Acta Archaeologica Supplementa VIII

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Birth of a World Museum

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A study of The National Museum of Denmark which celebrated its 200 year anniversary in 2007.<br /> <ul class=”noindent”> <li>Sees a nation in world context, tracing its roots back to C.J. Thomsen’s famous collection on Danish prehistory through to the age of science<br /> </li> <li>T. B. Jakobsen traces this development in great detail and with a high degree of accuracy until 1848, at the dawn of democracy<br /> </li> <li>An unusual and thought-provoking collection – no other main European museum is documented to such degree<br /> </li> <li>A study into a highly important aspect of the Danish “Golden Age” of the days of Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen<br /> </li> <li>Includes comprehensive minutes which hold all information on collection, excavation, conservation, exhibition, economics, studies and visitors</li> </ul>