Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is located 35km north of Copenhagen beside the sea. One needs to take a regional train to get there. The train takes about 45 minutes and the round-trip fare is 86 DKK (=16 USD). It has several good exhibitions on show at the same time. The most impressive one for me is a photo exhibition called "Faith, Hope and Love- Jacob Holdt's America", which exhibits photos taken by Jacob, a Dane travelling around the U.S. and taking photos about American people from 1970s till now. His photos often tell a sad story...about his American friends who have been living under rather bad social circumstances...about poverty, shootings, racist violence...as well as changes that have taken place during these 30 years or so. The stories behind his photos do not necessarily stand for THE America, maybe simply HIS America. So I try not to take it too seriously and hope to remain an independent view. To be frank his photos are sort of compelling.

Some other basic information: the admission fee of the museum is 95 DKK (=17 USD) and 85 DKK if one has a student ID card. Children under 18 get free admission. The membership card for youth between 18 and 25 is 125 DKK a year, which includes free admission for the entire year and 10% discount at the museum shop and cafe. It is a nice price indeed, because for adults above 25 the membership card costs 450 DKK per person.

I strongly recommend this museum to those who have a keen interest for modern art and architecture. Except for the good exhibitions, the musuem building, together with its parks and the sea beside, is itself a piece of brilliant architecture. :-)