Explore Aarhus

Small underground museum at Sankt Clemens Torv in Aarhus, built on the excavation it stands over, showing the Viking town behind its ramparts.

Museum of the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark, founded in 1982 as a women's museum and housed since 1984 in the old Aarhus city hall of 1857.

Museum in the former Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, on the city under German occupation and the resistance that grew there.

Contemporary art hall hosting exhibitions, events, a seasonal café, and a specialized bookshop in Aarhus.

Contemporary art museum in Aarhus featuring rotating exhibitions, permanent installations by James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson, and family-friendly programs.

Museum of the history of poster art, inside the open-air museum Den Gamle By in central Aarhus.

Some 5,000 toys inside the open-air museum Den Gamle By in Aarhus, from German Märklin cars and Bing trains to Danish Tekno models and home-made playthings.

Science museum featuring exhibitions on astronomy, human body, medical history, and interactive displays; includes planetarium.

Open-air museum featuring reconstructed buildings from various historical periods, offering guided tours and interactive experiences.

Botanical garden of 21.5 hectares in central Aarhus, founded in 1873 and laid out beside the Old Town open-air museum.

Natural history museum featuring exhibitions on wildlife, dinosaurs via VR, and Danish nature with regular and special programming.

University museum in Aarhus on the art and cultural history of ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome.

Specialized art museum featuring Art Brut works, centered on artist Ovartaci (Louis Marcussen) and cultural history of Risskov Psychiatric Hospital.

Archaeology and ethnography museum east of Aarhus, with permanent exhibitions on the Iron Age and its bog sacrifices, the Vikings and the Middle Ages, alongside changing special exhibitions.