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39-624: The garden is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark , which is itself part of the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science . It serves both research, educational and recreational purposes. The identification code of the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden as a member of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), as well as the initials of its herbarium is C . The botanical garden

78-835: A daughter of priest at the French Reformed Church in Fredericia Jean Marc Dalgar (1756–1811). They first met each other in her brother Christian Dalgas' home in Livorno . Schouw's travel companion, Henrik Stampe, married another Dalgas sister, Christine, who was also there at the time. The wedding took place on 24 April 1827 in Christiansborg Chapel in Copenhagen. Schouw had an official residence in Charlottenborg after his appointnemnt to professor and director of

117-497: A low, waterlogged area that was bounded by Charlottenborg, Nyhavn , the Mint and Bremerholm . A main building was erected along the Nyhavn canal, housing both a botanical museum, a library and residences for the director and a botanical gardener. There were also facilities for the storage of sensitive plants during winter. The garden's first greenhouse, Guiones Koldhus ( Guione's Coolhouse ),

156-671: A part of the preparations for a new and larger Natural History Museum in the Botanical Garden. The Botanical Garden, as well as the current premises of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, will be part of the new Natural History Museum that is expected to open in the Fall of 2025. 55°41′15″N 12°34′32″E  /  55.687506°N 12.575459°E  / 55.687506; 12.575459 Joakim Frederik Schouw Joakim Frederik Schouw (7 February 1789 – 28 April 1852)

195-527: Is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen The museum became an organizational entity in 2004 with the merger of Copenhagen's Zoological Museum , Geological Museum , Botanical Museum and Central Library , and Botanical Gardens . (Zoological Museum, Geological Museum, Botanical Museum and Botanical Garden). The collections of the Natural History Museum Denmark belong to the Danish state and

234-450: Is arranged in different sections including: Danish plants (600 species), perennial plants (1,100 species), annual plants (1,100 species), rock gardens with plants from mountainous areas in Central and Southern Europe and Conifer Hill which is planted with coniferous trees. One of the newest inclusions is a rhododendron garden The garden has many handsome specimen trees. The oldest tree in

273-543: Is based in a building which was built in 1957 to the design of Kai Gottlob for the Institute of Biology at University of Copenhagen. In 1909 to 1911, Carl Jacobsen installed a number of casts of classical statues in the garden. Natural History Museum of Denmark The Natural History Museum of Denmark ( Danish : Statens Naturhistoriske Museum ) is a natural history museum located in Copenhagen , Denmark . It

312-764: Is based on decade old inventory. In 2023, a review of natural history museums of the world, also involving scientists from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, placed the number at about 17 million, making it the largest scientific natural history collection in the Nordic countries and one of the largest in the world. The collections include taxidermied specimens, skins and skeletons, specimens preserved in jars with ethanol , invertebrates on pins, eggs, DNA and tissue samples (a collection that has grown rapidly in recent decades as it contains Denmark's national natural history DNA and Tissue Repository), plants on herbarium sheets, fossils , minerals , meteorites and more, from all over

351-512: Is dedicated to caudiciforms . The garden also has a special air-conditioned greenhouse that can re-create environments suitable for Arctic plants. Here is the list of some plant species growing at the Palm House: The university's botanical museum and herbarium are housed in a building situated within the garden, giving the garden staff ready access to reference works and more than 2 million dried plant specimens. Located at 140 Gothersgade,

390-530: The Danish Constituent Assembly in 1848. Schouw was born on 7 February 1789 in Copenhagen , the son of wine merchant Paul S. (1751–1800) and Sara Georgia Liebenberg (1761–1826). He studied law at the University of Copenhagen . He was already a lawyer when he in the summer of 1812 travelled to Norway with the Norwegian botanist Christen Smith . On this journey, he was strongly impressed with

429-779: The Geological Museum and the Zoological Museum. In 1621 Ole Worm also became the director of the Botanical Garden, which at that time had been quite neglected. Here he introduced a large variety of medicinal plants and rare species from abroad. Today the Natural History Museum of Denmark is organized under the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen. The items in the Natural History Museum have been collected over four centuries. Although typically listed as containing about 14 million objects, also in some recent publications, this

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468-526: The Natural History Museum of Denmark (the former Geological Museum) and in the adjacent Botanical Gardens . Since the merger, the Botanical Gardens and its greenhouses/glasshouses have remained open, and the mineral collection, along with temporary exhibits, are still on display in the buildings of the former Geological Museum. The Zoological Museum that was located separately was closed in October 2022 as

507-484: The Zoological Museum was located separately in the Universitetsparken. This museum location closed in 2022 and will be relocated to the new and larger Natural History Museum in the northeast corner of the Botanical Gardens. The complex is expected to open in the Fall of 2026. While the separate Zoological Museum has closed, its research and storage facilities at its old location have been maintained. The history of

