Odense City Museums
Odense City Museums (Danish: Odense Bys Museer) is a department in culture- and Socialadministration (Danish: Kultur- og Socialforvaltningen), which again is a department in Odense municipal administration. It runs and administrates all museums in Odense municipal. The first Museum in Odense opened in 1860 under the name Nordisk Museum located in Odense Palace. During 1885 it moved to a newly erected building, a few hundred meters from Odense Palace,- this building today houses Funen Artmuseum, was renamed to Museum Civitatis Othiniensis and came under municipal administration.
In 1904 the name changed to Fyns Stiftsmuseum. During the next many years new museums opened (and closed), got renamed and moved around. Since 1997 Odense City Museums is run’d as one museum with the different museums around the city as departments.
Museums H.C. Andersens Museum (H.C. Andersens Hus) H.C. Andersens Childhood home (H.C. Andersens Barndomshjem) The Funen Village (Den Fynske Landsby) Carl Nielsen Museum (Carl Nielsen Museet) Carl Nielsen Childhood home (Carl Nielsen Barndomshjem) Fuen Artmuseum (Fyns Kunstmuseum) Citymuseum Møntergården (Bymuseet Møntergården) Hollufgård (not open to the public since 1st January 2004)
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