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Jacob Christian Jacobsen, 1811-1887, brewer, captain, dr. phil., founder of the Carlsberg Foundation and the Museum of National History, etc.

The brewer stands in a pillar hall - the Pompeii greenhouse - in his home on Carlsberg. The microscope, the flasks and the books - by authors including Louis Pasteur - tell about the scientifically based brewing of beer.

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