instruments , calicos .

— s l oth 1 5 h . Islamic ceramic from Iran , Iraq , Syria , and Spain from t centuries

a . Miniature paintings . Bronze aquam nile (ab

Iran . Nomads of Luristan , tent . Handicrafts from the bazaars . Kurdistan . o Tibet and Mongolia . Costumes and pers nal outfit, silver ornaments , and

musical instruments .

Mongolia . Tent and furniture , weapons and tools .

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L . amaism and Shamanism . Shaman s tent from Manchuria ETHNOGRAPHI CAL COLLECTIONS

Lamaism . Priestly costumes for divine service and cultic dances . Temple

r . paintings and images . Nepalese sh ine u u China . Costumes . Clay fig res representing the imperial co rt and high

f l 1 8 . o ficia s , th century

. al ns u . Chi na . Paintings , chattels and tools Weapons and music i tr ments

h D . n . 1000 t e 1 9 . Chi a Porcelain , from about till th century A

Chin a . Elaborately carved bedstead . Paintings .

n L . 1 7 . Chi a . acquer work Large screen from the beginning of the th century

Furniture . D in 1 500 . . 1 9 . . Chi na . Bronzes from ab . B C till th century A Carvings ivory ,

n' . jade , soapstone etc . Cloison and painted enamel

- - i . Ch na . Religion Life size statues of Kuan yin , of bronze from the Sung 1 3 68 period ab . 1 100 A . D . , and of wood from the Ming period (

2000 . Grave pottery and grave figures from Late Stone Age (ab . B . C ) till

’ — T ang period (6 1 8 906 A . Sung ceramics .

d i . . Korea . Wooden statue of the Bud ha, l st m llennium A D Prehistory of

Japan . Japanese costumes .

r the 1 7 . Japan . A mour , some from th century , and weapons

’ Japan . Furniture , musical instruments , actors masks , and toys .

1 7 . e . Japan . Lacquer work , mainly from the th century Painted scre ns - Lacquered sedan chair . ' Japan . Porcelain , bronze , ivory, and cloisonn . h 1 8 Japan . Bronze . Budd istic shrine from the th century .

- . . u 8 9 h . Japan Religion Fantastic lion fig res , th t century Figures of buddhistic 1 7 priests, th century . Life size statue of Amida on the lotus throne . H Siam . ead dresses of the Royal ballet . Temple figure .

- ’ . c . K 9 . D . S aw an a b Siam Stone s ulptures hmer style , th l oth century A k l k

- 1 3 th 1 6 e . D porcelain , th c ntury A . - i L Burma and French Indo Ch na . arge stone slab representing the foot print of the Buddha .

m : Ka chin l Pri itive tribes of India Shan, Palaung, t , Naga , Santhal , Bhi , and Toda . - . H Afghanistan Townspeople and nomads ( azara , Chahar Aimaq) .

. u H India Cost mes , ornaments , and actors outfit . ookahs . i . . s u . Ind a Furniture , tools , applied arts Mu ical instr ments , games and toys n Weapons . Mi iature paintings .

. s India Grave find from the Iron Age . Gandhara sculpture . Jainism . Islam . H India . induism . Stone sculptures especially from temples in South India 12th- 13 th u . 1 300 . . ( cent ry A Bronze figures from Tranquebar ab . A D H . s . India indui m Bronze figures , lamps , and other temple outfit .

- - . a : a i snake o ds . India Religion of the lower c stes K l dancer , procession lion , g

Kannikar. : a a Ceylon m sks for religious d nces .

B a men se t . i m Farm ng i plements from Asia and Africa . Chinese and Korean water colours s n r - repre enti g fa m work . FRI LAN D S MU S EET

O P E N - AI R - M U S E U M

' Dep artment of The Na tiona l Museum of Denmark 100 KONGEVEJEN SO RGENFRI STATI ON COPENHAGEN

Original old farmsteads and cottages from diff erent p arts of Denmark and South Sweden have been transferred to a beautiful parkland . Every building is furnished with old

furniture , peasant art and implements .

First class restaurant .

- r lle - us S tra in to S orgenfri S ta tio n e very 20 minutes . T o y b

l 2 r B ax i 25 inutes ro m Co enha en. ( ine 3) e ve y 20 minutes . y t m f p g

Ma in roa d no . A 5 .

S u e . 6 . mm r: open every day 10 a. m to p . m

Winter : open only sundays and holidays .

TH E D A N I S H

N AT I O N A L M U S E U M

G U I D E S I N E N G L I S H

The Danish Collectio ns

Antiquity

Middle Ages and thereafter to 1750

Danish Peasant Culture

The Ethn ographical Department

Arctic People s and American Indians

Primitive Tribes o f the Tr o pics

High Civilizati o n s of Asia

O a n C ss a u kr 3 rient l a d la ic l Antiq ity da . .

Frilandsmuseet O -Air us um So n r , ( pen M e ), rge f i ,

Gu En l r 3 us k . An Ill trated ide in g i sh da .

The Museum o f The Dani sh Resistance

— o m 1940 1945 Es lanaden Kbhvn . da . kr. M ve ent , p , l

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