Behind the façade - Discover the Architecture of the Glyptotek
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Dantes Plads 7,
1556 København
A major exhibition on the building of the gallery with an introduction about the collection of antiquities and paintings by the brewer Carl Jacobsen that were, initially, shown to the public in a purpose-built gallery attached to his home close to the brewery.
A large, new public gallery for the collection - the Glyptotek - on an open site close to the city hall was designed by Vilhelm Dahlerup and opened in 1897 and a second major stage of building work, extending the gallery, designed by Hack Kampann, was completed in 1906.
There are sections of the exhibition that look at building materials, the ornate decoration of the galleries and at the innovative engineering in the construction of the building and about later alterations and major additions designed by Henning Larsens.
Glyptoteket / Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Bag facaden
Behind the façade