DieselHouse
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  DieselHouse Location within Denmark | |
| Established | 2006 |
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| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°39′23.14″N 12°33′12.94″E / 55.6564278°N 12.5535944°E |
| Visitors | 12,820 (2014)[1] |
| Website | Official website |
DieselHouse is an interactive exhibition on diesel technology located on the grounds of the still-operating H. C. Ørsted Power Station in the South Docklands of Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition is centred on a large decommissioned Burmeister & Wain diesel engine which was the world's largest for more than 30 years.
The result of a collaboration between the Museum of Copenhagen and MAN Diesel, DieselHouse opened in a former machine hall at H. C. Ørsted Power Station in June 2006. The conversion of the building was undertaken by Gottlieb Paludan Architects and has retained the hall's basic structures, while inserting three new storeys with exhibition space and a gallery that flanks the large diesel engine. The exhibition space and gallery have a terse modern design which contrasts with the industrial surroundings.[2]