The Royal Danish Naval Museum is located in the old Søkvæsthuset in the Christianshavn quarter of Copenhagen – more precisely in a wing from 1781 which served as a wing for the naval hospital "Søkvæsthuset" up to the 1830s. In 1817, a state prison was housed in the building after the prisoners had burnt down the gaol on Christianshavns Torv. Since then, the building has housed a Naval academy and a depository for the National Archives.
In 1989, the Bådsmandsstræde Wing was opened as a naval museum after restoration and refitting. The museum presents the history of the Danish Navy, and the main attraction is a collection of historical models which, with around 400 objects, displays 300 years of shipbuilding techniques. There are models of ships, ship's ornaments and mechanical contrivances dating right back to 1669.
Last updated:: Monday, March 22, 2010
