SMK is included on both cards. Adult entry is €19 (140 DKK) without one, and it is closed on Mondays. Wednesday opening runs until 8pm.
Both cards cover the permanent collection. The temporary exhibitions are a separate question, and not one we can answer yet.
Two buildings joined down the middle: an 1896 palace of a museum and a glass extension behind it. Allow an hour and a half, more if the Golden Age is why you came.
Eckersberg, Købke and the painters of the 1830s and 40s, in the rooms the collection was built around. If you have been to Thorvaldsens Museum or Rosenborg, this is the picture-gallery half of the same period.
Mantegna, Titian, Rubens and Rembrandt, from the royal collection that started the museum. Smaller than the great European galleries and much easier to walk in one visit.
The full-height glass corridor joining the old building to the 1998 extension, with sculpture along its length and the park outside. It is the best-liked space in the museum and free to walk through.
Two things to know: the admission figure changed, and the temporary exhibitions are an open question. Confirmed against smk.dk.
Sølvgade 48–50, on the far side of the King's Garden from the centre — about 20 minutes on foot, or a short bus ride. Included on both cards.
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.
The Crown Jewels and 400 years of royal history, across the King's Garden. Card holders cannot book a time slot online and must collect one on arrival.
A tobacco manufacturer's collection of Danish 19th-century art, in a small purpose-built gallery in the same park. The Skagen painters are its strength.
Denmark's natural history collection, geology and zoology together, on the Botanical Garden side of the park.
Entry is €19 per adult (140 DKK) without a card. Both cards include the permanent collection, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport.
The permanent collection is free on both the Discover and Hop cards. Adult admission without one is €19 (140 DKK), under-27s 95 DKK, under-18s free. Temporary exhibitions cost 130–175 DKK separately and card coverage of those is unconfirmed.
SMK closes every Monday, all year, with no summer exception. Wednesday opening runs to 8pm, which is the easiest evening slot for it. Rosenborg Castle across the King's Garden closes Mondays in winter but opens daily in summer.
Nothing needs booking. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in — there is no timed entry here. That makes SMK a useful place to spend time while waiting for a Rosenborg slot, which does have to be collected in person.
One scan per attraction is the rule on every card type, so SMK National Gallery can be visited once. Leaving and coming back the same day means buying a separate ticket at the door. Plan the visit as a single stretch rather than splitting it across a day.
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.