Moesgaard Museum

The Grauballe Man, one of the best-preserved bog bodies ever found, lies at the centre of Moesgaard Museum's prehistory galleries. The Iron Age man was discovered in a Danish peat bog in 1952, and his face, hair and skin remain remarkably intact more than two thousand years after his death. He rests in a darkened, quietly lit room.

The museum occupies a building by Henning Larsen Architects, opened in 2014, set into a hillside south of Aarhus. Its vast sloping roof is covered in grass and open to walkers, and in winter it doubles as a sledging hill. Inside, a long staircase descends through layers of time, and the galleries trace Danish life from the Stone Age through the Vikings using theatrical lighting, soundscapes and life-size human figures. Highlights include the weapon sacrifices from Illerup Ådal. The museum also has strong ties to archaeology and anthropology at Aarhus University.

Its dramatic presentation appeals to families as much as to specialists, and it draws around 370,000 visitors a year.