Denmark Day Two
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kybearfuzzI got up late today. I was just beat from all the travel yesterday. Still, I managed to get out of bed before lunch, but it really cut into my tourist time. With today being Sunday, most museums were closing at 4 or 5 PM. Still I managed a good walk around the city and got to see a really cool exhibit on LGBT history at the Copenhagen City Museum. I took a fair number of photos and some of the descriptions are behind the cut. The full group are in my Flickr folder for Denmark starting here. Just a warning, some of the images are not necessarily work-safe.
I've posted and discussed some of them behind the cut.
I have a terrible sense of direction, so it took a bit of time to get to the museum, but it was easy to spot once I saw it from a distance, rainbow flags flying in the air.
Of course, the museum was more than just the LGBT exhibit, it is all about the history of the city of Copenhagen. I saw this uniform and thought it was pretty cool. Worn by the watchmen in the 19th century, they kept order in the streets and called out the time all night along. The mace was pretty threatening looking.
The LGBT exhibit was on the second floor and was fairly elaborate, lots of historical things, like the posters here. These are posters that had been left on bar and party sites when the gay folk eventually moved to other locations. I think some of these are Tom of Finland works. In the Flickr photos I highlighted that furry gent in the front.
The exhibit included one of seven (if I recall correctly) AIDS quilts from around the city. The quilt was so large that it was difficult to take a complete photo of it. I think this is only the second AIDS quilt that I've seen, the other being in a DC museum.
The exhibits included Lesbian marches and demonstration. I saw this photo of a young woman putting her hands together in a familiar orientation. When I was high school, a few guys decided to put their hands in this position for a group shot of the DECA club. They told the photographer they were symbolic "DECA triangles" and he fell for it. Once the photo was developed, the school administration made the boys' parents pay for a reshoot. A few DECA triangles ended up in my senior class "clowning around" photo.
One of my favorite parts of the exhibit was the comment board. People were posting their thoughts, comments, etc., on post-it notes. Some had started to fall off and it looks like the museum put up tape to stick things together. 
I read some of them, most were very positive, some were just loving messages, a few gay slurs by some, and a cartoon or two.
One of my favorite messages was from a Boston couple, Mark and Howard, who got married in 2004 and have been together for 25 years. In reading the message, I looked about, thinking how nice it would be to meet a couple who had been together that long.
I wanted to leave a comment of my own, but there were no post-it's left. So I broke out my sketchbook and threw together a quick cartoon. After I put it up there, I realized it really stood out among the yellow post-it notes and felt it a bit embarrassed, but I left it for anyone who wanted to see it. You can see a bigger image of it here.
One of the things I liked about the exhibit was not about homosexual sex (well not entirely) but also about the history of the laws and psychological beliefs and the challenges to it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The rest of the museum was a lot of fun too, with a neat timeline upstairs of Copenhagen and Denmark through the 20th century, including things most children have no clue about today -- black and white TV, manual typewriters, record players, etc. On my way out, I asked the daddy bear clerk if I could take his photo. He said sure, just as his phone rang, but it turned into a good shot.
It was nearing 3 PM and I wanted to see a local museum about amber, the official gemstone of Denmark. I've always thought amber was a cool stone and the tourist book I got from the hotel said they had the largest collection of amber carvings in the city. Of course I got lost (my own unique superhuman power, you could call me "Lost Lad" of the Legion of Substitute Heroes), but when I finally found it, it was a jewelry store AND museum and seemed small. I wanted to cry foul as it seemed like a ploy to get you to buy. So I went into an Irish pub for a pint of Guinness and went walking around, coming across this place, the Jailhouse CPH Bar and Restaurant.
A cute Icelandic bartender was at the front and I felt obliged to have a pint of beer in order to look about. I was the only one there for a bit. It has small jail cells with tables and bar stools, each cell also having a flat screen TV. The bartender told me the restaurant was upstairs, but only operated Thursday through Saturday evenings. Seeing my beard, he added that they have a bear night every so often. He was a good guy and the bar seemed fun, so I might try to stop in again after work this week. However, two beers in about a half hour or so left me a bit buzzing, so I headed back to the hotel before it started to rain. That's when I took this photo.
