Roskilde Museum
Roskilde Museum is a local history museum based in Roskilde, Denmark. The museum, which is run by the municipalities of Roskilde, Frederikssund and Lejre, has eight separate branches.Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roskilde Cathedral and Stændertorvet.
Roskilde Cathedral
Church
Photo: CucombreLibre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roskilde Cathedral, in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is one of the most important churches in Denmark, and the official royal burial church of the Danish monarchs. Roskilde Cathedral is situated 200 metres west of Roskilde Museum.
Stændertorvet
Square
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stændertorvet is a square, which is situated 210 metres southwest of Roskilde Museum.
St. Catherine’s Priory
Monastery
Photo: Moeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Catherine's Priory, Roskilde was a Danish priory of Dominican friars located in Roskilde. It was established in 1231 and dissolved during the Reformation. St. Catherine’s Priory is situated 200 metres east of Roskilde Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roskilde and Sankt Jørgensbjerg.
Roskilde
Photo: Esther Westerveld, CC BY 2.0.
Roskilde is in West Zealand, Denmark, 35 km west of Copenhagen. Roskilde is an ancient city dating from the Viking age. The most important historical sights are the Viking Museum and Roskilde Cathedral, World Heritage site.
Sankt Jørgensbjerg
Neighborhood
Sankt Jørgensbjerg is a district of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Initially a fishing village in its own right with a history dating to the Viking Age, it became part of Roskilde in 1938. Today it has become the most desirable district in the city.
Musicon
Suburb
Musicon is a district of the city of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. It is being developed south of Roskilde railway station in an area of 250,000 m2 where a cement factory once stood. Roskilde Municipality is developing a new district centred on creative cultural associations and institutions.
Roskilde Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural history museum in Roskilde, Denmark
- Categories: cultural history museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.64244° or 55° 38′ 33″ northLongitude
12.08366° or 12° 5′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9F7JJ3RM+XFOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11787197
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Slovenian—“Roskilde Museum” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Roskilde Museum”
- Dutch: “Roskilde Museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roskilde Museum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roskilde Museum”
- Polish: “Muzeum Roskilde”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Roskilde”
- Slovenian: “Roskildski muzej”
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