Exhibitions

GLORY – Chapter 2
Special exhibition
14. Nov. 2025–17. Oct. 2026
In the exhibition GLORY – Chapter 2, artist Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl and KØN invite visitors to a sensory and thought-provoking encounter with the museum’s collection of cultural-historical objects. This time, the collection is artistically interpreted under the theme “from cradle to grave”. GLORY – Chapter 2 explores how we – even before we are born – are socialized into gendered categories and encounter gendered expectations. Is the tiny being kicking around in the womb imagined as a future football player or a cute little ballerina? A wild child or a straight-A girl?

Drawing on the museum’s collection, the current gender debate, and artistic interpretation, the exhibition delves into how gender roles and norms shape us from early childhood and throughout our lives. It examines how gender is formed through encounters with school portraits, gendered uniforms and family bliss – and how we express gender through images, colours, words, and bodies. All of this is infused with Kim Mejdahl’s humorous, insistent and artistic perspective.

You Still Don’t Know My Name
Special exhibition
9. Oct. 2025–29. Aug. 2026
The houses look alike and are located in the same small villages. There is fabric covering the windows, mould on the walls. The house numbers are painted large so everyone can see them from the road, the mailboxes are broken or overflowing and plastered with foreign names. Inside, the same pink artificial flowers stand in old vases, next to gaudy wallpaper, incense, terry cloth sheets and a smell of perfume and air freshener that only just manages to mask the scent of mould.

This was the reality that met Louise Herrche Serup and Sarah Hartvigsen Juncker when, in 2021, they sought out migrant sex workers in Denmark to give them a rare opportunity to share what they feel, think, and what brought them here. In the exhibition “You Still Don’t Know My Name,” 35 migrant sex workers have allowed themselves and their belongings to be photographed, and they share their stories of trafficking, fear, and violence – but also of everyday life, longing, love and dreams.

RED STOCKINGS
Permanent exhibition
On 8th April 1970, a group of women marched up Strøget (pedestrian street) in Copenhagen. Wearing false eye lashes, blonde wigs, and balloons in their bras, they demonstrated against the fashion industry and the objectification of the female body.

The action marked the starting point of a new women’s movement – The Red Stocking Movement – which made a great impact on Denmark during the 70s. The red stockings wanted to change the gender roles of society and break with the male-dominated society. They fought for equal pay, equality within the home, free abortion, and the right to decide for themselves what a woman is, can, must, and should.

The small exhibition room THE RED STOCKINGS lies as a red, beating heart in the middle of the museum. A red stocking Wunderkammer filled from floor to ceiling with objects from the museum’s own red stocking collection, portraying the years 1970-1985. You can also see films and photos, listen to music, or study literature in the red stocking library.

GENDER BLENDER
Permanent exhibition
What does gender mean in our society? Why do I play with cars and not dolls? What does it mean to be transgender? What is normal? How do I feel about my own body? What is equality? Do we have equality? What does it matter if I’m born as a boy or as a girl? DOES IT MATTER?

In the exhibition Gender Blender, the meaning of gender takes centre stage and the museum invites you to visit a dynamic exhibition platform that catalyses, collects and informs about the ongoing gender debate.

The museum creates a space for – and an enhancement of – the visitors’ own perception of gender. Because gender has a meaning – and Denmark lacks a qualified platform in order for the audience to keep track of the history, the research and the debate about gender – and thereby spark rethinking and reflection.

Sexual education throughout the times
Permanent exhibition
In the exhibition “Sexual education throughout the times”, you can learn about the content and methods of sexual education throughout 200 years. The exhibition is also used for educational purposes. At KØN – Gender Museum Denmark, we enter into dialogue with children and young people about norms, limits, and rights for gender, body, and sexuality.

The old City Hall
Permanent exhibition
The exhibition portrays the women’s movement’s historical development; from Mathilde Fibiger to #MeToo. In the display cases, you will find objects, photos, and texts that will make you wiser on the movement’s perspective and challenges; the Decency Feud, terms of marriage, conservative ideals, and the tightening of a corset.

The museum also shows different minor special exhibitions.

All the exhibitions texts are translated into English.