With Royal Danish Library's enormous collections as an inexhaustible reservoir of kaleidoscopic cultural heritage, everything from Søren Kierkegaard to contemporary art is staged with particular emphasis on literature and photography. Royal Danish Library also offers special exhibitions with Danish and international heavyweights in photography in particular.
På Kanten - The Black Diamond 25 years
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Press Photo of the Year 2023
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The Camera and Us
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Best Book Work of the Year 2023
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TREASURES in Royal Danish Library
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Upcoming exhibitions
If you are curious to see which upcoming exhibitions you can look forward to, you have the overview here.
UKRAINIAN DIARY – Photograph by Boris Mikhailov from 1966 to today
Concept art, hand-coloured photography, social documentary, performance and film
Previous exhibitions
You can also find information about our previous exhibitions.
Copenhagen Light Festival in The Black Diamond
Corals in the water and spirals in the Atrium – during the annual light festival you can experience two luminous works of art in The Black Diamond on 2 - 15 February 2024.
#DKgame - Danish computer games from 1960s to 2020s
Exhibition on the history of Danish computer games. This year's major special exhibition in The Black Diamond focuses on computer games as cultural heritage.
Best bookbinding of the year 2022
Experience the finest bookbindings of the past year at Kirkebybroen.