Evening All,
Just wondering if anyone is planning to visit the Krigsmuseet (Danish War Museum) in Copenhagen?
They have a book I'm after in the Museum shop (museum publication), however they don't ship anywhere - not even to a Danish bookstore, who was willing to ship international.
(You can only purchase the book instore)
Thanks
Cheers
Drew
A fair few years ago I'd have recommended visiting the without a second thought.
The kit they had was interesting, in some cases unique, and the uniformed curators knew about the items on display plus those in storage or renovation.
Now, meh...
Like so much else it's been PC'd
If you've been to the IWM or NAM in recent times you'll know what I mean.
I believe the Tøjhusmuseet/Krigsmuseet had at one stage the largest collection of seventeenth century colours and standards, apparently they couldn't preserve them all as union rules forbade the use of unpaid volunteers.
Political dogma before the preservation of historical facts, quite a familiar refrain these days.
A lot of the exhibits are mislabelled, possibly by mistake, in some cases so's not to "offend."
eg. In a section about the Royal Danish Navy's involvement in the counter-piracy operations, there was a firearm labelled as "an AK47 from an
alleged pirate arrested off the coast of Somalia."
First it wasn't a 47, honestly can't remember what it was but possibly an AMD-65.
Second, they insist on noting the cutthroat as an "alleged pirate." The suspect was picked up after climbing from a skiff onto a civvy cargo vessel while armed with a 7.62 x 39 selective fire weapon.
To paraphrase Harry Callaghan, I figure he wasn't out collecting for the Red Cross.
They had an exhibition on the Danish contribution to OP HERRICK, and as I had been attached to them for a tour found the exhibition interesting mainly for the parts the museum management didn't like and chose to ignore.
Unless you're interested in something particular in the book I wouldn't bother.
However if you can't live without it I'll ask my oppo to see if he can get one next time he's in Copenhagen, though unless you're very rich he'll need a title so he doesn't get all the books on sale.
