Moesgaard Museum — Attraction in Aarhus Municipality

We came here with a family of five - two parents as well as three children of ages 13, 11 and 9. Entrance for under 18 is free, adults pay as if 8/24 190 DKK. As we arrived during the afternoon there was no queue at all, so we could just walk up to the counter and buy them without having to wait.

If you come from Aarhus on a day with good weather I would absolutely recommend to come by bike through the woods, as it is a beautiful, if in parts challenging, path. You can then park right in front of the museum.

On the day of our visit the museum was open until 21:00 o clock, but it doesn’t opens this long every day!

There are cloakrooms and restrooms in the basement. All is very clean and orderly. There are lockers available. It looks very sorted and inviting.

Once you get your ticket you are able to move in and out of the exhibition area freely. This means you can go out and have a snack, break or walk around outside.

The exhibition itself is beautifully designed. There are several parts. We saw the Egyptian part first. It was very interesting and you could feel that the curators had thought about how to include options for children. Our kids were excited by this - as were we.

We then walked down into the basement, where there are many more exhibitions about Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Viking Age and then Middle Age. This area also is enough to spend several days in itself. There are different types of media involved. It is far from the old ways a museum was designed. This is clearly thought through to pull you in and immerse you in the world that is created around you.

We made our way through the basement and explored as much as we could.

Afterwards, the weather had become overcast and rainy, so we skipped the upstairs part of the museum and headed home.

There is a restaurant attached that had offered a buffet of food at 17:30 - we missed this, but if you spend a whole day it would be perfect for a family dinner, I guess.

Overall, this is a wonderfully curated space. There are clearly people at work who love their job and have great expertise. This is absolutely THE museum to come to, especially when you have children coming with you. We will...

MOMU cooperates with the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology and Anthropology at Aarhus University. The main part of the museum’s archaeological collection is of Danish origin. In addition, the Ethnographical Collections contain almost 50,000 artifacts from all over the world. They are used both for research and exhibitions. The collection also contains photographic material, films and sound recordings. The museum’s exhibitions presents several unrivaled archaeological findings from Denmark’s ancient past, among others the Grauballe Man, the world’s best preserved bog body and the large ritual weapon caches from Illerup Ådal, testifying the power struggles and warfare of the Iron Age. The collection also contains seven local rune stones. Temporary exhibitions at the museum also display examples of the world's cultural heritage.[2]

Exhibitions Edit

A large new museum building, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, housing both exhibitions for the public and headquarters for academic activities, was inaugurated in 2014.[3] The museum building is constructed around a broad central staircase. The upper levels shows changing exhibits of history and culture from around the world, while the lower levels house the permanent exhibitions on Danish, Scandinavian and European history and culture.

The permanent indoor exhibitions comprise the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Viking Age as it unfolded in Denmark and Scandinavia specifically and an exhibition on Medieval Denmark in c. 1050 to 1536. They are highly interactive in several languages, designed to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, without losing academic depth and accuracy. The prehistoric exhibitions includes these...

This is a great place to visit in Aarhus in Denmark, it is located in the the woods and it's a very nice drive to the museum. The museum in built in a very modern way with great effects of lighting. They have used the latest modern technology and educational methods in order to convey the information and the messages from the displayed portraits and material. In addition, they have used podcasts from people working in archeology, geology and historians, and you get the impression that these people talk to you directly, and this helps in conveying the message and information. Also, the museum displays the history of Europe across the ages, I have enjoyed reviewing the history of the Vikings and the simulated wars between the different armys the Vikings used to fight with. There is also a demonstration of the real lives and villages people used to have, and samples of the ships. The museum collections are really great, it displays all the ages from hunters ages, iron ages and until the modern ages. There was also an exhibition of Jenkins Khan, a very nice display of the the history of Jenkins Khan, and a demonstration of the the normadic live, with displays for the animals and the dresses people are wearing especially in Mongolia. The museum has a very nice restaurant and coffee shop with a nice cousin. And there is souvenir shop that contains books in both English and Danish. The people working in the museum are very friendly. The museum is worth visiting, it offers a great educational opportunity especially for history of Europe and the history of the Scandinavian countries, and is good for both adults...