Aarhus Botanical Gardens is a central park in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located north of the Old Town open-air village museum and was founded in 1873. Nowadays it covers an area of 21.5 hectares, with 5 hectares for the Old Town. As the name implies, the park formerly served as a botanical garden in relation to Aarhus University, and it still provides an attraction of interest to those who wish to inspect the thousands of plant species on display here.