With the card
Included
Discover only
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at MAPS

The Discover card covers the museum and the 35-minute train to Køge. There is no admission price on this page, because the museum does not publish one.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover only
✓ The collection — sketches, models and studies for works that were made to stand outdoors
✓ Whatever is showing, on the same admission
✓ The train to Køge, covered on Discover
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ The Hop card — Køge is a day trip, which that card excludes entirely
✗ 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 MAPS

The only museum in Denmark about art made for public space — what it takes to put a work in a street rather than a room. Allow an hour.

Highlight 1
The working-out, not the finished thing

The pieces this museum is about are not in it. They are in squares and streets around the country, and what MAPS holds is the sketches, models and studies behind them — the thinking before the casting. It is a museum of process rather than product.

Highlight 2
A subject nobody else covers

Public art gets walked past rather than looked at, and no other Danish museum takes it as a subject. Formerly KØS, this one does nothing else, which is why an hour here changes what you notice on the way back to the station.

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Køge itself

A medieval market town on the coast south of Copenhagen, and a real one rather than a preserved one. The 35-minute train is covered on the Discover card, which makes the trip cost nothing beyond the time.

Before you visit

Read before you go

Two things the sources do not settle, and one that decides which card you need. Confirmed against koes.dk and the card issuer's listing.

The museum does not publish an admission price
  • No adult rate is published by the museum or the card issuer, so this page states no figure and MAPS counts nothing toward a break-even total.
  • That matters less here than usual. The saving on a Køge day is mostly the train, which the Discover card covers whatever the museum charges.
  • Coverage is settled — the issuer lists MAPS on the Discover card.
The Monday rule is not confirmed
  • We have not been able to establish whether it closes on Mondays, so this page claims it in neither direction, and there is no Mondays figure in the bar above.
  • This is a 35-minute train each way, so a closed door costs most of a morning rather than a walk. Check koes.dk before travelling on a Monday.
  • Our list of what is open on a Monday covers the venues whose rules are known, and this is not one of them.
Køge is Discover territory, and the train is the point
  • MAPS is not on the Hop card. Køge is well outside Copenhagen, and that card covers neither the venue nor the journey.
  • On Discover the train is included, about 35 minutes from Copenhagen Central, and then a short walk.
  • Køge Museum is in the same town and also on the card, which makes a half-day rather than a single stop — see what each card covers on public transport.
Getting there

How to get to MAPS

Køge is about 35 minutes south of Copenhagen by train, and the museum is a short walk from the station. All of it is on the Discover card.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Train from Copenhagen Central to Køge — about 35 minutes, and the fare is covered.
✓ Then a short walk into the old town from Køge station.
✓ The Discover card covers the whole Capital Region, so Køge costs nothing beyond the card.
✓ From the airport — train to Copenhagen Central, then south. All covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✗ MAPS is not included on the Hop card — neither the entry nor the train.
✗ The hop-on hop-off routes stay inside Copenhagen and do not reach Køge.
✗ For Køge, as for Roskilde and Helsingør, the Discover card is the one that works.
The rest of a Køge day
  • Køge Museum covers the town’s own history and is on the same card and the same walk.
  • Mosede Fort is north along the coast, on the card, and about Denmark’s neutrality in the First World War.
  • ARKEN is on the way back towards the city at Ishøj, with modern art and a sculpture park by the beach.
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.

Town Museum · Short walk · Allow 1 hr

Køge Museum

The history of Køge, in the medieval market town the museum sits in.

Open Monday to Saturday in season and closed Sundays — the reverse of most.
Fort & Museum · North of Køge · Allow 1.5 hrs

Mosede Fort

A coastal fort turned museum, about Denmark keeping out of the First World War.

Open all year, with a free guided introduction through the casemates at noon.
Modern Art · Ishøj · Allow 2 hrs

ARKEN Museum

Modern and contemporary art in a ship-like building on the beach at Ishøj, with a sculpture park around it.

Closed Mondays. 30 minutes by S-train plus bus 128, all covered.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit MAPS?

The Discover card includes the museum and the train down to Køge, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region.

Common questions

MAPS Museum — card FAQ

Is MAPS Museum included with the Copenhagen Card?

The Copenhagen Card Discover covers entry, and the train to Køge with it. MAPS publishes no adult admission price and the card issuer lists opening information only, so this page states no figure. The Hop card excludes Køge entirely — it does not cover day trips.

Is MAPS Museum open on Mondays?

The Monday rule is not published anywhere we can check, so this page does not claim it either way. Check koes.dk before travelling, since Køge is about 35 minutes each way and a closed door costs most of a morning.

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

Nothing needs booking. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in. The train to Køge is covered on the same card, so there is nothing to buy at either end of the journey.

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

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. Køge Museum in the same town counts as its own attraction and its own scan, which is what turns the trip into a half-day rather than one stop.

How do I get into MAPS Museum 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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