Museums in Norway Museums in Norway Ål Bygdamuseum, a small museum on the farm Leksvol in Ål municipality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ål Bygdamuseum"
Bagn Bydesamling is the work of Olaus Islandsmoen and consists of 12 logbuildings and a building for permanent displays. It is located 8km south of Bagn in Sør-Aurdal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bagn Bygdesamling"
Bautahaugen Samlinger (Bautahaugen collections), a small museum in Hedalen in Sør-Aurdal muncipality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bautahaugen Samlinger"
The Bergen Museum in Bergen, Norway, was founded in 1825, with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history. The museum became the grounds for much academic activity, a tradition which has prevailed since the museum became part of the University of Bergen, which was founded in 1946. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bergen Museum"
Bryggens Museum was built in 1976. The architect behind the work was Øivind Maurseth, who also designed the SAS hotel nearby. The museum was built on the site of a fire that occurred in Bryggen in Bergen, Norway in 1955. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bryggens Museum"
Dagali Museum, a small museum in Dagali in Hol municipality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dagali Museum"
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is a aviation museum located in Sola, near Stavanger, Norway. The museum was founded in 1984, and is run by local volunteers on an unpaid basis. The museum is currently housed in an old aircraft hangar at the former military seaplane base at the airport, built by the germans during World War 2. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola"
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Gol Bygdetun, a small museum in the village Gol in Gol municipality. The museum is a subsidiary of Hallingdal Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gol Bygdetun"
Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for Hadeland ( Gran, Lunner and Jevnaker). It was founded in 1913, and is located at Tingelstad, Gran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hadeland Folkemuseum"
Hallingdal Museum, a museum in Nesbyen in Nes muncipality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hallingdal Museum"
Hanseatisk museum is one of the conserved woodbuilding on Bryggen in Bergen which tells about the Hanseatic times. The building was put up after the fire in 1702 when most of Bergen centre burned down. The Museum was started in the merchant J.W. Olsen's farms in 1872. As the collection increased another building was constructed, "Murtasken", after architect V.D.Lippes drawing. In the museum an authentic trading room exists with e.g. the merchants man office, sleeping places for the boys and guestroom. A bit further away lie the Schøttstuene, which the museum also is responsible for. It was not allowed to use fire in the other buildings and so all cooking of food happened here. Alle the items in the museum are original and have been collected from various farms on Bryggen by Johan Wilhelm Wiberg. His son, Christain Koren Wiberg (1870-1945) built up the museum which became responsibility of Bergen district in 1916. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hanseatisk Museum"
The Hedmark Museum (Hedmarksmuseet og Domkirkeodden in Norwegian) is a regional museum for the municipalities of Stange, Hamar (which now includes Vang i Hedmark), Løten, and Ringsaker in central eastern Norway. It also includes the ruins of the medieval cathedral and priory mentioned in Sigrid Undset's magnum opus on Kristin Lavransdatter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hedmark museum"
Hemsedal Bygdatun, a small museum in Ulsåk in Hemsedal municipality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hemsedal Bygdetun"
Hol Bygdamuseum, a small museum by Hagafoss in Hol municipality in Norway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hol Bygdemuseum"
Lands Museum is the cultural and natural history centre for Nordre and Søndre Land municipalities of Oppland county. The museum lies at the northern end of Norway’s 4th largest lake, Randsfjorden, and is near the Dokka Delta nature reserve. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lands Museum"
Lofotr is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archeological excavation of a Viking chieftan's village in the Northern Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten. It is located in the hamlet of Borg, near Bøstad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lofotr"
Maihaugen is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Lillehammer. The founder Anders Sandvig collected old houses and farmyards from Gudbrandsdalen to sample Norwegian culture and history in this out- and indoor museum. It als includes a large photography archive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maihaugen"
The Munch Museum (Norwegian: Munchmuseet) is a museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the work and life of the painter Edvard Munch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Munch Museum"
The Museum of Reconstruction in Hammerfest is the second and more significant museum in this small town, which is the world's most northerly permanent settlement of more than 5,000 people. The smaller Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society is perhaps better known as it is more of a tourist attraction. As the Museum of Reconstruction opened on July 1 1998, the Polar Bear Club also predates it by nearly 30 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Reconstruction"
The Nobel Peace Center opened in June 2005, in the old west-bound railway station in Oslo, Norway. It presents all Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, arranges exhibitions, and tells the story of Alfred Nobel and all the other Nobel prizes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nobel Peace Center"
Norsk Folkemusem, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy, has a large open air museum. It contains 155 protected buildings which has been relocated from different districts around Norway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norsk Folkemuseum"
The Norwegian Petroleum Museum was opened on 20 May 1999. In Norwegian language the museum is called Norsk Oljemuseum. The unusual architecture has made the museum a landmark in the Port of Stavanger. Seen from the sea the museum looks like a small oil platform. The museum focuses on offshore petroleum activity especially in the North Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norwegian Petroleum Museum"
Oslo City Museum is located in the Frogner Manor house. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oslo City Museum"
The University of Oslo, Paleontological Museum contains the largest collection of fossils in Norway and functions as a National Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paleontologisk Museum"
Polaria is the world's most northerly aquarium. It's located in Tromsø, in northern Norway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polaria"
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