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Geologisk Museum
| Address: | Kobenhavns Universitet, Oster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K |
| Telephone: | +45-35-322345 |
| Fax: | +45-35-322325 |
| Year of foundation: | 1772 |
| Collections: | Large collections of minerals, fossils and rock specimens from Greenland. Exhibit on Greenland's geology. |
Handels- og Soefartsmuseet [Danish Maritime Museum]
| [Danish Maritime Museum] | |
| Address: | Kronborg Castle, DK-3000 Elsinore |
| Telephone: | +45-49-210685 |
| Fax: | +45-49-213440 |
| Year of foundation: | 1914 |
| Collections: | Various artefacts pertaining to Danish Arctic shipping activities, particularly in Greenland waters, and some related ethnographic material including an umiak and a kayak. The sizeable maritime library includes a special collection of logbooks |
| Publications: | <em>Maritema</em> (1987-); <em>Sohistoriske Skrifter</em> (1947-) |
Knud Rasmussens Hus
| Website: | www.krh.dk |
| Address: | Knud Rasmussensvej 9, Hundested. |
| Collections: | Commemorative museum to noted Danish explorer, including memorabilia, Greenlandic costumes, hunting gear and substantial archives. |
Nationalmuseet [National Museum of Denmark]
| [National Museum of Denmark] | |
| Website: | www.natmus.dk |
| Address: | Ny Vestergade 10, DK-1471 Copenhagen |
| Telephone: | +45-33-134411 |
| Fax: | +45-33-144421 |
| Year of foundation: | 1807 |
| Collections: | Possesses possibly the world's largest collection of Eskimo artefacts, with sizeable collections also for the Saami and Siberian peoples, and for the Norse settlement in Greenland during the Middle Ages. Ethnographic and archaeological research has been carried out in Greenland since 1929. Frequent exhibitions. Library |
| Publications: | <em>Arbedjdsmark</em> (annual); exhibition catalogues |
Orlogsmuseet [Royal Danish Naval Museum]
| [Royal Danish Naval Museum] | |
| Website: | www.orlogsmuseet.dk |
| Address: | Overgaden oven Vandet 58, DK-1415 Copenhagen K |
| Telephone: | +45-31-546363 |
| Fax: | +45-31-54-29-80 |
| Year of foundation: | 1957 |
| Collections: | Collection contains historical construction ship models from the 17th century onwards as well as paintings, drawings, written material and official documents with much of potential interest from a polar viewpoint |
| Publications: | <em>Marinehistorisk Tidsskrift</em> (1967-, 6pa); <em>Maritim Kontakt</em> (1980-) |
Ringkjobing Museum
| Address: | Osterport 1, DK-6950 Ringkjobing |
| Telephone: | +45-97-321615 |
| Year of foundation: | 1908 |
| Collections: | Includes one room devoted to the memory of the Danmark Expedition to N.E. Greenland (1906-08) and its leader L. Mylius Erichsen, who grew up in Ringkjobing: hunting weapons and clothing, photographs, diaries and papers. |
Zoologisk Museum
| Address: | Kobenhavns Universitet, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 0, DK-2100 |
| Year of foundation: | 1770 |
| Collections: | Collections for the Arctic and Greenland |
| Publications: | <em>Steenstrupia</em> (1970-) |