Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

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"Built by the family behind Carlsberg beer to share their art collection with the public, this museum pairs Greek and Roman sculpture and Impressionist galleries with architecture worth the trip—intricate mosaic floors and a soaring, glass-ceilinged winter garden. We warmed up at the café tucked inside that Winter Garden, where the simple, delicious food ran from soup with grilled bread to an enormous butter cookie, and servers used plastic fruits as playful order markers." - Tamara Shopsin Tamara Shopsin Tamara Shopsin is an illustrator, graphic designer, writer, part-time cook, and co-owner of the New York City eatery Shopsin’s. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Verge, Travel + Leisure, Vulture, and more. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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"One of my favourite places to go in Copenhagen - it's amazing that one man could have collected such an outstanding array of art and one of the best places to go if you like statues, which I adore! I only ended up visiting the Glypotect as I went to the visitor information and they told me there was free entry on Tuesdays. I was so glad I went! The sculptures were amazing and the indoor garden was beautiful. There is also a cafe inside. You need to store your belongings (bags, coats etc) in a locker which costs 20 kroner deposit that you get back. You are allowed to take photos inside." - WAAITT

"The Museum That Beer Built We stood like a pair of Hemingway’s cats in the thin Scandinavian rain to photograph the oxidized lions washed dark at the front of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. A rainy day is always a good day to see a museum and the Carlsberg, the brainchild of the beer scion Carl Jacobsen, is one museum to visit when the weather encourages it. The well-lit solarium of the winter garden speckled with koi ponds, tall palms, and miniaturized sculptures first welcomes you. There a popular cafe serves coffees, beers (from the Carlsberg Brewery naturally), organic lunches, and locally sourced treats. The most popular dining spot, where a reservation is needed, is along the terrace which overlooks the garden. The museum’s two collections are antiquities and French and Danish art from the 19th century. Sculptures are the museum’s métier- they dot even the quiet corners of the museum- from the serious Roman busts to the Danish sculptures which extol physical perfection and line the bright rooms like alabaster runway models. The patterned tiles and marble columns add airs of formality. Then there are the impressionist wings: van Gogh’s Landscape from Saint-Remy; Manet’s the Absinthe Drinker; Gaugin’s Tahitian Woman with Flower; Degas’ The Little-Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. One appreciates that you can get up close to the works without a rush of onlookers; the museum's collections are carefully curated, so as to not to overwhelm, and are laid in a manner inviting you to stay for a while. By Tony Tuntasit"

"The Museum That Beer Built We stood like a pair of Hemingway’s cats in the thin Scandinavian rain to photograph the oxidized lions washed dark at the front of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. A rainy day is always a good day to see a museum and the Carlsberg, the brainchild of the beer scion Carl Jacobsen, is one museum to visit when the weather encourages it. The well-lit solarium of the winter garden speckled with koi ponds, tall palms, and miniaturized sculptures first welcomes you. There a popular cafe serves coffees, beers (from the Carlsberg Brewery naturally), organic lunches, and locally sourced treats. The most popular dining spot, where a reservation is needed, is along the terrace which overlooks the garden. The museum’s two collections are antiquities and French and Danish art from the 19th century. Sculptures are the museum’s métier- they dot even the quiet corners of the museum- from the serious Roman busts to the Danish sculptures which extol physical perfection and line the bright rooms like alabaster runway models. The patterned tiles and marble columns add airs of formality. Then there are the impressionist wings: van Gogh’s Landscape from Saint-Remy; Manet’s the Absinthe Drinker; Gaugin’s Tahitian Woman with Flower; Degas’ The Little-Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. One appreciates that you can get up close to the works without a rush of onlookers; the museum's collections are carefully curated, so as to not to overwhelm, and are laid in a manner inviting you to stay for a while. By Tony Tuntasit"

"Glyptotek, Copenhagen K. One of my favourite places to go in Copenhagen - it's amazing that one man could have collected such an outstanding array of art and one of the best places to go if you like statues, which I adore! I only ended up visiting the Glypotect as I went to the visitor information and they told me there was free entry on Tuesdays. I was so glad I went! The sculptures were amazing and the indoor garden was beautiful. There is also a cafe inside. You need to store your belongings (bags, coats etc) in a locker which costs 20 kroner deposit that you get back. You are allowed to take photos inside."