Majestic historic landmark of Copenhagen and Denmark is the Thorvaldsen Museum. It is close to the royal residence of Christiansborg.

By order of King Frederick VI was specially allocated land for the construction of the museum, the author of this structure was a young architect MG Bindesbell. At the central facade of the building located five doors, exterior walls of buildings are decorated with beautiful figural frescoes in the museum has a patio. The windows of the gallery are located high above the floor tiled with colorful mosaics, ceiling vaults are decorated with ornaments in the Pompeian style.

The lobby on the first floor of the museum is a sculpture of Thorvaldsen, on the second floor there are paintings in the basement of the building - office space. In addition, you can watch the process of creating a sculpture.

The gallery Thorvaldsen collected many statues dedicated to a Roman deity Adonis, Hercules, Psyche, and many others. The museum has about 20,000 items, mostly, it's the work of Thorvaldsen, his works of art, made in plaster, marble set of drawings, sketches. The museum also presented for inspection personal collection Bertel Thorvaldsen - home furnishings, glass and bronze, musical instruments, clothing, snuff boxes, coins, glasses, and of course tools.

24 March 1844 stopped beating heart of the great sculptor Thorvaldsen, he died a week before the opening of the museum in his honor. The ashes of the famous Danish sculptor was moved from Copenhagen Cathedral to the courtyard of the museum.

Today, in the premises of the Museum of Thorvaldsen conducted a variety of exhibitions and cultural events for children and adults provide lessons in painting and drawing.