Individual ticket
€15
110 DKK at the door
With the card
Included
Discover & Hop
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
Mondays
Closed Mondays
Closed Mondays · Tuesday to Friday 10am–5pm
Children
50 DKK
Under 7 free · ages 7–18 50 DKK
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at Medical Museion

Both cards cover the adult ticket. Children are charged here, which is worth knowing before you arrive with them.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover & Hop
✓ Full entry to the permanent collection and the temporary exhibitions
✓ The building — the eighteenth-century Royal Academy of Surgeons, including the old anatomical theatre
✓ Included on both cards — Discover and Hop alike
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ Children’s admission — ages 7 to 18 pay 50 DKK rather than entering free
✗ Guided tours arranged separately
Inside

What to see at Medical Museion

The University of Copenhagen's medical collection, in the building where Danish surgeons were trained from 1787. Allow an hour.

Highlight 1
The anatomical theatre

The building was the Royal Academy of Surgeons, and the tiered theatre where dissections were demonstrated is still in it. Standing in the room is most of the visit.

Highlight 2
The collection

Instruments, specimens and the apparatus of medicine over two centuries. It is not squeamish and it does not pretend to be, which is fair warning if you are bringing children.

Highlight 3
Contemporary exhibitions

The museum is a working university department, and the temporary shows tend towards current questions about bodies and biomedicine rather than historical display. Better than the phrase "university museum" suggests.

Before you visit

Read before you go

Two practical points and one about who it suits. Confirmed against museion.ku.dk and the 2026 Copenhagen museums folder.

Children are charged, and the subject is not for all of them
  • Ages 7 to 18 pay 50 DKK, and under-7s are free. Most card venues admit under-18s free, so this is one of the exceptions.
  • The collection is medical and explicit in places. That is the point of it, but it is not the room for every child, and there is no separate family route.
  • For venues that are built for children instead, see how many days of card to buy and plan the family day around the Experimentarium or the National Museum.
Closed Mondays, and the weekend opens later
  • Closed every Monday. Tuesday to Friday it opens 10am to 5pm. If your only free day is a Monday, see what stays open.
  • Saturday and Sunday it opens at 11am rather than 10am, and closes at the same time.
  • Adult admission is €15 (110 DKK) without a card; students pay 70 DKK.
It is a few doors from the Design Museum
  • Bredgade 62 — the Design Museum is at Bredgade 68, a two-minute walk along the same street.
  • Amalienborg is one block towards the harbour, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg is at the head of Nyhavn.
  • Four card venues inside ten minutes makes Frederiksstaden the densest cluster in the city after Slotsholmen.
Getting there

How to get to Medical Museion

Bredgade, in Frederiksstaden, seven minutes from Marmorkirken. Entry is on both cards; the journey is only on one.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Metro M3 to Marmorkirken, then about seven minutes up Bredgade. The fare is covered.
✓ Or Østerport station, a similar walk from the other end. Also covered.
✓ Buses along Store Kongensgade stop a couple of minutes away, and are covered.
✓ From the airport — M2 to Kongens Nytorv then M3 to Marmorkirken. Covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✓ Entry is included on the Hop card — the museum is covered by both.
✓ The hop-on hop-off bus stops near Amalienborg, a few minutes away.
✗ The metro and city buses are not on the Hop card, so an airport arrival is a separate ticket.
Bredgade and Amalienborg in one walk
  • Design Museum Denmark is six doors up the same street, in an eighteenth-century hospital building.
  • The Amalienborg Museum is one block towards the harbour, with the Changing of the Guard arriving around noon.
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg is at the head of Nyhavn, though it closes between exhibitions — check the dates.
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.

Design Museum · 2 min walk · Allow 1.5 hrs

Design Museum Denmark

Danish and international design in an eighteenth-century hospital building on Bredgade, with the chair collection the obvious draw.

Open seven days a week 6 July to 31 August; closed Mondays otherwise.
Palace Museum · 5 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Amalienborg Museum

The royal family's private apartments in Christian VIII's palace, with the Changing of the Guard arriving in the square around noon.

Card holders request a time slot at the museum shop — it cannot be booked online.
Contemporary Art · 10 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Large contemporary exhibitions in the old academy building at the head of Nyhavn, in one of the biggest gallery suites in northern Europe.

Closes entirely between exhibitions — check the dates before relying on it.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit Medical Museion?

Entry is €15 per adult (110 DKK) without a card, and ages 7 to 18 pay 50 DKK. Both cards cover the adult ticket, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport.

Common questions

Medical Museion — card FAQ

Is Medical Museion included with the Copenhagen Card?

Both cards cover adult entry, which is €15 (110 DKK) without one. Students pay 70 DKK. Children aged 7 to 18 are charged 50 DKK rather than admitted free, which is unusual among card venues and worth budgeting for.

Is Medical Museion open on Mondays?

Medical Museion closes every Monday. It opens Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm and at weekends from 11am to 5pm — the weekend starts an hour later rather than running longer. The Design Museum two doors up keeps a different Monday rule in summer.

Do I need to book Medical Museion 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 museum is small and rarely busy, so there is no advantage in arriving at opening.

Can I visit Medical Museion twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. The Design Museum two minutes away counts as its own attraction and its own scan, which makes the pair a natural hour and a half on Bredgade.

How do I get into Medical Museion 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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