Danish Museum of Science and Technology — Attraction in Helsingør Municipality

I visited in Jan-23 on a Sunday with my wife and 12 year old son. Approach to the museum is impractical from Copenhagen. The bus going near museum does not work on weekend, and other bus leaving a KM away is with 1 Hr. frequency. The museum is located at worst possible place for tourists. No restaurants/shops around. Just industrial shades. We had to travel for 1.5 hours to reach there from copenhagen in morning at 09:15 AM, as that was the best connection possible with public transport frequency between bus and train. It was icy cold outside, but they made us stand outside the door in cold wind for whole 45 minutes. There was no place to sit as benches were all wet. We requested multiple times to let us wait inside at reception or cafe, but nobody listened. They said they are setting up the museum, while all they were seen doing was sitting at counter chatting and drinking coffee. Staff kept coming in, in front of us and locking doors on our faces. At 10:00 we were allowed to enter, to know that museum has no heating, so it was terribly cold inside. Many exhibits did not have any English information boards. One person was explaining something in Danish, but even after noticing few non-Danish people, he completely ignored us throughout the duration. Overall Staff was indifferent to ensuring good visitors experiences. All the exhibits are dusty and mostly non working (view only models). No hands-on for kids. This museum disappoints vastly considering it's a national museum about technology in a developed country like Denmark. If you are visiting Copenhagen, DO NOT include it in your tourist itinerary at all. There are man other places worth visiting near Copenhagen, than to waste time on this...

The exhibits here are interesting simply for what they are- you have examples of biplanes, early airliners (complete with the sadly-retired D.B. Cooper style aft airstair that you could open in flight), and fighter jets. It must be said that it is fairly light on science, and most of the exhibits feel like they need better maintenance- dusty, beaten up things with parts missing or damaged. Many exhibits were out of order. Interactivity or even movement is also missing from most exhibits, there's not much 'experience' to be had there beyond looking at the static machinery. Slightly frightening wall display of posters made by children, all of which seem to be vehement restatements of mass market political themes rather than evidence of science teaching. A lot of explanatory work is done by dry words on the signs rather than the exhibits themselves, which defeats the point of a museum to a degree.

All in all, it's worth a visit, but there is a run-down feeling about the place and it could do with a remodel and refocus on...

Simply wonderful. I've been to some science museums in the US like the Hall of Science in NY or Liberty Science in NJ museums that seem more geared towards kids. This has exhibits lots of informative details.. we loved the exhibit about energy and Denmark's push for green living.

My only wish was for them to have more of their displays in English too. Many are but about 40% weren't. Luckily there is Google Translate. (See how-to below)

Pro Tip: download 'Google Translate' from the App Store/Google Play store and then download Danish language pack for OFFLINE with in Google Translate so can use (in case you don't have cell service). Then you can point your smartphone camera at the Danish-only placards and read them in English. It's not always perfect but it's mostly useful.

ALSO some hotels offered a 20% coupon for admission. Look for it where...