During our field trip visit to Copenhagen, Denmark we were assigned a project to identify a museum object or exhibit currently being shown in one of the city’s museum and to develop an idea for displaying it in a more engaging way outside the museum environment.
Whilst I was visiting the Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen I found myself intrigued by a pair of Golden Horns that were placed inside a standard glazed display unit with other golden artifacts. After reading the given information and labels it was made clear that the Horns was in fact a prominent part of Danish prehistory as one of the most famous finds.
The golden horns exhibited are copies due to the originals being stolen by a poor goldsmith in 1802. The horns were melted down and the gold was used to make jewellery and false coins. The appearance of the horns is known solely from drawings dating to the 17th and 18th Century.
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- Present exhibition in Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
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- Theories and Historical Past
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- Description and Runic Meaning
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- New proposed location for ‘The Golden Horns’
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- Exhibition with Horns in-situ
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- Under the Archways of the Gates to Christiansborg Palace
Jessica Taylor-Tibbott 