Ordrupgaard offers a wide range of guided tours given by our talented specialists. The tours can serve as inspiring features in connection with e.g. birthdays, dates, family outings, workplace events or professional and social clubs.

Please, follow this link to book your guided tour:
Book your guided tour here.

Practical information regarding guided tours:

  • We offer guided tours in a variety of specific themes. You can read more about the themes below.
  • A guided tour lasts 45-60 minutes.
  • There is no minimum number of participants. We gladly do guided tours for individuals as well as groups of up to 25 people. 
  • The tours can be booked during the museum’s opening hours.
  • Please note that tours must be booked at least 10 days in advance.
  • Price for guided tours in Danish: DKK 1.100 + admission for all guests. There is an additional fee of DKK 200 for tours in English and French.

You are welcome to contact us at booking@ordrupgaard.dk if you have specific wishes for your tour.

If you wish to combine a tour with meal in the museum’s café, we recommend booking a table in advance. Read more below.

If you wish to combine your tour with a visit to the museum’s café, Mondrups at Ordrupgaard, we suggest reserving a table in advance.

1-6 people: Book your table here.

7-14 people: If you are 7-14 people, please contact the café by email to book a table and order food in advance.

15 people or more: If you are 15 people or more, the café offers a sandwich with or without meat and a drink of your choice (organic soda or beer) for DKK 135 per person. You need to place your order no later than one week prior to your visit. Please contact the café by email to book a table and order food in advance. The payment has to be made all at once.

The café can be contacted at: Ordrupgaard.Mondrups@outlook.dk

At Ordrupgaard you can book your own private tour for a group of guests and get a special introduction to the museum, the collection and the temporary exhibition.

We offer guided tours in a variety of themes. Read more below.

Introduction to the seasonal exhibition: Ai Weiwei – Water Lilies #1

Experience Ai Weiwei, one of the most significant voices of contemporary art, with the installation Water Lilies #1 (2022). The spectacular work consists of over 650,000 Lego bricks, and with an impressive length of 15 meters it is to this date Ai Weiwei’s largest Lego work.The enormous installation is a paraphrase of Claude Monet’s iconic painting Water Lilies (1914-26), which is now exhibited at MoMA in New York. The tour will begin in Ordrupgaard’s collection of french art, where one of the museum’s tour guides will give an introduction to the Impressionist style. Afterwards, you will get to experience Ai Weiwei’s magnificent Lego work.

The French Collection

Take a guided tour of The French collection. The collection is exhibited in the brand new building designed by the award-winning Norwegian architectural firm, Snøhetta. You will see exquisite artwork from some of the greatest French artists of the 19th century such as Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin.

Vilhelm Hammershøi and his time

Join us on a tour of the Danish collection, where you will see works of art by Vilhelm Hammershøi and his Danish contemporaries. Ordrupgaard’s founders Wilhelm and Henny Hansen collected works of art by many Danish artists such as Hammershøi, L.A., the Fynbo painters and the ‘Danish impressionist’ Theodor Philipsen. On the tour, we take a closer look at the mentioned artists and talk about the major breakthroughs that took place around1900.

Highlights of Ordrupgaard

On this tour, you will go on a journey through Ordrupgaard’s most important art works. One of the museum’s skilled guides will guide you through the collection’s main artists. The tour can accommodate everything from French Impressionism and Hammershøi to ceramics and artwork in the old Mansion. Let yourself be surprised!

Architecture of Ordrupgaard

Take a tour of the spectacular architecture of Ordrupgaard. Ordrupgaard consists of four spectacular buildings, each designed by a distinguished architect. On this tour, you will hear about the old mansion, designed by Gotfred Tvede. You will also hear about the later groundbreaking additions by British-Iraqi Zaha Hadid and Norwegian Snøhetta.

Art in the park

In the park, you can explore art by an array of high-profile contemporary artists. The artwork are site-specific and invite to play and interaction. On this tour you get to explore a number of selected works in the park. Among other things, we pass a giant fir cone created by the Danish artist duo Randi & Kathrine, and up among the tree crowns in the large bamboo tower created by the American twin artist couple Mike and Doug Starn.

Of course, it is also possible for groups to visit the museum on their own. Ordrupgaard often has many visitors, and we want to create a good experience for all our guests. Therefore, we kindly ask that you contact our booking prior to your group visit.

Please, contact us by email at: booking@ordrupgaard.dk

Group visits must be booked no later than 7 days in advance.