Editing Aarhus (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Aros rainbow panorama (11834896846).jpg|thumb|[[ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum]]]]
Aarhus has a range of museums, including [[List of tourist attractions in Denmark|two of the largest]] in the country, measured by the number of paying guests, ''[[Den Gamle By]]'' and ''[[ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum]]''. ''Den Gamle By'' (The Old Town), officially ''Danmarks Købstadmuseum'' (Denmark's Market Town Museum), presents Danish townscapes from the 16th&nbsp;century to the 1970s with individual areas focused on different time periods. 75 historic buildings collected from different parts of the country have been brought here to create a small town in its own right.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Museumsv%C3%A6sen/Historiske_museer_og_samlinger/Den_Gamle_By|title=Den Gamle By|publisher=[[Gyldendal]]|access-date=19 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dengamleby.dk/udforsk-den-gamle-by/nye-tider-1927/|title=Nye tider 1927|publisher=Den Gamle By|access-date=19 July 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811014003/http://www.dengamleby.dk/udforsk-den-gamle-by/nye-tider-1927/|archive-date=11 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Aarhus Den Gamle By 16.JPG|thumb|[[Den Gamle By|The Old Town Museum]]]]
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, the city's main art museum, is one of the largest art museums in Scandinavia with a collection covering Danish art from the 18th&nbsp;century to the present day as well as paintings, installations and sculptures representing international [[art movement]]s and artists from all over the world. The iconic glass structure on the roof, ''Your Rainbow Panorama'', was designed by [[Olafur Eliasson]] and features a promenade offering a colourful panorama of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Museumsv%C3%A6sen/Kunstmuseer/Museer,_Danmark/ARoS_Aarhus_Kunstmuseum|title=ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum|publisher=[[Gyldendal]]|access-date=20 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.aros.dk/about-aros/|title=About ARoS|publisher=ARoS|access-date=20 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622090247/http://en.aros.dk/about-aros/|archive-date=22 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Moesgård Museum]] specialises in [[archaeology]] and [[ethnography]] in collaboration with Aarhus University with exhibits on Denmark's [[prehistory]], including weapon sacrifices from [[Illerup Ådal]] and the [[Grauballe Man]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Museumsv%C3%A6sen/Historiske_museer_og_samlinger/Moesg%C3%A5rd_Museum|title=Moesgård Museum|publisher=[[Gyldendal]]|access-date=20 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> [[Kvindemuseet]], the Women's Museum, from 1984 contains collections of the lives and works of women in Danish cultural history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kvindemuseet.dk/uk/the-museum/about-the-women%E2%80%99s-museum/|title=Facts about the Women's Museum|publisher=Kvindemuseet|access-date=20 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728020334/http://kvindemuseet.dk/uk/the-museum/about-the-women%E2%80%99s-museum/|archive-date=28 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Occupation Museum, Aarhus|Occupation Museum]] (''Besættelsesmuseum'') presents exhibits illustrating the [[German occupation of Denmark|German occupation]] of the city during the [[Second World War]];<ref>{{cite web |title=The Occupation Museum Aarhus 1940–45 |url=http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/danmark/the-occupation-museum-aarhus-1940-45-gdk603884 |publisher=Visit Aarhus |access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref> the University Park on the campus of [[Aarhus University]] includes the [[Natural History Museum, Aarhus|Natural History Museum]] with 5,000 species of animals, many in their natural surroundings;<ref>{{cite web |title=National History Museum |url=http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/danmark/natural-history-museum-gdk603718 |publisher=Visit Aarhus |access-date=20 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> and the [[Steno Museum]] is a museum of the [[history of science]] and [[history of medicine|medicine]] with a [[planetarium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Steno Museum |url=http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/danmark/the-steno-museum-gdk604059 |publisher=Visit Aarhus |access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref> [[Kunsthal Aarhus]] (Aarhus Art Hall) hosts exhibitions of contemporary art including painting, sculpture, photography, performance art, film and video. Strictly speaking it is not a museum but an [[arts centre]], one of the oldest in Europe, built and founded in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kunsthal Aarhus: Om |url=https://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/Kunsthal/Om |publisher=Kunsthal Aarhus |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>