Vestindisk Pakhus

West India Warehouse
West India Warehouse seen from the water
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Town or city	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Construction started	1780
Completed	1781
Client	Danish West India Company
Design and construction
Architect	Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Vestindisk Pakhus (English: West India Warehouse), located on Tolbodgade on the waterfront between Amalienborg Palace and Langelinie, is a former 18th-century warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff and built from 1780 to 1781 for the Danish West India Company, a chartered company responsible for trade on the Danish West Indies. Today it houses the Royal Cast Collection, part of the Danish National Gallery, and a display of costumes from the Royal Danish Theatre.

The King's Room

The King's Room (Danish: Kongeværelset) is located on the eighth floor of the warehouse and is the former meeting room of the trade commission which managed the West India Company. The wallpaper depicts guava leaves and fruits which were imported from the West Indies. The room also contain a set of 12 original chairs, believed to have been designed by Harsdorff for the room.

The name of the room originates from a story which has it that on 2 April 1801 King Frederick VI followed the Battle of Copenhagen from the room. However, no documentation exists and it would have been impossible to see anything but smoke from the position.

Displays

Statues viewed through a window

The three lower floors are dedicated to the Royal Cast Collection which exhibits more than 2,000 plaster casts of sculptures and reliefs from museums, temples, churches, and public places around the world. The upper floors display costumes from the Royal Danish Theatre.^[1]

Admission to the building is free (open on Tuesdays and Sundays).

References

↑ "Royal Cast Collection". MIK. Retrieved 2010-12-24.

External links

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Museums in Metropolitan Copenhagen

Art museums and galleries	Arken Cisternerne National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum of Modern Art North Atlantic House Nivaagaard Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Ordrupgaard Øregård Museum Royal Cast Collection Rudolph Tegner Museum Thorvaldsen Museum

Other	Amber Museum Amalienborg Museum Bakkehuset Brede House Brede Værk Carlsberg Visitor Centre Museum of Copenhagen Danish Architecture Centre Danish Jewish Museum Danish Maritime Museum Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry Danish Police Museum Danish Revue Museum DieselHouse Danish Museum of Art & Design Frieboeshvile Frilandsmuseet University of Copenhagen Geological Museum Jægerspris Castle Lille Mølle Karen Blixen Museum Kronborg Kroppedal Lightvessel Gedser Rev Medical Museion National Museum Natural History Museum Royal Court Theater Tycho Brahe Planetarium Royal Danish Naval Museum Rosenborg Museum Tøjhus Museum Storm P. Museum Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde)

By type	Art Historic house museums Local history Museum ships Science % Technology

Coordinates: 55°41′10″N 12°35′50″E / 55.6862°N 12.5973°E / 55.6862; 12.5973

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Vestindisk Pakhus

The King's Room

Displays

See also

References

External links