Danish Museum of Science & Technology secures Danish space technology

The Danish Museum of Science & Technology is taking a major step towards safeguarding Denmark’s space technology heritage through the project The Danish Space Adventure. With generous support from the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, an ambitious project worth DKK 7 million is getting under way. Over two years, it will collect, document, communicate and research Denmark’s space technology heritage.

In collaboration with Danish space companies and research environments, the Danish Museum of Science & Technology will collect and document the technology that has made Denmark a sought-after partner in space flight and space research. This is technology that has enabled humanity’s exploration of space over the past 40 years, and which also points towards the future adventures to the Moon and Mars.

“When you look at how many Danish companies have supplied technology for international space missions, you can’t help but feel proud. This project is about preserving and telling that story, not as a museum of the past, but as a living testimony to Danish innovation, collaboration and technological courage,” says Museum Director Peter Bjerregaard.

The project builds on the Danish Museum of Science & Technology’s existing work to preserve and communicate Danish space history. As early as 2018, also with support from the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, the museum collected and exhibited technology from Andreas Mogensen’s first space mission, Iriss, including the Russian Soyuz capsule.

“Denmark’s contribution to the development of space technology is impressive, and at the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation we find it relevant to support the communication, research and preservation of the heritage that also concerns the exploration of space and the Earth,” adds Foundation Director Christine Wiberg-Lyng.

As part of The Danish Space Adventure, visitors to the museum in Helsingør can look forward to an exhibition opening in 2027. It will present the collected objects alongside a broad selection of the museum’s other technological collections, placing Danish space technology in a historical perspective.

For more information about the project, contact:
Camilla Gürtler
Project Manager
cg@tekniskmuseum.dk

For photos and other press material, contact:
Cecillie Christensen
Communications Manager
cc@tekniskmuseum.dk