Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The garden and façade of the building facing the sea of the Øresund sound. | |
| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Humlebæk, Denmark |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 4,500 |
| Visitors | 715,820 (2024) |
| Founder | Knud W. Jensen |
| Director | Poul Erik Tøjner |
| Chairperson | Lars Henrik Munch Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (vice) |
| Architect | Jørgen Bo Wilhelm Wohlert Claus Wohlert |
| Public transit access | Humlebæk Station |
| Nearest parking | On site |
| Website | louisiana |
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, also known as the Louisiana, is an art museum located north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Attracting over 700,000 guests annually, the Louisiana is Scandinavia's most visited museum for modern and contemporary art, hosting 6 to 10 exhibitions each year alongside a permanent display of Yayoi Kusama's Gleaming Lights of the Souls. The museum is recognized as a modernist landmark in Danish architecture, and is noted for its synthesis of art, architecture and landscape, boasting a sculpture park with works by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and Richard Serra. In addition to its permanent and temporary exhibitions, the museum has a shop featuring Danish design items, a restaurant with a view of the Øresund, and a three-storey Children's Wing hosting daily workshops. The museum is included in Patricia Schultz's book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.