The economy behind the project is based on a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, the state and a number of private foundations; Villum Fonden, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Novo Nordisk Fonden, Det Obelske Familie and A. P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal.

[3] While the separate Zoological Museum has closed, its research and storage facilities at its old location have been maintained.

One historical figure in particular played a crucial role in the creation of the Danish national heritage, namely Ole Worm (1588–1654).

[2] Today the Natural History Museum of Denmark is organized under the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen.

[6] The collections include taxidermied specimens, skins and skeletons, specimens preserved in jars with ethanol, invertebrates on pins, eggs, DNA and tissue samples (a collection that has grown rapidly in recent decades as it contains Denmark's national natural history DNA and Tissue Repository), plants on herbarium sheets, fossils, minerals, meteorites and more, from all over the world.

Since the merger, the Botanical Gardens and its greenhouses/glasshouses have remained open, and the mineral collection, along with temporary exhibits, are still on display in the buildings of the former Geological Museum.