Work starts tomorrow, so there will likely be a decrease in photo taking. Oh well, work has to start sometime.
I've posted and discussed some of them behind the cut.
I have a terrible sense of direction, so it took a bit of time to get to the museum, but it was easy to spot once I saw it from a distance, rainbow flags flying in the air.Of course, the museum was more than just the LGBT exhibit, it is all about the history of the city of Copenhagen. I saw this uniform and thought it was pretty cool. Worn by the watchmen in the 19th century, they kept order in the streets and called out the time all night along. The mace was pretty threatening looking.The LGBT exhibit was on the second floor and was fairly elaborate, lots of historical things, like the posters here. These are posters that had been left on bar and party sites when the gay folk eventually moved to other locations. I think some of these are Tom of Finland works. In the Flickr photos I highlighted that furry gent in the front.The exhibit included one of seven (if I recall correctly) AIDS quilts from around the city. The quilt was so large that it was difficult to take a complete photo of it. I think this is only the second AIDS quilt that I've seen, the other being in a DC museum.The exhibits included Lesbian marches and demonstration. I saw this photo of a young woman putting her hands together in a familiar orientation. When I was high school, a few guys decided to put their hands in this position for a group shot of the DECA club. They told the photographer they were symbolic "DECA triangles" and he fell for it. Once the photo was developed, the school administration made the boys' parents pay for a reshoot. A few DECA triangles ended up in my senior class "clowning around" photo.One of my favorite parts of the exhibit was the comment board. People were posting their thoughts, comments, etc., on post-it notes. Some had started to fall off and it looks like the museum put up tape to stick things together. I read some of them, most were very positive, some were just loving messages, a few gay slurs by some, and a cartoon or two.One of my favorite messages was from a Boston couple, Mark and Howard, who got married in 2004 and have been together for 25 years. In reading the message, I looked about, thinking how nice it would be to meet a couple who had been together that long.
I wanted to leave a comment of my own, but there were no post-it's left. So I broke out my sketchbook and threw together a quick cartoon. After I put it up there, I realized it really stood out among the yellow post-it notes and felt it a bit embarrassed, but I left it for anyone who wanted to see it. You can see a bigger image of it here.One of the things I liked about the exhibit was not about homosexual sex (well not entirely) but also about the history of the laws and psychological beliefs and the challenges to it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The rest of the museum was a lot of fun too, with a neat timeline upstairs of Copenhagen and Denmark through the 20th century, including things most children have no clue about today -- black and white TV, manual typewriters, record players, etc. On my way out, I asked the daddy bear clerk if I could take his photo. He said sure, just as his phone rang, but it turned into a good shot.
It was nearing 3 PM and I wanted to see a local museum about amber, the official gemstone of Denmark. I've always thought amber was a cool stone and the tourist book I got from the hotel said they had the largest collection of amber carvings in the city. Of course I got lost (my own unique superhuman power, you could call me "Lost Lad" of the Legion of Substitute Heroes), but when I finally found it, it was a jewelry store AND museum and seemed small. I wanted to cry foul as it seemed like a ploy to get you to buy. So I went into an Irish pub for a pint of Guinness and went walking around, coming across this place, the Jailhouse CPH Bar and Restaurant. A cute Icelandic bartender was at the front and I felt obliged to have a pint of beer in order to look about. I was the only one there for a bit. It has small jail cells with tables and bar stools, each cell also having a flat screen TV. The bartender told me the restaurant was upstairs, but only operated Thursday through Saturday evenings. Seeing my beard, he added that they have a bear night every so often. He was a good guy and the bar seemed fun, so I might try to stop in again after work this week. However, two beers in about a half hour or so left me a bit buzzing, so I headed back to the hotel before it started to rain. That's when I took this photo.Work starts tomorrow, so there will likely be a decrease in photo taking. Oh well, work has to start sometime.
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Date: 2009-09-14 05:41 am (UTC)You'll be gone by then eh
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Date: 2009-09-14 05:45 am (UTC)