The Tycho Brahe Monument nominated
The Tycho Brahe monument on the island of Ven (in the Sound between Denmark and Sweden) is nominated to the European Museum of the Year Award.Tycho Brahe was given the island of Ven (at the time a Danish Island) in the sound between Denmark and Skåne as a fief. In return he was to build his observatory on Ven, and conduct an ambitious scientific program. This is estimated to have cost Denmark more than 5 percent of its Gross 
National Product, an all-time world record. The museum being located in a church adds special dimension to the exhibition. This is the first time in Sweden that a parish church has had a permanent use other than for worship. The prime motive force for renaissance astronomers was in understanding divine creation. The beautiful church interior was suggested to be an appropriate setting for the large instruments that can now be seen on Ven just as Tycho Brahe designed them. Tycho 
Brahe born 1546 at Knutstorp Castle in Skåne is one of the most exciting personalities of scientific history. His great feat was in charting the positions of the stars and planets in the heavens using measuring instruments he constructed himself. On Ven he built a mansion site tailored to suit the aims of science where he assembled a large group of researchers and assistants around a joint research programme.
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