546-526: The botanical garden in 1841. The botanical garden was then located next to the building. The lively Grundtvegian home was frequented by many visitors from the Danish world of culture, His daughter Georgia married the painter P. C. Skovgaard . Schouw was a member of the Committee for the Establishment of Thorvaldsens Museum and served as one of the executors of Bertel Thorvaldsens will and gift letter to

585-460: The building was designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt and built from 1888 to 1890 as botanical Laboratory. It is a Historicist building inspired by Italian palazzi, a style which Herholt had previously relied on in his now demolished National Bank at Holmens Kanal . The building has housed the faculty library of the Faculty of Social Sciences since 2011. Institute of Psychology, at 2A Øster Farimagsgade,

624-476: The city of Copenhagen. He was also a board member of the museum. Herman Wilhelm Bissen created a bust of Schouw in 1851. A bronze cast of the bust was in 1856 installed outside the University of Copenhagen's main building on Frue Plads . It was the first sculpture of a non-aristocratic person in the public real in Copenhagen. He died on 28 April 1852 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery . In 1896, botanist Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle published Schouwia ,

663-548: The conspicuous zonal division of the mountain vegetation and distribution of plant species in relation to altitude . Back in Copenhagen , he attended the lectures given by Martin Vahl and J.W. Hornemann . While earning for his living as a lawyer, he delved into the copious literature on plant geography , e.g. by Wahlenberg and von Humboldt . The first result of his efforts was a doctoral dissertation (1816): Dissertatio de sedibus plantarum originariis . In this thesis, he dealt with

702-458: The establishment of a new and larger botanical garden. Plans for this garden received royal approval on 22 July 1778. It was to have two directors, one appointed by the University and the other by the King. The first University appointment to this post was Christian Friis Rottbøll, who had already managed the garden since Oeder's retirement, and the first royal appointment was Johan Theodor Holmskjold . At

741-608: The garden became still more cramped and it became evident that another expansion was needed. The botanical gardens got its current location in 1870. Four years later in 1874 the gardens got its large complex of glasshouses at the initiative of Carlsberg founder J. C. Jacobsen who also funded it. His inspiration was that of the glass building the Crystal Palace that was erected for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. In 1977

780-617: The gardens is a taxodium from 1806 that was moved along from the old location at an age of 60 years. The Gardens have 27 glasshouses. The most notable is the 3000-square metre conservatory complex from 1874. The Palm House at its centre is 16 metres tall and has narrow, cast-iron spiral stairs leading to a passageway at the top. Plants include a palm from 1824 and a fine collection of cycads , some of which are more than 100 years old. A fifty metres long glasshouse house an extensive collection of cacti and other succulents whilst another one houses orchids and begonias . A modern glasshouse

819-458: The gardens, including the greenhouses, became listed by Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces , the Danish conservancy authorities. Copenhagen Botanical Garden is an informal garden with free admission. There are conservatories , a museum and herbarium , a library (admission by appointment only) a shop plants, seeds and a small selection of garden equipment and eating place. The botanical gardens contain more than 13,000 species . The garden

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858-696: The government's discontent with his claim of the Provincial Assembly's independence. He was much engaged in Scandinavism and in the Schleswig-Holstein Question . He was a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly but refused to become a minister because he, unlike the government, favoured the division of Schleswig . He published Dansk Ugeskrift in 1831–36 and again 1842–46, followed by Dansk Tidsskrift 1847–50. Schouw married Susanne (Susette) Marie Augustine Peschier Dalgas, (1798-1844),

897-553: The individual departments, which now are part of the united Natural History Museum of Denmark, can be traced back to the 17th century. One historical figure in particular played a crucial role in the creation of the Danish national heritage, namely Ole Worm (1588–1654). His cabinet of natural curiosities, the Museum Wormianum, formed together with the Royal Danish Cabinet of Curiosities the nucleus of what later would become

936-577: The king, Christian IV . It was located in Skidenstræde (now Krystalgade) and a residence for one of the professors of the university was also built at the site. It rested upon the professor in residence to maintain the garden, irrespective of which chair he held. In 1621 Ole Worm personally took over the responsibility for the garden and he enriched it with a great number of Danish medicinal plants as well as rare foreign species he received from his many professional contacts abroad. A second botanical garden

975-457: The liberal movement (but he belonged to the moderate wing), where he was immediately elected as its president with 37 votes against 18 votes to Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt and 11 votes to the Conservative bishop J. P. Münster . He was later reelected at Viborg Provincial Assembly with all votes against one and was reelected until 1840 when he was no longerappointed by the king, probably as a result of

