Summer Holidays at Museum Nordsjælland: Ice Cream, Insects and Fun for Children

Ice Cream Time at Hillerød City Museum

Most children love ice cream – and when the sun is shining during the summer holidays, quite a few often find their way into hungry stomachs.

At Hillerød City Museum, you can explore the history of ice cream and discover plenty of stories about this favourite summer treat.

What you can experience at Hillerød City Museum during the summer holidays:

• Make your own ice cream (count ice creams in the exhibition and get creative with paper and card)
• The Street of Time (sell goods in the shop and invent new creations)
• Play with History (experience a school day from 100 years ago and play in the ‘nursery’)
• Outdoor games (walk on stilts, knock down tins and spin a hula hoop)

Crazy About Insects at Æbelholt Monastery

Bring the family to Æbelholt Monastery. In the monastery garden, you can discover flowers, herbs and buzzing insect life. Make your own butterflies, caterpillars or spiders from wire and string, then explore the ruins of the largest Augustinian monastery in the Nordic region.

What you can experience at Æbelholt Monastery during the summer holidays:

• Make your own insects
• See more than 100 skeletons
• Enjoy an ice cream and a cup of coffee
• Buy monastery plants

The Last Treasure of The Drilling X at Elværket

At Elværket in Hillerød, you can see three coins that may have belonged to one of Denmark’s most notorious safecrackers, The Drilling X. This small summer exhibition tells the story of the man behind more than 60 safe burglaries across Zealand and Funen in the 1930s.

What you can experience at Elværket during the summer holidays:

• See coins linked to one of Denmark’s most famous safecrackers
• The family-friendly exhibition The
• Greatest North Zealanders
• Archaeotek for children (be an archaeologist for a day)
• Castle cave and dressing-up activities

Summer Treasure Hunt for Children at Gilleleje Museum

An old recipe, a missing word and a secret ingredient. At Gilleleje Museum, children and adults can follow clues through the exhibitions and help Mågens and Humrik solve the mystery of Else Klug’s famous apple cake. A small prize awaits when the puzzle is solved.

What you can experience at Gilleleje Museum during the summer holidays:

• Treasure hunt throughout the museum
• Enjoy an ice cream in the cosy museum garden
• Explore stories about fishing, holidaymakers on the North Coast and a classroom preserved as a time capsule from the 1920s