In Part II of the Museum of Natural History I’ll write about The Geological Museum. It was built between 1911-1917 and was planned by W.C. Brøgger, former Professor of Geology and first Dean of the University of Oslo. The building style is late art nouveau, on the ground floor can be seen exhibitions of geological processes, […]
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Museum of Natural History The Museum of Natural History at the University of Oslo is Norway’s most comprehensive natural history collection. For almost 200 years, preserved plant specimens, animal specimens, rocks, minerals and fossils have been collected, studied and preserved here. In Part I of Museum of Natural History I will talk about the Zoological […]
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The Norwegian museum of Science -teknisk museum The Norwegian Museum of Science, technology, industry and medicine (Teknisk museum) was founded in 1914. To the public the museum opened in 1932, and since 1985 it has been located at Kjelsås in Oslo. It’s a huge museum with fun activities and experiences for children and adults. […]
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Punkt Ø- Galleri F 15 is one of Norway’s oldest art institutions contveying contemporary art. This amazing gallery you’ll find in Moss, a small city South of Oslo. «The institution was created in 1966 as the first gallery of its kind; the name derives from the address, number 15 Fossen in Moss, the gallery’s first […]
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Preus museum is the national museum of photography in Norway, and the only Norwegian museum to focus on the Norwegian an International history of photography through litterature, images and technical objects. I love photography. I love the fact that you can capture a moment and keep it forever. I also love the creative side of […]
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Frilandsmuseet in Lyngby is a part of The National Museum of Denmark. Lyngby is north of Copenhagen (10 minutes by car), and here you’ll find one of the oldest and largest open air museums in the world. The Museum contains over 50 farms, houses, smallholdings and mills from all over Denmark (and some Germany, the old […]
From the 26.-30. of April there was the Game of Thrones Exhibition in Oslo. I waited in line for five and a half hours, but hey, it’s GOT. Westeros comes to life at Game of Thrones: The Exhibition. Explore the fascinating world of Game of Thrones. The exhibition features nearly 100 original artifacts, costumes, weaponry, storyboards […]
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned Contemporary Art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. The collection’s main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international contemporary art scene, with artists like Jeff […]
The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum (Marinemuseet in Norwegian) is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy. It is located at the former main naval base of Karljohansvern in Horten. The entrance is free and there is much fun for everyone in the Family. The museum was founded by C.F. Klinck on 24 […]
The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway, constitute the largest mining field in Norway, with over 80 different mines. It was the largest pre-industrial working place in Norway, with over 4,000 workers at its peak in the 1770s and supplied over 10% of the gross national product of the Danish-Norwegian union during […]