Arken (Denmark)

ARKEN Museum of Modern Art (ARKEN Museum of Modern Art) is a modern art museum in the town of Ishøj , Denmark, some 20 kilometers outside the center of Copenhagen .

The museum was on March 15 1996 by Queen Margrethe II opened following the election of Copenhagen as European Capital of Culture . The museum is located near the water of the Køge Bugt and was designed by architect Søren Robert Lund . The collection consists of works by Danish, Nordic and international artists.

The museum had a turbulent start, when it appeared that the first director, Anna Cast Berg, had lied about her qualifications. In August 1996 she was fired.