1014-512: The museum has the responsibility, under the Museum Act, for managing the collections and associated research and dissemination. The Natural History Museum Denmark has exhibitions at its main address on Øster Voldgade 5-7. In addition, the museum holds lectures, guided tours and events that focus on the collections, the Botanical Garden and the researchers' current research. The museum has a school service that offers teaching to students. As planned,

1053-539: The museum will open a new building in 2026 in the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen. The new museum building is designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects and architect Claus Pryds. The economy behind the project is based on a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, the state and a number of private foundations; Villum Fonden, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Novo Nordisk Fonden, Det Obelske Familie and A. P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal.[4] The Natural History Museum Denmark

1092-569: The question of Generatio aequivoca , that is the origin of species through continuous evolution, a view he advocated. He was then given a travel grant to study phytogeography in Southern Europe and to visit A. P. de Candolle in Geneva . The expectations of his scientific potential were so great that King Frederik VI granted him an extraordinary professorship of botany at the University of Copenhagen . In 1822, his most significant contribution

1131-403: The same event, an associate professor was employed at the garden. The first to hold this chair was Martin Vahl, who played a large part in moving the plants from Oeder's Garden to Charlottenborg Garden. In 1817, the model with a double directorship was abandoned when Jens Wilken Hornemann was made the sole director of the garden. At this stage the garden encompassed approximately 1.6 hectares in

1170-529: The spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , he began a work in progress which was to become Flora Danica , an illustrated work describing all Danish and Norwegian plants. Oeder was fired in 1771 in connection with the Johann Friedrich Struensee affair. In 1778 both gardens were closed when the king reacquired the land at Amaliegade and at the same time donated a tract of land behind Charlottenborg Palace for

1209-446: The world. Among these are thousands of type specimens . Additionally, the living collections of the Botanical Garden number some 10,000 plant species such as orchids , cacti , carnivorous plants and trees. Hundreds of scientists from all over the world visit the collection each year and many specimens are sent to scientists elsewhere as loans for use in research. Today, all exhibitions and public engagement programs are located at

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1248-487: Was a Danish lawyer , botanist and politician . From 1821, professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen — first extraordinary professor, but after the death of J.W. Hornemann in 1841 ordinary. His main scientific field was the new discipline of phytogeography . He also served as director of Copenhagen Botanical Garden in 1841-1852. He was a leading figure in the National Liberal movement and president of

1287-538: Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In the 1830s and 1840s, Schouw was one of the main leaders of the political movement that led to the first democratic constitution of Denmark , the June Constitution of 1849. The king appointed him as a representative for the university for the first Roskilde Provincial Assembly in 1834 (a, a recognition of the growing importance of

1326-409: Was erected in 1784. In 1803 the king funded of a new 200-square metre complex of greenhouses and nore were added in 1837. In 1841 Joakim Frederik Schouw replaced Hornemann as director and the garden. Among his initiatives was the establishment of a new section dedicated to Danish species, holding 570 species, and improved cataloguing of plants and seeds. His tenure lasted until 1852. During this phase

1365-494: Was established on 1 January 2004 by the merging of four long-standing institutions: the Botanical Garden, the Botanical Museum & Central Library, the Geological Museum, and the Zoological Museum. In 2020, the combined entity was officially renamed the Natural History Museum of Denmark, effectively becoming a single museum. Whereas the locations of the Botanical Gardens and the adjacent Geological Museum have been maintained,

1404-455: Was first established in 1600 but it was moved twice before it was ultimately given its current location in 1870. It was probably founded to secure a collection of Danish medicinal plants after the Reformation had seen many convents and their gardens abandoned or demolished. The first garden, known as Hortus Medicus , was created on 2 August 1600 by royal charter on a piece of land donated by

1443-426: Was laid out by Georg Christian Oeder in 1752 in the newly founded Frederiksstaden district at the request of Frederik V at a site bisected by Amaliegade just north of Frederik's Hospital . The smaller western section, covering just under half a hectare, was equipped with a greenhouse while the eastern section remained largely unplanted. The garden was opened to the public in 1763. In 1770 part of Oeder's Garden

1482-430: Was published: His later scientific contributions turned out to be rather meagre. He planned a great work and gathered material for it during two journeys to Italy . However, he never had time to continue his work. Together with Jens Vahl and Salomon Drejer , Schouw was the publisher of Flora Danica fasc. 38. He succeeded Jens Wilken Hornemann as director of Copenhagen Botanical Garden in 1841-1852. In 1841, he

1521-494: Was put at the disposal of the University's botanical garden. The preceding year Christian VII had donated 2,500 thaler to the University, the interest from which would be used for the Botanical Garden. This had created the economical foundation for an enlargement but since there was no space for it at its original address, the off-site solution was ultimately opted for. Oeder became the Botanical Garden's first director. In order to emphasise its economic significance, as well as in

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