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A donation of 125 million Danish crowns ($33 million) from
the A. P. Moller Foundation, main owner of the shipping and oil
group A. P. Moller-Maersk, will make the museum a reality after
years in the planning, the city announced.
The Japanese architecture group Kengo Kuma & Associates
presented a winning proposal that will create a new "magical"
museum over a total area of 5,600 sq m (60,300 sq feet) - most
of it underground, a statement said.
Officials said it would complement an existing museum in Odense,
which charts Andersen's personal life and travels, by focusing
more on the magic of his fairytales.
It will provide "a unique possibility to create Andersen’s
fairytale universe in a way that will appeal to both children
and adults," said a local cultural official, Jane Jegind.
Andersen's fairytales have been translated into 160 languages.
Though he died more than 140 years ago in Copenhagen, where he
lived most of his life, his works and related attractions such
as the statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen's harbor still
draw many tourists to Denmark.
(Reporting by Teis Jensen; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
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