Current Opening Hours

April 6 - June 28
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: Closed
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

Special opening day:
Friday, May 15: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Friday, June 5: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Sorø Museum • Storgade 17 • 4180 Sorø 
Tel.: +45 57 81 15 25 answered during opening hours

Children and young people under 18 years of age free admission

Joachim Burser's Pharmacy Garden at Sorø Museum is a historical garden that brings to life the work of the physician and botanist Joachim Burser with Danish plants in the early 1600th century. The garden recreates parts of his botanical garden and provides a clear insight into the plants he cultivated and used in his medical practice.

In 1625, Burser was invited to Denmark by Christian IV to teach medicine and botany at the Royal Academy of Knights in Sorø. At his home, he established a garden with medicinal plants and rare ornamental plants, some species of which still grow wild in the area. In 1631, he was also appointed the city's apothecary and was granted a license to operate a pharmacy.

His extensive work documenting plants resulted in Burser's Herbarium, Hortus Siccus, and the associated Danish Flora manuscript with descriptions of Danish species. The herbarium, which included over 3.200 plant species, ended up as war booty after the Swedish Wars and is today kept at Uppsala University.

The Pharmacy Garden conveys this botanical heritage and tells the story of how plants were used in medicine in the 1600th century. 

The garden is open 24 hours a day and can be visited for free.

Opening hours at Sorø Museum

Opening hours 2026

April 6 - June 28
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: Closed
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

Special opening day:
Friday, May 15: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Friday, June 5: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM

June 29 - August 9
Monday: at 10.00-16.00
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: at 10.00-16.00
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: at 10.00-16.00
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

 

August 10 - October 11
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: at 10.00-16.00
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: Closed
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

 

October 12 - October 18
Monday: at 10.00-16.00
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: at 10.00-16.00
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: at 10.00-16.00
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

 

October 19 - November 30
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: Closed
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

Special opening days:
Friday, October 30: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Halloween
Friday, November 27: 2:00 PM-6:00 PM Christmas Market

December 1 - December 20
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: at 10.00-16.00
Wednesday: at 10.00-16.00
Thursday: at 10.00-16.00
Friday: Closed
Saturday: at 10.00-14.00
Sunday: at 10.00-14.00

 

December 21, 2026 - February 12, 2027
Sorø Museum is closed, but will open again on 13 February

 

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