With the card
Included
Discover & Hop
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
Mondays
Open daily
Open daily in season, Mondays included
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at the Amber Museum

Both cards cover entry. Whether there is anything to cover is a fairer question here than anywhere else on the site, and it is worth answering first.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover & Hop
✓ The museum itself — Baltic amber, the trade built on it, and the house it is shown in
✓ Kanneworffs House, which dates from 1606 and is part of the visit rather than just the address
✓ Included on both cards — Discover and Hop alike
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ Anything in the jewellery shop. The museum is attached to one, and nothing in it is covered by either card
✗ Food and drink, which the card does not cover anywhere
✗ A second visit. One scan per attraction, so the card opens this door once
Inside

What to see at the Amber Museum

A small museum at the head of Nyhavn about the material Denmark traded on for centuries. Most visitors are through in under an hour.

Highlight 1
Amber, and why it mattered here

Baltic amber was a trade good long before it was a souvenir, and the collection is about that trade as much as the stones. It gives a specific answer to why this coast was worth sailing to, which is background the Viking and maritime museums assume you already have.

Highlight 2
A 1606 house at the head of Nyhavn

Kanneworffs House predates almost everything around it and is part of what you are looking at. Nyhavn is the most photographed street in Copenhagen and this is one of the few doors on it a card holder can simply walk through.

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Under an hour, on a street you are on anyway

It is small, and honest about being small. Its real value is position: two minutes from Kongens Nytorv, at the top of Nyhavn, in the middle of a walk most visitors make on their first day regardless.

Before you visit

Read before you go

Two things worth knowing that the museum's own page will not tell you. Hours and address confirmed against the card issuer's listing and copenhagenambermuseum.com.

Nobody publishes what this costs — including whether it costs anything
  • Sources disagree at the most basic level. One visitor account describes the museum as free to enter; others describe paying to get in. The museum does not publish an admission price to settle it.
  • So this page states no figure, and the Amber Museum is left out of our guide to how many days of card to buy and out of the break-even calculator. If it turns out to be free to everyone, counting it as a saving would be inventing one.
  • The card coverage is separate and settled — the issuer lists it on both cards.
The visit ends in a jewellery shop, and reviewers find it pushy
  • The museum is attached to an amber jewellery business, and reviews repeatedly describe heavy sales pressure inside it.
  • Nothing in the shop is card-covered, and amber is expensive. Going in expecting a museum and leaving having been sold to is the complaint that comes up again and again.
  • You can simply walk out. Worth saying plainly, because a small venue makes that harder to do than a large one.
Open every day, but only for most of the year
  • 10am to 6pm every day, 1 May to 23 December. No Monday closure inside that window — see what is open on a Monday.
  • The first four months of the year are not covered by that listing, so check before making the walk in winter.
  • Nyhavn 2, two minutes from Kongens Nytorv metro, at the head of the canal.
Getting there

How to get to the Amber Museum

Nyhavn 2, at the head of the canal, two minutes from Kongens Nytorv. Entry is on both cards; the journey is only on one.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Metro M1, M2, M3 or M4 to Kongens Nytorv, then two minutes on foot. The fare is covered.
✓ About 20 minutes on foot from Copenhagen Central, along Strøget.
✓ Harbour buses and city buses stop nearby and are covered on Discover.
✓ From the airport — M2 direct to Kongens Nytorv, about 15 minutes and covered.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✓ Entry is included on the Hop card — the museum is covered by both.
✓ The hop-on hop-off bus stops at Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn, both a short walk.
✗ The metro, S-trains and city buses are not covered on the Hop card, so an airport arrival is a separate ticket.
Three card venues on the same walk
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg is at Nyhavn 2 to 4 as well, with entrances from both Nyhavn and Kongens Nytorv.
  • Nikolaj Kunsthal is a few minutes inland, in a former church.
  • The Amalienborg Museum is ten minutes north along the water, in the royal palace quarter.
Plan the rest of the day

Nearby attractions also on your card

All three are included on the same card, so the only cost of adding them is the time. For the full list, see every attraction the Copenhagen Card covers.

Contemporary Art · 1 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

A large contemporary art hall on Nyhavn, showing a few major exhibitions a year rather than a permanent collection.

Closes for long stretches between exhibitions — check the dates before going.
Art Centre · 5 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Nikolaj Kunsthal

Contemporary art in the former St Nikolaj church, Copenhagen's third oldest, a few minutes inland from Nyhavn.

The same ticket also covers Thorvaldsens and the Museum of Copenhagen for 48 hours.
Royal Palace · 10 min walk · Allow 1.5 hrs

Amalienborg Museum

The private rooms of recent Danish monarchs inside Christian VIII's Palace, on the Amalienborg square.

Card holders request a time slot at the museum shop, not online.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit the Amber Museum?

Entry is included on both the Discover and Hop cards, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport. It is open every day from May to December, at the head of Nyhavn.

Common questions

Amber Museum Copenhagen — card FAQ

Is Amber Museum Copenhagen included with the Copenhagen Card?

Entry is included on both the Discover and Hop cards. The museum publishes no admission price, and sources disagree about whether it charges at all, so this page states no figure. The attached jewellery shop is a separate business and nothing in it is covered.

Is Amber Museum Copenhagen open on Mondays?

The Amber Museum opens every day, Mondays included, from 10am to 6pm between 1 May and 23 December. Hours for the first four months of the year are not published, so check before walking down in winter.

Do I need to book Amber Museum Copenhagen in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in. Most visitors are through in under an hour, so it fits into a Nyhavn walk rather than needing a slot in the day.

Can I visit Amber Museum Copenhagen twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. It is small enough that one visit covers it, and the attached shop can be walked past on the way out without buying anything.

How do I get into Amber Museum Copenhagen with the Copenhagen Card?

Show the live QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the entrance and let staff scan it. Your booking confirmation email is not your card, and a screenshot of the QR code will not scan — it has to be the app itself, which works offline once activated.

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