Humlebæk - Louisiana Museum for Modern Art

(Local Name: Museum for Moderne Kunst) 10 km/6 mi south of Helsingør, on the coast road, lies the village of Humlebæk. Here, in a park with a view of the Øresund, stands the Louisiana Museum of Art, founded in 1958 by the merchant and art lover Knud W. Jensen, who instructed the architects Jørgen Bo and Vilhelm Wohlert to build a museum complex here which has since been extended on several occasions, the last time being when an underground Graphic Arts Wing was added. The ground floor of the museum complex is a former nobleman's house, built in 1860 and numbering among its previous occupants three gentlemen each with a wife named Louise; as a result the house was called "Louisiana". The museum has a collection of Danish and international modern paintings, including works by Josef Albers, Georg Baselitz, Mark Rothko, Asger Jorn, Per Kirkeby, Max Bill, Sam Francis, Mark Tobey, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and many others.

In the beautiful old park stand some exceptionally fine sculptures, including works by Hans Arp. Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore and Jean Tinguely. Every year - mainly in the winter - there are special exhibitions of modern art. In addition, concerts are held and there is a bookshop and a cafeteria.