How do I get to Louisiana from Copenhagen?

Take the regional train (S-tog or Øresund line) from Copenhagen Central Station toward Helsingør and exit at Humlebæk. The museum is an easy 10-minute walk from the station. The journey takes about 40 minutes and trains run frequently.

Is Louisiana better than other Danish museums?

Louisiana is consistently ranked as Denmark's most visited museum of art and one of the finest in all of Scandinavia. Its combination of coastal setting, permanent collection, and world-class temporary exhibitions makes it exceptional by any standard.

Why is it called Louisiana?

The villa was built in 1855 by Alexander Brun, who named it Louisiana after his three successive wives — all named Louise. The name stuck when the museum opened in 1958.

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Humlebæk · Denmark · Founded 1958

One of the most beautiful museum settings in the world — a sculpture park and gallery in a clifftop villa overlooking the Øresund strait, with Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, and Warhol.

About Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Louisiana opened in 1958 in a 19th-century villa at Humlebæk, 35 kilometres north of Copenhagen on the coast of the Øresund strait. The museum grew organically over decades, with interconnected whitewashed gallery wings threading through the landscape of the clifftop park — creating one of the most harmonious relationships between art, architecture, and nature of any museum in the world.

The permanent collection of over 3,000 works centres on post-war and contemporary art from Europe and America. Louisiana holds an exceptional group of Giacometti sculptures, major works by Calder (hanging mobiles in the garden), Henry Moore, Max Ernst, Asger Jorn, and Andy Warhol. The sculpture park — open year-round — overlooks the sea toward Sweden. The museum consistently appears on international lists of the world's most beautiful and best-loved art institutions.

Collections & Highlights

Sculpture park overlooking the Øresund — Calder, Giacometti, Henry Moore, Max Ernst

Permanent collection of 3,000+ works of post-war and contemporary art

The whitewashed gallery wings threaded through a coastal cliff garden

Views across the strait to Sweden on clear days

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