Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
Please note that the workshop will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
On this Sunday, you can also enjoy sun gazing from the top of the tower. Our observatory staff will make it possible to safely view the sun with a telescope fitted with a special lens.
Please note that the workshop and sun gazing will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
Please note that the workshop will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
We’ll help you learn how to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
The workshop will also be held on Saturday, July 19.
Family Culture Night at the Round Tower
Calling all children interested in the Universe, stars and planets! On March 14, we are hosting Family Culture Night at the Round Tower, where all children (and their families) are invited to join fun activities in the Spiral Ramp, a planet workshop and stargazing in the Observatory.
Exploring the Tower and Creative Planet Workshop
In the Round Tower’s iconic Spiral Ramp, you can travel with light through the solar system and explore the planets. Along the way, you can solve small tasks and talk to the Round Tower’s astronomy students, who will teach you more about the movement of the solar system, the speed of light, and constellations.
In the Library Hall, you can discover Jakob Arthur Andersen’s captivating astrophotos, while in the old reading room, you have the opportunity to unleash your creativity and create your very own lifelike planets – both on paper and on sticks! The Round Tower provides colors, tools, and drawing kits, but you decide what patterns and colors the celestial bodies should have.
Visit the Observatory at the Top
The Observatory, located in the historic domed building at the top of the tower, will be open for visitors. Here, you will find the 95-year-old telescope, which the Round Tower’s astronomers will use to zoom in on celestial bodies many light-years away in the Milky Way. If we are lucky, both Jupiter and Mars will be visible in the sky that evening. Don’t forget to dress warmly!
Please note: There is limited space in the Observatory, so a queue may form. The Round Tower cannot guarantee that we will be able to see celestial objects through the telescope if, for example, the sky is cloudy. However, if the weather does not cooperate, the Observatory will still be open, and our astronomers will share fascinating insights about the Observatory and the large refracting telescope, which has a magnification range of 80-450 times.
This evening you can only access with a Culture Night Pass. A Culture Night Pass for Family Culture Night 2025 can only be purchased digitally via kulturnatten.dk. It costs DKK 125 and gives you access to all the events at Family Culture Night and allows you – free of charge – to take two children under 12 years old with you. In addition, the Culture Night Pass ensures for the Pass holder and for two children under 12 free transportation by bus, train and Metro in Greater Copenhagen zones 1-99.
Drop-In Workshop: Create Your Own Scenography
With inspiration from the current exhibition “The Tryouts” and theater painter Carl Lund, who had his painting workshop in the Library Hall in the early 1900s, we will create our own miniature stage designs in this workshop!
Test your skills as a theater painter as we use various forms of cardboard, paper, paint, and cutouts to craft our own alternative worlds, where new interpretations of reality can unfold. What story would you like to tell, and which characters or figures will be part of it?
The workshop is led by Simone Syska Andersen, a creative consultant, art communicator, and educator with several years of experience in the museum world.
Participation is free with the regular admission to the tower, but seats are limited. If the workshop is full, we recommend taking a stroll through the exhibition, which is also included in your ticket, to gather inspiration, and coming back afterwards.
Spotlight on Women in Astronomy and Physics on International Women’s Day
Join us as we honor women in the world of science on March 8th in collaboration with Women in Physics (KIF).
The day will feature engaging talks and lectures, a meet and greet session, a book signing, mini concert and a workshop with a science community for young women.
Program for the Day
12:30
INTRODUCTION
Maren Malling and Cecilie Cold, chair and vice-chair of Kvinder i Fysik, will introduce Kvinder i Fysik and provide historical and contemporary perspectives on women in physics in Denmark.
13:10
TALK
Desiree Della Monica Ferreira, head of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics at DTU and 2024 KIF Prize winner, will talk about her work as a space researcher and the importance of female role models in science and technology.
14:00
BOOK SIGNING & MEET ‘N’ GREET
Anja C. Andersen is an astrophysicist and professor at the University of Copenhagen, known for her inspiring books, brilliant talks, and numerous appearances on podcasts and TV.
Here, you will have the opportunity to meet Anja and talk to her about astrophysics and her latest book, Det Gådefulde Univers. The book will be available for purchase at the event, or you can bring your own copy for signing.
You will also have the chance to meet Dot Pio, a graduate student in quantum physics at DTU and KU, where she researches quantum computing with superconducting technology. Besides her studies, she is passionate about sharing her love for physics, philosophy, and STEM on her Instagram platform @mindfulphysicist.
15:00
LECTURE
Bente Rosenbeck, gender researcher, historian, and professor emerita, will give a talk about the Danish astronomer Julie Vinter Hansen – a pioneering astronomical observer and researcher, and the first woman to be officially appointed at the University of Copenhagen after the 1921 law that granted both genders equal access to all public positions and offices.
15:30
WORKSHOP
After 25 years in the medical technology industry, Marianne Andersen founded the science community High5Girls in 2018 to show young girls and women the many opportunities within STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and entrepreneurship.
Together with electrical engineer and High5Girls role model Anna Krzyzanowska, as well as three teenage girls, Victoria, Emmiline, and Sofia, Marianne will lead a hands-on workshop on printed electronics.
16:30
MINI CONCERT
Signe Heinfelt is a composer and sound artist with a degree in electronic music and sound art from the Danish National Academy of Music.
In a unique mini concert, she will explore music through electromagnetism, radio waves, and the visualization of sound waves. On stage, she will demonstrate both some of the oldest and newest inventions in music technology – including the theremin, one of the world’s first electronic instruments from 1919.
PLEASE NOTE: The event will be held in English.
Kvinder I Fysik – KIF (The Women in Physics Association) works to promote awareness of women in the field of physics. Their main goal is to inform, create visibility, and build networks so that young female physics aspirants feel welcomed into the world of science.
Planet Workshop for Kids
Color the planets and create your own Solar System when the Round Tower invites you to join a creative drop-in workshops for children and their adults.
Create unique and imaginative celestial bodies! Armed with scissors, glue, cotton balls and crayons, only imagination sets the limits.
The Round Tower provides tools and drawing kits, but you decide the patterns and colors of your celestial creations.
The workshop is open to all who have paid regular admission, though spaces are limited.
The event is part of the program for Round Tower’s astro festival “KOSMOS”.
Planet Workshop for Kids
Let your creativity run free and create your own planets or Solar system when the Round Tower invites you to a creative drop-in workshop for children.
Create unique and imaginative celestial bodies! Armed with scissors, glue, cotton balls and crayons, only imagination sets the limits.
The Round Tower provides tools and drawing kits, but you decide the patterns and colors of your celestial creations.
The workshop is open to all who have paid regular admission, though spaces are limited.
The event is part of the program for Round Tower’s astro festival “KOSMOS”.
Drop-in family workshop: Make corals out of clay
Join a creative underwater journey with clay and organic forms when ceramic artist Anne Mette Edeltoft invites you to an inspiring family workshop in connection with the exhibition “Being Coral”.
The exhibition gives us an intimate, sensory insight into the planet’s beautiful but endangered coral animals. Under guidance from artist Anne Mette Edeltoft, you will learn simple techniques for shaping and modeling as you create your own interpretations of these fascinating creatures in self-hardening clay.
The workshop is open to everyone who has paid general admission, but spaces are limited. If the workshop is full, we recommend taking a tour of the exhibition for inspiration first.
During the workshop, you’ll also have the opportunity to closely examine real coral skeletons and make casts of different skeletal structures.
Anne Mette Edeltoft works with ceramic sculptures and is particularly fascinated by corals and their organic colors and patterns.