Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen · Denmark · Founded 1897
A breathtaking palace of art in central Copenhagen — the world's finest Gauguin collection, ancient Egyptian and Roman sculpture, and a famous tropical winter garden under a glass dome.
About Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek was founded by Carl Jacobsen, heir to the Carlsberg brewery, as a gift to the city of Copenhagen. It opened in 1897 and expanded with a French Impressionist wing in 1906. The building — a combination of neoclassical facades and a spectacular glass-domed winter garden — is among the most beautiful museum interiors in Scandinavia.
The collection has three cores: ancient Mediterranean art (Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman sculpture, including an exceptional Roman portrait bust collection), French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (the world's largest collection of Gauguin paintings outside Paris, plus major Degas bronzes and paintings), and 19th-century Danish and French sculpture. The tropical winter garden under the central dome — planted with palms and fig trees — is open to museum visitors and a landmark of Copenhagen.
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