The Children's Museum
Børnenes Museum
STUEN Ground floor
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Jordens Folk
Peoples of the World
Danmarks Middelalder og Renæssance
The Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance
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snører, snabelspids og ride-
Norge. Det var ét af fire små
igennem børnenes eget
klasseværelse fra 1920. Den
sporer ved siden af kriger-
skibe, som en stor vikinge-
Nationalmuseum. I udstil-
samme type var stadig i
udstyr som hjelm og læder-
høvding sammen med
lingen ”Mormors klæde-
brug i 1940’erne og 50’erne.
brynje. Støvlerne har som
vogne, heste og andre ting
skab” kan man prøve kopier
I skolestuen optræder mu-
andet middelalderfodtøj
fik med sig på rejsen til
af kjoler fra dengang mor-
seumsværter gerne i rollen
tynde såler og ingen hæle.
dødsriget. Skibet, der er 6,5
mor var en lille pige eller
som gammeldags skole-
De stjerneformede sporer
meter langt, er rekonstrue-
matrostøj fra oldefars barn-
lærere, men børn kan også
bag på støvlerne blev pres-
ret i fuld størrelse og med
dom. I kommoden er der
selv prøve at spille både
set ind mod hestens bug, for
alle detaljer i nøjagtig ud-
gammeldags sokker, under-
lærer og elev. Sætter man
at den skulle løbe hurtigere.
førelse. Børnene kan tage
tøj, forklæder, m.m., men
sig ved en af pultene, kan
Sko med snabel-spidser
plads i skibet og forestille
piger kan også springe ud
man fornemme lidt af atmos-
blev moderne i 1400-tallet.
sig, at de sejler lige ind i
som moderne prinsesser i
færen fra bedste- eller olde-
Der er flere eksempler på
vikingernes verden, even-
lyserødt tylskørt. Børnenes
forældrenes skoletid.
fodtøj og ridesporer i
tuelt iført kopier af tidens
Museum henvender sig til
Museumsværterne udleve-
Middelalderudstillingen
dragter, som man kan låne
børn op til 12 år.
rer pen og blæk, hvis børne-
på 1. sal.
i Børnenes Museum.
RIDING BOOTS Room 54
Kids can play their way
GRANDMA'S CLASSROOM Room 51
In the medieval stronghold,
THE WORLD OF THE VIKINGS Room 53
through history at the
The classroom in the
a copy of a pair of laced
The Viking ship is a copy of
Children's Museum. The
Children's Museum is an
riding-boots with spurs lie
the Gokstad ship from 10th-
“Grandma's Wardrobe”
exact copy of one from
side by side with a knight's
century Norway. It was one
exhibition lets them try on
1920, and this type of class-
helmet and a protective
of four small ships that an
dresses from the days when
room was still in use in the
leather coat lined with chain
important Viking chieftain
grandma was a little girl, or
1940s and ’50s in Denmark.
mail. Like other medieval
took with him on his journey
a sailor's suit from when
Museum staff often play the
footwear, the boots have
to the kingdom of the dead,
great-granddad was young.
role of the old-fashioned
thin soles and no heels.
along with carriages, horses
The wardrobe contains old-
schoolteachers, but kids are
The star-shaped spurs on
and other goods and chat-
fashioned socks, under-
welcome to try out as tea-
the boots were pressed into
tels. The 6.5-metre-long ship
wear, aprons and more, and
chers as well as pupils.
the horse's belly to make it
is a full-scale exact replica
the girls also get the chance
Seated at one of these
gallop faster. Pointed shoes
of the original. Children get
to dress up as modern-day
desks, they’ll soon get a feel
were modern in the 15th
to clamber on board and
princesses in pink tulle
for what the atmosphere
century.
imagine they are sailing into
skirts. The Children's
must have been like at
the world of the Vikings –
Museum is suitable for kids
school for their grand-
they can even dress up in
aged up to 12.
parents and great-grand-
copies of the costumes of
parents.
the day.
