OPENING HOURS
Tuesday-Friday 10am – 4pm
Saturday-Sunday 12pm – 4pm
Monday closed

ADMISSION
Adults: 110 DKK
Students: 70 DKK
Children 7-17 years: 50 DKK
Children under 7: Free
Studens and employees UCPH, ICOM,
ODM, Copenhagen Card: Free

 

Right now

  • Treasure hunt

    Try our treasure hunt. The task is to find a number of objects in the museum. 

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  • Summer at Medical Museion

    Explore Fascinating Summer Activities and Exhibitions at the Medical Museion.

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  • Auditorium, Medicinsk Museion

    Introduction to the museum

    Our guides are ready to give a short introduction to the museum and our exhibitions.

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  • Summer Holiday for Kids

    Super Food and (Un)Tasty Colors
    During the summer holiday at the Medical Museion, you can invent your very own super food equipped with colored pencils and a free imagination.

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  • Cozy Summer Café in the Historic Courtyard

    Surrounded by beautiful, old buildings, wildflowers, herbs, and chirping birds, you’ll find the summer café Hav A Java – the perfect destination for a relaxing break, whether you come to enjoy a freshly brewed barista coffee, a delicious lunch, or a cold glass of wine.

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  • Open Collection

    Get Up Close with Medical History
    Equipped with gloves, you’ll have the opportunity to dive into the museum’s treasure trove and touch the objects.

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Exhibitions

  • Mind the Gut

    Our brain and bowels are under examination. The exhibition focuses on the complex relationship between mind and gut.

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  • Det Indsamlede Menneske

    The Body Collected

    Fetuses, skeletons and DNA. The exhibition presents a large selection of historical collections of human remains from the 18th century to now.

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  • Photo of margarine exhibit

    Margarine

    The exhibition illustrates how the choices we make about our diet, our understanding of how blood vessels function, and the statistics of human health

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  • Corona will also be history one day

    The exhibition traces threads back in time, reflecting a year with Covid-19 in the mirror of past epidemics.

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  • Kintsugi

    Life leaves its mark. This exhibition explores how medicine and technology repair our fragile bodies.

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  • Balance and Metabolism

    What makes a body healthy? This exhibition showcases two different understandings of the body in the history of medicine.

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Current exhibitions

Mind the Gut

Det Indsamlede Menneske

The Body Collected

Photo of margarine exhibit

Margarine

Corona will also be history one day

Kintsugi

Balance and Metabolism

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Visit

Medical Museion has various tours for individuals, schools and groups.

Blogs and news

Postdoc in Communicating Values in Interdisciplinary Science

Medical Museion and CBMR are looking for a curious, creative Postdoc to join us to investigate the role of communicating disciplinary values and goals in interdisciplinary science. The project is part of a wider research theme investigating contemporary discourse about ‘research culture’, initiatives being undertaken to improve it, historical origins, and how creative and communication activities can help support better collaboration.

August 19, 2024

Cover image from the comic

Tales from the Chronobiology Lab: A new comic about science

This blog celebrates the official launch of our new collaborative science comic Tales from the Chronobiology Lab in collaboration with the NFF Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR). Developed and produced by illustrator Sofie Louise Dam, myself and scientists from CBMR, the comic is an experiment in communicating the science of circadian rhythms with the public.

July 9, 2024

Cozy Summer Café in a Historic Courtyard

Surrounded by beautiful, old buildings, wildflowers, herbs, and chirping birds, you’ll find the summer café Hav A Java.

July 1, 2024