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Cultural and natural history museum of Svalbard.
The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago. The museum displays artifacts from the history of Svalbard since its settlement, and exhibits of local plants and animals.
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Svalbard Museum aims to collect, preserve and dissiminate knowledge on topics related to Svalbard's nature and culture. The activity of the museum is recognized by numerous collaborations, from local to international where the common aim is to contribute to the knowledge on Svalbard.
Svalbard Museum has a prominent position as a source of information about Svalbard’s unique natural and cultural history, and about Norway’s position as a knowledge provider in a globalised Arctic.
Svalbard Museum aim to collect, preserve, disseminate and work with research connected to natural and cultural history, environment and cultural heritage on Svalbard.
Longyearbyen and Svalbard offer cultural experiences and festivals all through the year. In the museum we share our knowledge on Svalbard nature and cultural history. You will meet many of the animals and plants that live the tundra and along the ice edge. Open every day.
Svalbard museum is a small but very informative place. You can learn a lot about the geology of the island, the animal types and histocal facts of Svalbard archipelago. It has a nice and welcoming environment and if you want to take it easy for a couple of hours you can easily do it there. Read more.
Svalbard Museum is a museum of natural and cultural history. We aim to provide broad and comprehensive knowledge about Svalbard's 400 year long history, as well as present the natural resources that is the basis for all life in the archipelago.
Spitsbergen Travel AS was established in 1989 with the aim of developing the tourism industry in Svalbard. The result was the Longyearbyen we see today: a place that offers countless adventures, world-class hotels and restaurants, where the population skyrockets whenever a cruise ship docks.
