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 The garden and façade of the building facing the sea of the Øresund sound. | |
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| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Humlebæk, Denmark |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 3,500 |
| Visitors | 702,426 (2023)[1] |
| Founder | Knud W. Jensen |
| Director | Poul Erik Tøjner |
| Chairperson | Lars Henrik Munch Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (vice) |
| Architect | Jørgen Bo Wilhelm Wohlert Claus Wohlert |
| Public transit access | Humlebæk Station |
| Nearest parking | On site |
| Website | louisiana |
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,[a] also known as just Louisiana, is an art museum located on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, 35 km (22 mi) north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark, and has an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II to the present day; in addition, it has a comprehensive programme of special exhibitions.[2] The museum is also acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture, and is noted for its synthesis of art, architecture, and landscape, such as was showcased in an installation entitled "Riverbed" shown in 2014–2015. It has been called a "Danish beacon in the international art world." The museum occasionally also stages exhibitions of work by the great impressionists and expressionists, such as Claude Monet, who was the focus of a major exhibition in 1994. It has between 600,000–700,000 visitors per year, 17–33% of whom reside in nearby Sweden.[3][4][5][6]
The museum is included in the Patricia Schultz book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and ranks 85th on a list of most visited art museums (2011). In late November 2012, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art launched Louisiana Channel, a web-TV channel contributing to the development of the museum as a cultural platform. In 2013, the museum's music department launched Louisiana Music, a web page dedicated to musical videos produced by the museum in collaboration with world-famous musicians.
- ^ "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". theartnewspaper.com. The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Louisiana". AOK. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ "About Louisiana". Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art". Wonderful Copenhagen (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Louisiana – ett älskat museum". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ admin_newsoresund (2022-03-30). "Svenske gæster en del af Louisianas DNA" (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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