Danish Museum of Science and Technology
Danmarks Tekniske Museum
Danish National Museum of Science and Technology in Helsingør (Elsinore)
Address: Fabriksvej 25, DK-3000 Helsingør
Closed on Mondays
This museum, housed in a spacious former foundry, has a fascinating range of items, with something for all ages. There are quirky exhibits with broad appeal, while the more technically inquisitive visitor will appreciate the accessibility of items. The museum avoids the trend to minimise the number of exhibits, placed in large empty spaces, with dimly-lit exhibits behind glass screens. Instead, the exhibits here are numerous and wide-ranging, from bicycles to large aircraft, and are generally well placed for close scrutiny. Most of the descriptive information is only in Danish, but this is not a major drawback, and the staff are happy to provide information. The lighting of the exhibits in the engine hall could be better.
Visitors arriving by train at Helsingor Station should catch the No. 802 bus from the adjacent bus terminus, which stops and picks up right outside the museum. These run every 20 minutes, and announcements give the name of each stop, but the bus drivers are happy to tell passengers when they are approaching the museum.
Helsingor is about 45 minutes by train from Copenhagen. Visitors to Copenhagen will find it advantageous to buy a Copenhagen Card, as the train fare, bus fare, and admission to this museum are all covered by the card.
- Web site (Note link to pages in English)
Note: The museum also has a large reserve collection in Helsingor, but it is not clear what the access arrangements are.
Steam Engines
A database of the displayed steam engines (stationary, marine, portable, etc.), with links to comprehensive details of individual machines, has been prepared by Albert Gieseler and is available online [1]