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Helsingør Bymuseum

City museum

Housed in a building nearly 500 years old, parts of it built by the Carmelite monks, this museum has exhibits relating partly to the early history of the house as a hospital and a lavish renaissance manor extraordinarily turning later into the city's poorhouse. The rest of the house portrays the history of the city, and the museum's piece de resistance is an amazingly accurate 1:300 scale model of Elsinore in 1801.

Address: Sct. Anna Gade 36
Hours: Tue-Fri Sun 12:00-16:00; Sat 10:00-14:00
Price: Adults 20 kr
Website: museerne.helsingor.dk (opens in a new tab)

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Carmelite Priory
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Closed to the public except for guided tours
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