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New Hans Christian Andersen museum opens in Denmark |
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Queen Margrethe of Denmark (L) is given a tour by creative director and director of communications Henrik Lubker (C) and the mayor of Odense Peter Rahbaek Juel (R) after she opened the new museum devoted to Danish children's author Hans Christian Andersen in his home town of Odense following a 10-year renovation project on June 30, 2021. Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who also created Tokyo's new Olympic stadium, the museum cost around 390 million Danish kroner (52 million euros, $62 million), covered for the most part by private foundations. Claus Fisker / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP.
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COPENHAGEN (AFP).- Danish Queen Margrethe II inaugurated Wednesday a new museum devoted to children's author Hans Christian Andersen in his home town of Odense following a 10-year renovation project.
Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who also created Tokyo's new Olympic stadium, the museum cost around 390 million Danish kroner (52 million euros, $62 million), covered for the most part by private foundations.
"The idea behind the architectural design resembled Andersens method, where a small world suddenly expands to a bigger universe," Kuma explained ahead of the inauguration.
Two thirds of the wood-and-glass museum is underground and it is located in a vast garden with paved walkways and high trimmed hedges.
A statement described the structure as "flowing into a magical childrens universe" and added that it "intertwines with a labyrinthine magic garden".
Andersen was born in 1805 to poor parents before earning global fame for works that include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Ducking," "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Princess and the Pea".
"It is our hope that we, with the new museum, are approaching the core of H C Andersen's universe," the museum's statement said.
© Agence France-Presse
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