The Children's Library: Make your own mask during the winter holidays
Free admission. In our children's universe you can explore the magical world of books and immerse yourself in creative workshops with room for play and fun for the whole family.
Come join us for winter holiday fun in Royal Danish Library's children's universe, The Children's Library, located deep beneath the old library building in the historic Galley Hall. The hall has high ceilings, cosy reading nooks, a creative workshop and play activities for young and old.
In The Children's Library we do activities in the creative workshop - and during the winter holidays we make masks. In addition, you will always be able to dive into our collection of special children's books, explore our fairytale filing cabinets, play games or go exploring in the library with, for example, our Diamond Hunt or on the Treasure Expedition. Read much more about it all below.
Practical information
It is free for all children and their adults to participate in The Children's Library. The activities are primarily aimed at children aged 3-11, but all children are welcome.
The Children's Library is located in the Galley Hall. You can get to the Galley Hall directly from the library entrance in the Library Garden. If you come through the main entrance to The Black Diamond, follow the signs through the building or ask the staff in the shop for directions. If you are coming with a stroller, use the entrance in the Library Garden.
Food can be purchased at The Black Diamond's café. Food brought in can be enjoyed in the small dining area in the Galley Hall or outside in the Library Garden.
Creative workshop – make your own costume
We have been in the library's huge photo collection and found photos from the old days of people in fun and beautiful costumes. We are going to take a closer look at them and make our own costumes. During the winter holidays you can make your own mask. We have found marbled paper, luxury paper, glitter and colours so that you can give your mask its very own expression.
Imaginative costumes – dress up
In The Children's Library we have a brand new costume corner. Here you can dress up in fun and beautiful hats, and you can wrap yourself in beautiful capes with gold embroidery.
The little special library
In our small library you will find books that you have probably not seen before. These are old children's books from when your parents and grandparents were children, and new children's books with beautiful and different illustrations. You can also browse through a beautiful hand-bound edition of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which was made especially for The Children's Library by bookbinders from Royal Danish Library.
Fairytale filing cabinet
At The Children's Library, you can also explore our fairytale filing cabinets. Open the drawers and delve into some of the quirky and fascinating books, pictures, letters and much more that are stored in the library's collections. They all tell a funny, exciting, strange or perhaps surprising story about what lies on the shelves of the large magazines.
Experiences in the Galley Hall and on your own
There are many activities at The Children's Library, and you can choose what you want. You can participate in the creative workshop of the day, colour beautiful drawing sheets, immerse yourself in children's books, or play the library's own version of Ludo, Twister or memory. There are always children's hosts from the library present who can guide you through the activities. The children's hosts can also tell you about the library's other children's offers, which you can try inside and outside of The Black Diamond.
