Gender Museum Denmark

KØN - Gender Museum Denmark, formerly Kvindemuseet, is a history museum in , focused on the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday and Thursday–Saturday: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
    Wednesday: 10:00 AM–8:00 PM
    Sunday: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
    public holidays: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Museum in Aarhus, Denmark
  • Also known as: “KØN - Gender Museum Denmark” and “Women’s Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cathedral and Occupation Museum.

Church
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, Public domain.
Aarhus is a in , . It is the longest and tallest church in the country, at 93 m in length and 96 m in height. The construction of Aarhus began in the 12th century and it is the main edifice of the diocese of Aarhus for the Church of Denmark, dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, St Clemens.

Museum
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in , is a history museum dedicated to the history of Aarhus during the German occupation in the Second World War. The museum focuses on the major events of the war in Aarhus, especially the Aarhus Air Raid, the 1944 explosion in the Port of Aarhus, the activities of the prolific informant Grethe Bartram, and the resistance movement in general.

Theater building
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The in , is the largest provincial theatre in . is situated 150 metres south of Gender Museum Denmark.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latin Quarter and Midtbyen.

Neighborhood
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The in is the oldest part of the city and is itself part of the inner city. The quarter comprise the streets of Badstuegade, Klostergade, Volden, Studsgade, Borggade, Rosensgade, Mejlgade and Graven, with Pustervig Torv as the main square.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of . is part of district Aarhus C, mainly with postal code 8000, together with Vesterbro, Trøjborg and and has a population of around 90000.

Neighborhood
Photo: Nico-dk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small neighborhood in the city of , home to some 3,000 residents. The neighborhood is part of the Aarhus C district and borders the neighborhoods of Indre By south and west, in the east and Trøjborg north.

Gender Museum Denmark

Latitude
56.15721° or 56° 9′ 26″ north
Longitude
10.21139° or 10° 12′ 41″ east
Wheelchair access
limited
Named after
gender
Open location code
9F8G5646+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 635792101
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q6449744
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tamil—“Gender Museum Denmark” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Museu del Gènere Dinamarca”
  • Chinese: “女性博物館”
  • Chinese: “女性博物馆”
  • Danish: “KØN - Gender Museum Denmark”
  • Danish: “KØN”
  • Finnish: “KØN - Gender Museum Denmark”
  • German: “Frauenmuseum in Dänemark”
  • Japanese: “デンマーク女性博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KØN - Gender Museum Denmark”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvindemuseet i Danmark”
  • Polish: “Kvindemuseet i Danmark”
  • Polish: “Kvindemuseet”
  • Portuguese: “Museu do Gênero Dinamarca”
  • Swedish: “Køn, gender museum Danmark”
  • Swedish: “Kvindemuseet i Danmark”
  • Tamil: “பாலின அருங்காட்சியகம், டென்மார்க்”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mathilde Fibigers Have and Aarhus Katedralskole.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: KØN. Museumscafèen. and På Kanten.

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