Moesgaard Museum, <em>Aarhus</em>
Aarhus

Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus

About Moesgaard Museum

The museum aims to bring its visitors closer to the people of the past and present with the help of set designs, settings for interaction and experiences and fascinating stories. Together they will give the visitors an insight into prehistory and anthropology in an entering way.


Take a tour of the museum to visit permanent ancient exhibitions that cover from when humans first came into being to the present day. You will be able to witness exhibits showcasing Denmark from around 12,000 BCE and to the end of the Iron Age around the year 800. Apart from this, there is a mediaeval exhibition along with a Viking Age exhibition.

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Open 6 days a week
Paid entry
MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 21:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 17:00
Sunday10:00 – 21:00
Hours are seasonal — confirm your date at checkout. Special events may extend closing time.

Moesgaard Museum Highlights

• Embark on a guided tour of the Moesgaard Museum and get an insight into the cultural history with mankind as the focal point.
• Take a look at the crown jewel of the museum, the Grauballe Man, a 2000-year-old body which was found well preserved inside a peat bog.
• Climb up the Stairway of Origin to look at the sculptures of three contemporary people coming from very different societies and cultures.
• Climb down the staircase of evolution which will also give you a glimpse of where human beings originated from.
• Visit the prehistory exhibitions, to take a look at artefacts from the Stone Age, Bronze, Iron and Viking Ages.

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Point of Interest for Moesgaard Museum

Take A Look At The Grauballe Man

Take A Look At The Grauballe Man

Step into the small dark room to take a look at the mysterious Grauballe Man, lying in an exhibition case where he can be seen from all sides. Considered to be Moesgaard's 'crown jewel', the Grauballe Man is the body of a man which was uncovered in the Nebelgaard Moss peat bog in the village of Grauballe, just west of Aarhus on 26th April 1952. 

Climb Up The Stairway Of Origin

Climb Up The Stairway Of Origin

Climb up the Stairway of Origin while moving towards the ethnographic exhibition. Discover the sculptures of three contemporary people coming from very different societies and cultures. Meet Paul Gurrumuruwuy, an aboriginal of the Yolngu in Australia and then Galina Ainatgual, a Chukchi from the northern Kamchatka in Siberia and finally an internationally acclaimed theoretical physicist from Britain, Stephen Hawking. 

Visit the Prehistory Exhibitions

Visit the Prehistory Exhibitions

Visit the museum’s prehistory exhibitions, to take a look at artefacts from Denmark and the surrounding world. Take a tour of the evolution of Man and experience the people and life, as they lived in the Stone Age, Bronze, Iron and Viking Ages.

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