Which neoclassical building in Copenhagen is the Thorvaldsens Museum?

The neoclassical building in Copenhagen is the Thorvaldsens Museum. Located on Slotsholmen beside Christiansborg Palace, it is a single-artist museum devoted to Danish-Icelandic neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Architect Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll designed the building, which was constructed from 1838 to 1848 after a public fundraising campaign. Its architecture draws strongly on ancient Greek forms while also incorporating Egyptian and Pompeian influences. A colorful frieze on the exterior depicts Thorvaldsen’s return from Rome in 1838.

The museum’s inner courtyard is particularly distinctive: Thorvaldsen is buried there, and the space uses vivid Egyptian-inspired imagery, including palm trees and exotic animals. The collections include his marble sculptures, plaster models, drawings, paintings, antiquities, and personal belongings. It is different from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, another Copenhagen museum with major classical holdings but a separate institution.