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The exhibition is designed as an interactive and sensory experience. It combines storytelling with hands-on activities, allowing visitors to listen, watch, and explore the world of music.
The exhibition is organized around 11 themes that explore different aspects of the history of pop, rock, and youth culture in Denmark from the 1950s to the present day. Each theme follows its subject across time. How did a phenomenon begin, and where is it now? We explore that question throughout the exhibition. It is a narrative about society and culture rooted in music—the most accessible and widespread of all art forms.
From the psychedelic wildness of the 1960s to today’s computer-controlled mapping technology. Lighting plays a huge role in how we experience music. Check out Denmark’s oldest lighting equipment, play with the lights, and go on a psychedelic trip in our “dope den.”
Dance your way through music history. Did you know that rock ’n’ roll was originally a dance? And that we in Denmark were world champions? More often than we realize, new music has been introduced through new ways of dancing. Rock, rap, and rave—it all comes from dance.
Start your own band and see if you end up as a hobby project or a national icon. In Upcoming, you can navigate your way through the music industry’s many temptations and pitfalls. Should you play pop-metal or ska-funk? Will your career begin on TikTok or at the local bar?
Through music, as well as clothing, lyrics, and behavior, musicians and their fans have challenged norms and ways of thinking. Consider Peter Belli’s “Hashstævning,” the “Dannebrogsburka,” and Natasja’s lyrics, and reflect on how music has changed you and your worldview.
We’ve put together a stunning collage of posters from our extensive collection. See how both small clubs and big-name acts have used posters to grab attention. From fences, building facades, and bus shelters to the Rock Museum—posters remain an integral part of rock culture.
Listen to Danish disco and the jazz that the swing enthusiasts used to headbang to. Listen your way through nearly 100 years of Danish music history. We also have the songs you’ve forgotten from your own youth. And what did electronic music sound like in the 1950s?
How do you listen to music? Walkman, cassette tapes, or streaming? With headphones, with friends in your room, or in the car? Explore our collection of music players from the 1950s to the present. Just when you think a technology has been retired, it pops up again.
They’ve built, embroidered, sampled, and made music a part of their very being. Discover how musicians and their fans have taken matters into their own hands, repurposing items from others and crafting their own instruments and outfits. See Denmark’s oldest battle jacket and find out why Otto Brandenburg wore makeup.
Tina Dickow, Junior-Senior, and Sort Sol have all recorded demos, which are now part of the Rock Museum’s extensive collection of demo recordings. Listen to these and many others in the Demo Library. Here, you can also rock out on the electric guitar and drums. Form your own band and start a jam session in our exhibition.
Step into the shoes of a music producer and mix a hit song in TV-2’s own recording studio. Discover why the bathroom has been a favorite spot for recording guitar solos. This is all about how songs are recorded and turned into music—both in professional studios and right in your own bedroom.
In the 1960s, Bent Rej was everywhere with his camera, taking photos of the biggest stars. Discover the world-famous photos that Danish photographer Bent Rej took of everyone from The Beatles and Bob Dylan to Tom Jones and many, many more.
In 1968, Birthe traveled to London, and for her, this marked the beginning of a whole new adventure within the inner circle of Beatles fans.
At the Rock Museum, we celebrate not only the sound of music, but also everything that surrounds it.
“Mom In Love, Daddy In Space,” “Graceland,” “Lampshade,” and “Make It Grand”—there are many reasons why *The Good Life* caused a stir when Kashmir released the album in 1999. The critically acclaimed album turns 25 this year, and this has inspired the Rock Museum to create, for the first time ever, an exhibition based on a single release.
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