Contemporary art in West Jutland

JANUS – Museum of Contemporary Art

In Tistrup in West Jutland, you will find JANUS – a colourful and wonderful museum of contemporary art.

Prices

Adult: DKK 60

Children under 18: free when accompanied by an adult

Groups with min. 10 paying visitors: DKK 50 per person

Contemporary art in West Jutland

For more than 50 years, JANUS has been a cultural powerhouse—known by various names, but always with art at its core. Today, the museum presents changing exhibitions with highlights from the extensive collection, featuring works by both established names and new talents.

The name JANUS is no coincidence. In Roman mythology, Janus is a god with two faces—one looking back and one looking forward. He is the symbol of transitions, beginnings and change. This reflects our ambition to be a museum built on experience and tradition, while also keeping our eyes on what is new and emerging.

Opening hours

The museum is closed for the winter.

Reopens on 27 January 2027 with a new exhibition.

Prices

Adults: DKK 60

Children under 18: Free when accompanied by an adult

Groups of at least 10 people: DKK 50

14-day ticket / Annual pass to Vardemuseerne: DKK 349 / DKK 449 / DKK 649 Buy online

Practical information

Find your way

Lærkevej 25
6862 Tistrup
Reception: 75 29 98 25
Administration: 75 29 98 25

Email: janusbygningen@vardemuseerne.dk

Directions

Parking

Parking is available right by the museum entrance. See directions here.

Food and drink

At the JANUS Café, you can enjoy coffee, tea, cake and soft drinks.

Shopping

The shop offers a rich and varied selection of arts and crafts, design, art books, postcards, delicacies and much more. The building’s reading room contains around 5,000 art books, journals and catalogues. Visitors have free access to the reading room and its contents during the café and shop opening hours.

Accessibility

Wheelchair users have access to the entire museum.

You can connect to our Wi-Fi free of charge throughout the museum.

Book a guide

A guided tour lasts about an hour and costs DKK 1,500 during the museum’s regular opening hours. Tours must be booked in advance at vam@vardemuseerne.dk.

Learning

It is free for schools and institutions to visit the museum. This applies to primary schools, continuation schools, private schools, independent schools, upper secondary schools, technical schools and business colleges, as well as nurseries, kindergartens, childminders and after-school clubs. Please notify us of your arrival in advance and well before your visit, which also provides free admission for teachers and educators.

At JANUS, we offer educational programmes, activities and workshops from kindergarten through to upper secondary education. The museum’s learning approach is engaging and dialogue-based, activating pupils’ skills, fostering ownership and creating motivation for new insights. Based on the museum’s current exhibitions, conversation, curiosity and exploratory experiments are used to build a shared understanding of the art. You are always welcome to contact the museum. Together, we can tailor the visit to best suit your topic and the specific age group.

Special opening

It will often be possible for groups to arrange a special opening. Please contact the museum administration to agree the details.

Prices for special opening:

DKK 400 per commenced hour plus admission (group rate). Min. 20 guests. The price applies if the special opening is between 8:00 and 18:00. For evening events, agree the price with the museum.

A museum rich in tradition

JANUS provides the setting for the long-standing juried Artists’ Summer Exhibition and has historically been associated with Vestjyllandsudstillingen, which can still be experienced today. Until 2020, JANUS was run by the Janus Association, an association that is still active, which you can read more about via this link.

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