ABOUT LOUISIANA
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With more than 700,000 annual visitors, Louisiana is the most visited museum for modern and contemporary art in Scandinavia. The museum is internationally recognized for its exceptional exhibitions, and ever-growing collection as well as for its dynamic and vibrant cultural programme.
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The physical encounter with art and the lively conversation about it
are important for our society.
Louisiana is often hailed as one of the most beautiful museums in the world due to the harmonious architecture and scenic location. Since its opening in 1958, the museum has conveyed international art and culture of high quality to its guests in Humlebæk. The aim has been – and is – to reach a large and diverse audience with an equally broad and varied selection of art and culture from the 20th and 21st centuries.
This is based on the belief that the physical encounter with art and the living conversation about it are important for our society: “We become wiser,” says Poul Erik Tøjner, “we expand our experience and our horizons. Things we take for granted, are suddenly seen from a different perspective, things we didn’t know suddenly become clear.
Louisiana strives, with the help of the artists and the artistic experience, to be an up-to-date and sustainable framework for a get-together that brings the individual and the many forward. We value diversity both in the exhibition program and in the acquisitions for the museum’s collection, as well as among the people who work on Louisiana.”
Organization, reports etc
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a government approved museum established by Knud W. Jensen as an independant institution. The museum receives approx 15% in operating support from the public, the rest is financed through own earnings and sponsors
“To ensure and develop cultural heritage in Denmark”
sustainability
Sustainability has been a central focus area at Louisiana in recent years. With contributions from many departments at the museum, collaboration with international colleagues and support from the Danish consulting firm Nordic Sustainability, an overall strategy for sustainability has been developed, which extends towards 2050.