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Catalogue of KUNSTEN's collection of paintings, sculptures, textiles, hybrid forms and ceramics. The museum possesses a large collection of Danish and foreign art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The collection began to take shape in earnest in 1972, when the museum was established as Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum after acquiring a large part of Anna and Kresten Krestensen's art collection in 1967. Since then, the collection has grown apace, today encompassing 3202 works of which over 2000 are works on paper. The museum houses one of the finest collections in Denmark today. The museum has the status of an 'anthology museum', containing a broad cross section of Danish art history that is accompanied by a number of important international works to put the history of Danish art into context.