PERSPEKTIVKASSE Rum 126
ÅNDEMANER-FIGUR Rum 171
Skt. Jørgen, eller Georg, var
Guldkorset med ædelstenene
Tænd for lyset og kig ind i et
PRÆRIE-INDIANERNES DRAGTER Rum 153
skytshelgen for ridderne. Det
St. George was the patron
faldt for ca 200 år siden ud af
livagtigt kirkerum fra 1600-
Dragterne stammer fra Crow-
i en seance: med udstrakte
fortælles, at han omkring år
saint of knights. According
hovedet på en gammel kris-
tallet. En perspektivkasse
indianerne – en af præriens
ben, kroppen bøjet fremad
300 frelste indbyggerne i en
to legend, around 300 AD he
tusfigur fra Roskilde Dom-
består af en trækasse, hvis
stammer. De er begge syet
og hænderne bundet på ryg-
by i Lilleasien ved at dræbe
saved 300 inhabitants of a
kirke. Den var blevet solgt
indre er bemalet, så det
af hjorteskind. Manden
gen. Ved hans side ligger
en frygtelig drage. Samtidig
small town in Asia Minor by
som brænde til en smed,
giver en illusion om et tredi-
bærer en skjorte dekoreret
trommen. Gennem besvær-
reddede han byens prinses-
killing a terrible dragon. He
men da han savede den i
mensionalt rum, når man
med maling og hårduske og
gelser og magi søgte ånde-
se fra at blive ædt. I middel-
also managed to save the
stykker, flækkede hovedet,
kigger gennem et hul.
broderet med glasperler og
manere efter årsagerne til
alderen blev Skt. Jørgen bl.a.
princess of the town from
og korset faldt ud. Det kom
Perspektivet blev opdaget i
pigge fra hulepindsvinet.
alt det onde, der hjemsøgte
skytshelgen for spedalske og
being eaten. As well as being
på Kunstkammeret, og
begyndelsen af 1400-tallet og
Hans leggings (benvarmere)
bopladsen. I mørket bliver
pestsyge, og mange kunstne-
the patron saint of knights,
smeden tjente en formue.
blev brugt til at få en bemalet
er fæstnet med snore til et
trommen levende, åndemane-
re afbildede hans kamp mod
during the Middle Ages
Det kostbare kors indeholder
flade til at ligne virkeligheden.
bælte, og han har mokkasi-
ren kommer i trance og hjæl-
dragen, der var symbol på det
St. George also became the
en træsplint, som skal
Perspektivkasser er sjældne;
ner af bisonskind. Bjørne-
peånder rådgiver ham. Hans
onde. Denne skulptur er skåret
patron saint of lepers and
stamme fra Jesu kors – et
de blev bygget i en kort peri-
kløerne om hans hals var
krop er i huset, mens hans
ca. 1520 af Hans Brüggemann;
plague victims, and his battle
relikvie. Episoden viste, at
ode i 1600-tallets Holland.
tegn på tapperhed. Kvinden
sjæl besøger Havets Moder,
den stod i en kirke i Husum i
with the dragon – the symbol
Danmarks historiske skatte
Kun seks er bevaret – de tre
er iført en kjole, korte leg-
der skaffer fangstdyr, og
Slesvig.
of evil – has been the subject
måtte reddes: det blev star-
ejes af Nationalmuseet.
gings og mokkasiner. Kjolen
Månemanden, hvor åndema-
of many works of art. This
ten på Nationalmuseet.
er broderet med glasperler,
neren kan hente børn til
der afløste pindsvinepigge.
barnløse kvinder.
SHAMAN FIGURE Room 171
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Husum in Schleswig.
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Museum er indrettet som et
ROSKILDEKORSET Rum 102
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Gokstadskibet fra 900-tallets
der har lyst til at lege sig
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and stood in a church in
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kopi af et par støvler med
Grønlandsk åndemaner midt
1520 by Hans Brüggemann,
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Vikingeskibet er en kopi af
Skolestuen i Børnenes
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I middelalderborgen står en
bud til børn og børnefamilier,
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VIKINGERNES VERDEN Rum 53
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RIDDER-STØVLER Rum 54
Børnenes Museum er et til-
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SKT. JØRGEN OG DRAGEN Rum 111
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PAK FORTIDEN UD Rum 51
UNWRAP THE PAST Room 51
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gamle dage.
