Skip-the-line available What to see inside Amalienborg
The kings' studies, the piano nobile and the Gala Hall, the Fabergé Chamber and Queen Alexandrine's Salon.
The Amalienborg Museum is not large, and that is its strength: you can see everything properly in about an hour. These are the rooms worth slowing down for, in roughly the order you meet them.
The kings' studies
Four Glücksburg kings have studies here: Christian IX, Frederik VIII, Christian X and Frederik IX. They don't run in date order. Frederik IX's bright study, with modern furniture beside historical objects, comes first; then you step back three generations to Christian IX's dark corner study, crowded with family photographs.
Most of the rooms were recreated here from other palaces on the square. Frederik VIII's study originally stood in the room where King Frederik X now gives his New Year's address. Christian X's is the exception: he lived in this palace, so his study is the only one still in its original place.
Queen Louise's sitting room
Queen Louise, wife of Christian IX, had a room as busy as her husband's, and it was originally described as her study. The museum makes a point of the name: the queens of this period had their own duties and were not simply consorts.
Their daughter Dagmar married into the Russian imperial family in 1866, and the gifts that followed are why the Fabergé Chamber, a few rooms away, exists at all.
The Fabergé Chamber
A small, dark room with some of the museum's finest objects. Look for the gilded silver champagne cooler given to Christian IX and Queen Louise for their golden wedding in 1892 by their daughter Dagmar and her husband, Emperor Alexander III of Russia.
Nearby is a diamond brooch shaped like the Russian imperial crown, one of 18 made for Nicholas II's coronation in 1896, and a table lighter shaped like an egg on four deer hooves. The golden egg that comes apart into five pieces, with a small hen inside, could also hold perfume.
The piano nobile and the Gala Hall
Upstairs, the grand floor of the palace holds the halls the royal family still uses for official visits and events, including the Gala Hall. The museum also uses this floor for special exhibitions.
These rooms show the palace as it was meant to be seen, built to project the power of the monarchy. They are working rooms rather than a reconstruction, and there is a lift as well as the stairs.
Queen Alexandrine's Salon
The former dining room is now a mirrored room about Queen Alexandrine, who lived in this palace with Christian X until his death in 1947, and on alone until 1952. It is included with the standard ticket.
Look for her driving licence from 1916, and the photographs of a queen who played tennis and golf and sailed with the king, a very different figure from the quiet one she is often remembered as.
Frequently asked
How long does the Amalienborg Museum take?
About an hour at a comfortable pace. There is no time limit once you are in.
Is the Fabergé Chamber included in the ticket?
Yes. The Fabergé Chamber, the kings' studies, the piano nobile and Queen Alexandrine's Salon are all on the standard ticket.
Are the Crown Jewels at Amalienborg?
No. The Danish Crown Jewels are in the Treasury at Rosenborg Castle.