Car museums & collections in Denmark

Formerly one of Europe's largest private veteran car collections, housed at Aalholm Castle near Nysted, with four halls showing around 200 motorcars from 1886 to modern times, mostly pre-1940.

Exhibition space in Herning showing around 140 privately owned vintage/classic cars, hobby cars, vintage motorcycles and other vehicles spanning nearly a century, some dating to the 1920s.

An award-winning museum near Aakirkeby on the island of Bornholm with more than 80 vehicles - cars, motorcycles and tractors - from different eras and countries.

A broad technical/farm heritage museum in Allinge, Bornholm, covering toys, radios, hand tools, electrical appliances, agricultural implements and tractors alongside vehicles from Denmark's past.

Car museum, showroom, dealership and event venue opened in August 2021 by K.W. Bruun (a Danish car-importer family business with roots to the 1910s) in a converted former agricultural museum building in Kongens Lyngby; includes motorsport-themed exhibitions.

Northern Europe's largest veteran motorcycle collection, in Stubbekøbing since 1977, with more than 200 motorcycles spanning from the late 1800s to the Japanese-bike era of the 1980s; also includes a radio museum.

National museum in Helsingør covering the history of Danish science, industry and technology, including a significant road-transport collection alongside rail, aviation and other exhibits.

A volunteer-run national bus museum in Skælskør preserving and displaying historic Danish buses and related commercial-vehicle heritage.

A large collection of over 100 vehicles, from the early 20th century to the early 1980s, displayed in a converted historic thatched barn on the grounds of Egeskov Castle on Funen. Part of the wider Egeskov Castle visitor attraction alongside the castle, gardens and other collections.

Formerly a private museum on the outskirts of Odense (Fraugde) with over 100 vehicles, mainly from the 1950s-60s, plus motorcycles, mopeds, toys and automobilia.

Modern car museum in Bagsværd (north of Copenhagen), successor to the Haaning family's earlier Vestsjællands Bilmuseum in Høng, presenting roughly 80 cars and motorcycles spanning five eras from 1886 to today in a 4,500 m² renovated former factory, with café, cinema and event space.

A 2,000 m² collection in Hjallerup (North Jutland) of cars, motorcycles, tractors, engines and other mechanical/agricultural equipment, with café and meeting facilities.

Formerly Denmark's leading vintage car museum in Gjern (near Silkeborg), founded in 1967 by master mechanic Aage Louring, displaying around 140 vehicles from 1900-1987 representing a cross-section of the Danish vehicle population.

An engine and motoring museum in Skagen harbour featuring stationary and marine engines (BUKH, B&W, Frich) alongside motorcycles, mopeds and classic cars, plus reproductions/examples referencing very early automobiles.

A small, intimate automobile museum on the island of Samsø dedicated to Morgan sports cars, showing Morgans from 1937 to 2017 alongside other period memorabilia.

A 3,400 m² nostalgia and collector's museum in Næstved displaying around 160 cars and 60 motorcycles/mopeds along with period shop and street-scene displays.

Combined tank/artillery and fire-engine museum in Oksbøl (part of Vardemuseerne), holding Denmark's largest collection of military armoured vehicles alongside a large collection of historic fire trucks and fire-fighting vehicles, including horse- and hand-drawn examples dating to around 1700.

A small technical museum on the island of Samsø dedicated primarily to Austin-brand cars, with more than 30 Austins on display along with related technical history.

Private museum in Nærum established 2004 by former car importer/dealer Ole Sommer, showcasing almost 80 cars from the early days of motoring through the 1950s-60s golden era, with a strong emphasis on Jaguar and Volvo reflecting Sommer's career as importer of both marques.

A Volkswagen-focused retro museum in Ulfborg displaying Volkswagens and everyday household items from the 1950s-1970s, including VW camper buses and a recreated period grocery shop.

The only Škoda museum in the world outside the factory museum in the Czech Republic, located on the Krengerup estate near Glamsbjerg on Funen; houses around 30-35 Škoda vehicles from 1937 to 1994.