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THE ROSKILDE CROSS Room 102
PINHOLE PERSPECTIVE Room 126
Around 200 years ago this
Switch on the light and look
PRAIRIE INDIANS’ CLOTHES Room 153
gold cross decorated with
inside a true-to-life church
These clothes were once
with outstretched legs,
precious stones fell out of the
from the 1600s. A pinhole
worn by the Crow Indians,
bowed body and hands tied
head of an old sculpture of
perspective consists of a
one of the prairie tribes of
behind his back mid in a
Christ from Roskilde Cathedral.
wooden box, the inside of
North America. Both of them
séance. He has a drum at his
The sculpture had been sold
which is painted to give the
are made of buckskin. The
side. Through invocations
as firewood to a blacksmith,
illusion of a 3D space when
man is wearing a shirt
and magic the shaman tried
but when he started sawing
seen through the pinhole.
decorated with paint and
to locate the source of the
the wood the head split open
The principle of perspective
tufts of hair and embroidered
evils afflicting the village.
and the cross fell out. It
was discovered at the
with glass beads and
After dark the drum comes
became part of The Royal
beginning of the 1400s, and
porcupine quills. His leggings
to life, the shaman goes into
Kunstkammer, and the
was used to make a painted
are attached to his belt with
a trance, and helping spirits
blacksmith earned a fortune.
surface look real. Pinhole
a cord, and he’s wearing
come to guide him. His body
The valuable cross contains
perspectives are rare. They
moccasins of buffalo hide.
is in the house, but his soul
a relic – a splinter of wood,
were only built over a short
The bear’s claws around his
is visiting the Mother of the
believed to have come from
period in the 1600s in Holland.
neck were a mark of bravery.
Ocean that provides animals
Jesus’ crucifix. The episode
Only six have survived and
The woman is wearing a
for the hunt and the Moon
proved that it was necessary
the National Museum owns
dress, short leggings and
Man where the shaman gets
to take action to save
three of them.
moccasins. Her dress is
children for childless women.
Denmark’s historical
embroidered with the glass
treasures – which is how the
beads that replaced
National Museum started.
porcupine quills.
Greenlandic shaman sitting
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1800-tallet meget enkel.
kigge ind ad vinduerne og se
bondegård med dyr. I byerne
stones to make miniature
Læreren havde et lille kate-
eksempler på knap 200 års
fik børn af velhavende foræl-
farms with animals. Girls
der, og eleverne sad på
boligindretning. De ældste af
dre købt legetøj. Pigerne
copied the roles of their
bænke ved et langt bord,
dukkehusene er fra slutnin-
efterlignede deres mor ved
mothers, playing with dolls,
senere ved pulte med ryg-
gen af 1700-tallet, de yngste
at lege med dukker, dukke-
doll’s kitchens and scraps,
støtte. Tavlen var malet på
fra 1950’erne, hvor f.eks.
køkken og glansbilleder,
whereas their brothers
væggen. Man brugte ABC,
badeværelser var blevet
mens drengene legede med
played with trains, toy
læsebog, regnebog, kate-
almindelige. De fine dukke-
tog, legetøjsvåben og tinsol-
weapons and tin soldiers.
kismus, salmebog og små
huse, som har tilhørt børn i
dater. Udendørs lege som
Outdoor games like snowball
tavler med tilhørende grifler.
velhavende familier, var mere
sneboldkamp, gemmeleg og
fights, hide-and-seek and
Bogstaverne lærte børnene
til fremvisning end til egent-
boldspil var for både piger
ball games were played by
ved at skrive dem i luften
lig leg. Børn fra fattigere fa-
og drenge. I skufferne er der
both boys and girls. You will
eller i en sandkasse. I slut-
milier havde måske en enkelt
mere legetøj.
find more toys in the drawers.
ningen af 1800-tallet kom der
dukkestue i træ eller pap.
is a fairytale world that
1800s was simply furnished.
changes from night to day
The teacher had a small
while you look through the
lectern and the pupils sat on
windows into almost 200
benches at a long table, then
years of interior design. The
later at desks with back
oldest doll’s houses are from
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supports. The blackboard
the late 1700s, and the latest
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was painted directly onto the
from the 1950s when fittings
wall. Spelling books, readers,
like bathrooms had become
arithmetic books, catechisms,
common. These fine doll’s
hymnbooks and slates and
houses, which belonged to
slate-pencils were used in
the children of prosperous
teaching. Children learned
families, were more for
the letters of the alphabet by
display than play. The
writing them in the air or in a
children of poorer families
sandbox. In the late 1800s
sometimes had simpler
pictures, abacuses and
models made of wood or
maps were introduced.
cardboard.
