About 2 years ago, my very good friend Anne invited me to The Glyptotek to have lunch. Though we have been to a number of places to eat within the last 2 years and several years before that, we finally made it to The Glyptotek.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket, aka Glyptoteket (in English aka: The Glyptotek) is a fascinating museum just next door to Tivoli. It was founded by the brewer, Carl Jacobsen. He was one of the great industrial magnates of the 19th century and the greatest art patron of Denmark. He was a passionate collector. From the profits generated by his brewery Ny Carlsberg, he built a rich collection of art and cultural artefacts. In 1888, Carl Jacobsen donated his art collection to the public and began the construction to house the collection.
The Glyptotek has been open to the public since May 1, 1897 and holds over 10,000 works, primarily divided between ancient antiquities and Danish and French sculpture and paintings from the 19th century.
Thanks to Jacobsen, in 1913, he commissioned famous sculpture Edvard Eriksen to sculpt The Little Mermaid which sits at the entrance to the Copenhagen harbor, welcoming just over 300 cruise ships a year and homebound sailors to Copenhagen.
But as much as I like art, I love food even more. In the middle of the museum is tropical oasis where one can take a break from viewing all of the art and grab some grub. Anne got to the front door early so that we could be the first guest to make pigs of ourselves. We just sat there and chit chatted while we nibbled on a sandwich, cake and coffee for a few hours and then after that, I was on my way back home to check up on Jens and then off to the airport for a full evening shift of pushing packages.
Anne is the first person to arrive at the front door.
Then she was attacked by a mob of unruly school children.
Anne is wondering: "Where the hell is he?"
This is the entrance to the garden oasis.
Anne ordering lunch.
The view of the garden oasis from our table.
Our sandwich and coffee at the corner table along with Carl and his wife.
a wonderful piece of art at the far end of the garden.
Looking straight up from the center of the garden.
This is the inside of the dome.
You can see the outside of the dome on the first photo of this blog.
When we talked about going to the Glyptotek 2 years ago, we talked about going in the dead of winter to get the most out of the tropical garden oasis. But we ended going at the 2nd week of this past April. It was cold but it was a beautiful sunny day. I rode my bike home from the museum and here on my street, I stopped to snap a photo of the beautiful trees that are in full bloom.
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What does Glyptotek mean?
