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The Museum of Cultural History is part of the University of Oslo. We have two museum buildings – the Historical Museum in central Oslo and the new Museum of the Viking Age, which opens in 2026 in the beautiful area of Bygdøy. The Museum's extensive expertise in cultural history makes us the leading research museum in Norway. We also have Norway's largest archaeological and ethnographic ...
- Cultural Heritage Management
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- The collections
The collections of the Museum of Cultural History hold...
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The Museum of Cultural History has cross-disciplinary...
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- The Collection of Norwegian Antiquities
In the beginning, objects were collected from all over...
- Norwegian Rune Stones
The Dynna stone (museum no. C9909). Eirik Irgens Johnsen,...
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Norsk Folkemuseum ( Norwegian Museum of Cultural History ), at Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all social groups and all regions of the country. It also incorporates a large open-air museum with more than 150 buildings, relocated from towns and rural districts.
The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History shows how people have been living in Norway since the 16th century and up until our own times. In the open air museum, you’ll find 160 historic buildings situated in beautiful surroundings. Walk between different parts of Norway, from cities to the countryside, while you envision the joys and struggles ...
Jun 1, 2021 · History of Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. The museum is located in Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1894, and acquired the core area of its present property in 1898. Having built a number of temporary exhibition buildings and relocating and re-erecting a number of rural buildings, the museum officially opened in 1901.
The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History – Norsk Folkemuseum – was founded in 1894 by Hans Aall (1869-1946), who went on to be its Director for 52 years. The aim was to demonstrate “how our fathers lived and toiled, how they battled with the unforgiving land and harsh conditions, cultivated the soil, brought home their catch, traded ...
Museum of Cultural History (Norwegian: Kulturhistorisk museum, KHM) is an association of museums subject to the University of Oslo, Norway.KHM was established in 1999 as Universitetets kulturhistoriske museum with the merging of the bodies Universitetets Oldsaksamling which housed a collection of ancient and medieval objects, Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset) at Bygdøy, the Coin Cabinet ...
