The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.
The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.

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WHAT’S ON AT THE MUSEUM

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Temporary exhibition

Leif Sylvester – FLying free

Five decades with the multi-disciplinary artist Leif Sylvester: freedom and social indignation. Learn more about the man, the artist, and the courage to go his own way.

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The Workers’ Assembly Hall

Travelers’ CHoice 2026

The Workers’ Museum has received the Travelers’ Choice award – a distinction given to attractions that consistently earn excellent reviews on Tripadvisor.

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Exhibition

We are the workers

Discover the story of how people with very small means became the strongest force in the development of Danish welfare society

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Food and drinks

Fru Hansens KAffebar: the coffee shop

The coffee shop is a piece of working-class culture that is disappearing from the urban landscape. But at the Workers Museum, it lives on.

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Exhibition

The Children’s WorkERS Museum

Come play and explore Copenhagen’s most fun museum for children. Find the blue kitchen and the staircase to the Children’s Backyard.

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FROM THE CALENDAR

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Thursday 28. May
16.30 – 18.00
Conversation
Conversation Series: Leif Sylvester’s World – Reaching your goals with art
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NEWS FROM THE MUSEUM

International collaboration

on the road to World Heritage nomination

The Workers’ Museum is currently working on a UNESCO World Heritage nomination of four workers’ assembly buildings.

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Press release

cultural efforts for children’s well-being

With Leif Sylvester’s art as the focal point, the Workers’ Museum is launching a new initiative to give financially struggling families access to cultural life.

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Unge på virksomhedsbesøg med Produktionens Danmark

Our projects

Denmark of Production

In collaboration with the Industrial Museum, the Workers’ Museum will strengthen the narrative about Denmark as a country of industry and production.

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The archive

7 pallets of museum gold

The Danish Museum of Nursing History is closing. This means that the important history of the development of nursing and the professional struggles will now have a new home

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The podcast

Marie Christensen

Linda Nørgaard Andersen, Deputy Director of the Workers’ Museum, talks about a strong voice in Danish labor history in a podcast collaboration.

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CAFÈ & Øl-Halle

The Café & Øl-Halle restaurant in the basement of the Workers’ Museum is Copenhagen’s only listed basement tavern. The historic premises have been restored to its 1892 appearance and the restaurant bears its original name.

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Fru Hansens kaffebar

In Arbejdermuseet’s coffee bar from 1950 you can buy coffee, sweets, beer and water, and during the holidays other typical food of the time – and enjoy it in nostalgic surroundings.

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Explore labour history

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THE STAUNING OF ALL OF DENMARK

Thorvald Stauning was a beacon in Danish politics and is the longest-serving prime minister in the 20th century

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WITH THE LAW OR WITHOUT

In 1871, the living conditions for the few industrial workers in Denmark at the time were appalling. But when the labor..

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THE BATTLE FOR TIME

Working 48 hours a week. It sounds like a lot for a Danish worker in 2019. But 100 years ago, it was just..

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Children under the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.

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