Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

What Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek does

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is a privately operated, non-profit art museum located at Dantes Plads 7 in central Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 1897 by Carlsberg Brewery heir Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ottilia Jacobsen after they donated their private collection to the public. The museum houses more than 10,000 artworks spanning approximately 6,000 years of human history, with significant holdings in Greek and Roman sculpture (including a near-complete set of Roman emperor portraits), Egyptian antiquities (300+ artifacts spanning 3,000+ years), French 19th-century art (notably 58 Paul Gauguin works and the only complete set of 72 Edgar Degas bronze casts in Scandinavia), and Danish art.

The museum operates across three architecturally distinct buildings designed by Vilhelm Dahlerup (1897), Hack Kampmann (1906), and Henning Larsen (1996), with the iconic Vinterhaven (Winter Garden) and its golden dome as its centerpiece. It runs rotating special exhibitions (e.g., Barye opening May 2026, Palmyra opening February 2026), a permanent collection, an on-site café (Picnic) with a seasonal rooftop terrace, a museum shop, and 100+ annual cultural events including concerts and educational programs. Research output includes collaborations with the Getty Museum and a museum podcast ("Mennesket i marmor").

Revenue is generated through ticketed admissions (135 kr online / 150 kr standard adult; discounted youth/student rates; free under 18), group bookings (minimum 10), annual passes (275 kr family tier with café discounts), on-site retail and F&B, and material financial support from foundations including Ny Carlsbergfondet, Augustinus Fonden, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, and Statens Kunstfond. Distribution channels are domestic Denmark only, with digital touchpoints comprising a website, iOS/Android app, email newsletter, and active social media presence.

Name

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Legal name

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Website

https://glyptoteket.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1897

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is a privately operated, non-profit art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, housing 10,000+ artworks spanning 6,000 years across Greek, Roman, Egyptian, French, and Danish collections. It serves the general public, tourists, schools, and families through ticketed exhibitions, research collaborations, and on-site cultural programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Museum and Cultural Institution

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Museums (THAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA), Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH), Museum, Zoo & Attraction Gift Shops (CRALAJAG), History, Heritage & Museum-Focused Study Tours (THAKAGAN)

Keywords

• Art museum services
• Cultural heritage exhibitions
• Art collections curation
• Museum education programs
• Cultural event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek operates a non-profit art museum in central Copenhagen that displays over 10,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. The museum offers permanent collections of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and French/Danish art, rotating special exhibitions, guided tours, school and family educational programs, summer concerts, a museum café (Picnic), and a museum shop, funded through admission fees, annual memberships, and foundation grants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Picnic: Museumscaféen (museum café) operated by Glyptoteket, offering food and beverages reflecting the museum's exhibitions and collections.
• Glyptoteket App

Products and services

• Admission Tickets
• Annual Pass (Årskort)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Institut Français (French Institute in Denmark)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Co-hosting the annual 'Franske Dage på Glyptoteket' (French Days at Glyptoteket) cultural festival. The four-day festival (April 23-26, 2026) focuses on art's role in national identity and France's contribution to European heritage, featuring talks, music, dance, and art experiences. This builds on Glyptoteket's French artistic heritage and Carl Jacobsen's French-inspired founding vision.
• Getty Museum, Los AngelescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research project on Edgar Degas' painting 'Dance Exercises in the Foyer'. Research team led by art historian Line Clausen Pedersen with conservator Devi Ormond and physical chemist Catherine Schmidt Patterson from Getty. The research has revealed new dating and previously unknown overpainted figure, suggesting Degas worked on the painting for nearly 30 years.
• Statens Naturhistoriske Museum (Natural History Museum of Denmark)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContributed expertise on animals, species identification, and paws for the Barye exhibition research, providing scientific perspective on the animal sculptures' anatomical accuracy.
• JAC StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigned the exhibition architecture for the 'Behind the Facade' architecture exhibition, creating spatial design and installations.
• Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-commissioned Yuki Kihara's video work 'First Impressions: Paul Gauguin' with Glyptoteket.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Denmark's leading modern art museum located north of Copenhagen, competing for the same Danish cultural-tourism market but focused on modern/contemporary rather than antiquities.
• ARKEN Museum of Modern Art: Danish contemporary art museum serving similar Danish audience segments with overlapping family and educational programming, though with a modern art focus rather than antiquities.

Broad incumbents

• The Louvre: The world's largest art museum with extensive Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and French collections overlapping Glyptoteket's scope, serving as a benchmark for collection breadth and visitor scale.
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Strategic co-commissioning partner of Glyptoteket on the Yuki Kihara video work, sharing a comparable European art and curatorial research profile across its two campuses.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Broad incumbent New York museum with major Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and European painting collections overlapping Glyptoteket's categories, providing a comparable operating model benchmark.

Direct peers

• J. Paul Getty Museum: Active research partner of Glyptoteket on the Degas painting study, with comparable curatorial depth in European paintings and sculpture, providing a direct benchmark for collection prestige.
• Thorvaldsen Museum: Copenhagen museum dedicated to sculpture from antiquity and the Danish neoclassical era, sharing Glyptoteket's Greek/Roman sculpture focus and architectural heritage status.
• Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK): The Danish national art gallery located in Copenhagen, sharing the same city and overlapping art-historical mandate covering Danish and international art collections.
• National Museum of Denmark: Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, also in Copenhagen, with overlapping antiquities, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections, competing for the same educational and tourist visitors.
• Musée d'Orsay: Paris museum focused on French art from 1848-1914, with comparable strengths in Impressionist and 19th-century sculpture — overlapping with Glyptoteket's Gauguin and Degas collections.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/glyptoteket
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Glyptoteket
• Facebookfacebook.com/glyptotek
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ny-carlsberg-glyptotek
• Instagraminstagram.com/glyptoteket

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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