Image of floating table by Sven Türk
Photographer Sven Türck published the book 'Jeg var dus med aanderne' (I was on familiar terms with the spirits) in 1945. It was full of photographs from seances where participants reportedly made tables float in the air.

Photo: Sven Türck

Guided Tour: The exhibition Between Heaven and Earth

FOR ANNUAL PASSHOLDERS ONLY – On this guided tour we enter an enchanting world where the mysteries are waiting to be explored in this year's major special exhibition Between Heaven and Earth.

On the day of the new moon, research librarian Lene Vinther Andersen and senior researcher Anders Toftgaard will guide you through a journey filled with magic and wonder. Discover the disease-curing spell books that have helped generations, and be fascinated by the occult photographs that capture moments from another world. Dive into alchemical experiments that have sought to uncover the secrets of life, and hear about prophecies that have been a source of both fear and hope for the future.

About the exhibition

In this year's major special exhibition, you can explore the most magical parts of our cultural history when Royal Danish Library's enchanting collections are exhibited.

As long as we humans have existed, we have had a desire to understand the incomprehensible – from ancient astrologers and ritual phenomena to today's spiritualists and scientists. In this year's major special exhibition, Between Heaven and Earth, you are invited into a world full of fascinating inexplicability. Based on the enchanting collections of Royal Danish Library, Between Heaven and Earth takes you through all the most mysterious parts of our cultural history.

Discover disease-curing spell books, occult photographs, alchemical experiments, love-inducing prophecies, accounts of fantastic creatures, mysterious manifestations and many other magical objects.

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The world around us

In The Black Diamond's new collection exhibition, we turn our gaze towards the landscape and everything that surrounds us.

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