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and used twigs, wood and
The village school of the
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nat skifter, mens man kan
træstykker og sten til en
THE DOLL HOUSE STREET Room 239
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met i en landsbyskole var i
SCHOOLING IN THE 1800s Room 229
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carved wooden whistles,
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eventyrverden, hvor dag og
ter af træ og brugte pinde,
Dukkernes gade er en lille
rammer og landkort.
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Indretningen af klasserum-
anskuelsesbilleder, kugle-
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sewed dolls and balls,
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The street of doll’s houses
Guiden Familietur på 60 minutter tager børn og voksne med på en spændende tur på
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Children in the countryside
tøjdukker og bolde, skar fløj-
tværs af museets udstillinger. Mød bl.a. en grønlandsk åndemaner, den eventyrlige
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Børn på landet syede selv
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dukkehusgade, en udpakket mumie fra det gamle Ægypten – og leg dig gennem
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TOYS Room 228
historien i Børnenes Museum.
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DUKKEHUSGADEN Rum 239
LEGETØJ Rum 228
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Our 60 Minute Family Tour takes both children and adults on an exciting trip through the exhibitions
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at the museum. Meet a shaman from Greenland, the fairytale street of doll's houses, an unwrapped
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mummy from ancient Egypt – and play your way through history at The Children's Museum.
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Stories of Denmark 1660-2000
Danmarkshistorier 1660-2000
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DEN UDPAKKEDE MUMIE Rum 301 Kvinden, der ligger i sin
LEGETØJ FRA OLDTIDENS ATHEN Rum 308
mumie-kiste, var præstinde
Børn i oldtidens Grækenland
og korleder i byen Karnak.
legede med dukker, der
Hun døde som 35-årig for ca.
kunne bevæge arme og ben
2800 år siden. Hendes ind-
og figurer af forskellige dyr,
volde blev fjernet (undtagen
f.eks. fugle, skildpadder,
hjertet), hun blev lagt i natron,
grise og heste. På små vin-
udstoppet, indgnedet i duf-
kander kan man se billeder
tende olier, ferniseret og pak-
af børn, der leger med kæle-
ket ind i mange lag mumie-
dyr som hunde og kaniner.
bind. Men så var hendes
Det lille spillebord med brik-
sjæl også sikret et evigt liv.
ker viser, at de nok også
De gamle ægyptere troede
spillede en slags brætspil.
nemlig, at så længe kroppen
Kanderne blev brugt i en
blev bevaret, overlevede
forårsfest for vinguden
sjælen i Osiris’ dødsrige, hvis
Dionysos. Festen fungerede
den altså bestod de prøver,
som en slags konfirmation for
den skulle igennem.
3-årige børn, som nu blev del
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THE UNWRAPPED MUMMY Room 301
TOYS FROM THE ANCIENT ATHENS Room 308
The woman in the mummy
The children of ancient
case was a priestess and
Greece had toys including
choirmaster in the city of
dolls with movable arms and
Karnak. She died at the age
legs and figurines of animals
of 35, around 2,800 years
like birds, turtles, pigs and
ago. All her internal organs
horses. Wine pitchers were
except the heart were
decorated with pictures of
removed, and the body was
children playing with pets
laid in a salt mixture called
like dogs and rabbits. The
natron, stuffed, rubbed with
small board with pieces tells
scented oils, varnished and
us that they probably also
packed in many layers of
played board games. The
cloth. This treatment of the
pitchers were used at a
body guaranteed her soul
spring festival in honour of
eternal life. The Egyptians
the Greek god of wine
believed that as long as the
Dionysus. The festival was
body was preserved the soul
a kind of confirmation for
lived on in Osiris’ kingdom of
3-year old children, marking
the dead – provided it
their admission to the
endured all the trials required.
religious community.
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