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30.1.2009 13:29
Megaloceros Publishers
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30.1.2009 13:13
Working Papers
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09.06.2010 07:28
The Yearbook “Årringen” 2009
Yearbook no. 13 for the Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Milde, Bergen Museum, the University of Bergen
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12.04.2010 13:51
The Bergen Museum Yearbook 2009
Mummies, pollen, Middle Age shoes, birds’ eggs, and silver treasures are but a few of the topics in the Bergen Museum Yearbook for 2009.
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17.2.2009 15:13
Paleobotany - Pollen
The exhibition "Pollen – so tiny – so great" at the Natural History Collections invites you into a fascinating micro world hidden to the naked eye - ordinarily only visible through a microscope.
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14.03.2011 16:11
Fragments of the Past
A beautiful treasure is on display in the exhibition "Fragments of the past" in Bergen Museum; a stylus– or slate pencil- originally used at Nonneseter Monastery in Bergen. What purpose did it serve and how was this writing stick used?
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10.12.2009 12:49
Support for Museum plans
The large-scale rehabilitation of Bergen Museum has received special mention in Norway’s National Budget proposal. – ‘This is very positive’, says Rector at the University of Bergen, Sigmund Grønmo.
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10.06.2010 14:11
Excavation of Stone Age Settlement in Fyllingsdalen, Bergen
In one of the suburbs of Bergen, at Varden in Fyllingsdalen, Bergen Museum is presently excavating a Stone Age settlement. Varden primary school has been invited to take part in the research process.
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12.04.2010 14:01
Life in Mid Atlantic
The deep ocean exerts a powerful influence on the imagination of all of us, not least because of the scale, remoteness, and its sheer inaccessibility to the air-breathing life on land.
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18.04.2012 12:44
The Whale Hall reopens on Friday 20 April
The Whale Hall at the University Museum of Bergen has one of the world’s largest collections of whale skeletons. After two years of extensive renovation work, it reopens on Friday 20 April.
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14.03.2011 15:44
Shapes of Life at Bergen Museum
The Natural History Collections are once again open to the general public. One of the news is the beautifully restored botany exhibition titled: "Shapes of Life".
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17.2.2009 14:24
Knuckles and Bones
Much of the material shown in the unique exhibition about knucklebones at the Natural History Collections has not previously been shown to the public before it opened in 2003. The exhibition, titled ”Knuckles and Bones", is presented in a separate knucklebone room next to the famous Whale Hall at the Museum.
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15.03.2010 13:59
What is DYLAN?
How can we manage our dynamic protected landscape areas? How do we accomplish a more knowledge-based and targeted management, and conservation of natural and cultural heritage in these areas? This is what the research project Dynamic Protected Landscape Areas (DYLAN) wants to find an answer to.
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10.12.2009 12:57
The Museum Project 2014
A large renovation project has now been launched for the museum buildings. The aim of the project is to be able to offer modern exhibitions, exciting educational experiences and various types of science communication about culture and nature to the public - in a grand, renovated building, and to improve storage facilities.
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21.01.2010 12:21
Exhibition guide for Bergen Museum
You can get an overview of the exhbitions at Bergen Museum, both at The Cultural and The Natural History Collections, see below.
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26.08.2010 12:43
The Deeper than Light exhibition - more information
Find out more about the Deeper than Light travelling exhibit.
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09.06.2010 07:03
Re-excavation of 2000-year-old Egyptian textiles
In 1828, Bergens Museum became the owner of an Egyptian mummy lying in a painted coffin, dating back to the Greco-Roman period. Nobody envisaged that there was a treasure hidden at the bottom of the coffin.
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30.1.2009 12:8
Administrative Staff
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17.11.2011 12:14 LINGUISTICS
The Power of Italian Media
– I will not touch your wallets, Silvio Berlusconi promised the Italian people. Marco Gargiulo believes that the political rhetoric in Italy has become shallow and simplistic.
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15.12.2011 08:34
Bring your mobile phone to the University Museum
New, smart mobile phones have now become extremely relevant as knowledge sources at the University Museum of Bergen. You can now get information about the objects and the topics in an exhibition direct to your mobile phone.
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12.10.2010 14:40
Experience autumn in Bergen Museum
During the autumn holidays (12 - 17 October 2010), the museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.). Come to the Cultural History Collections, Håkon Sheteligsplass 10, and take part in exciting adventures in our new Exploration Room!
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26.10.2009 12:54
The three ”Muske Peers" and the chase for the Red Tulip
The Three Musketeers - or "Muske Pers" as they call themselves -Per Magnus Jørgensen. Per Harald Salvesen, and Per Arvid Åsen have run wild into the exciting world of tulips. On Tuesday evening at the lunch room (1104) in the Science Building you will hear the whole story. Open to all.
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08.02.2010 13:33
Why are we so fascinated with Ancient Egypt?
Ancient Egypt has been a crowd puller ever since Antiquity, an experience shared by Bergen Museum with its mummies and exhibition on Eternal Life. Why does it fascinate us so much?
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18.04.2012 12:17 TELEVISION
Visualising The Wire
Erlend Lavik has analysed the visual expression of critically acclaimed TV series «The Wire» in a video essay. The essay has become a viral hit with more than 40,000 viewings so far.
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02.02.2012 14:16
Fragments of the Past
People living in Bergen in the Middle Ages loved entertainment and good literature, and a glass or two. At the same time the church warned of judgment day after death. By setting out on a pilgrimage, one could make up for one’s sins and see the world.
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20.05.2011 08:46
The Highest Number in More Than 15 Years
In March this year, more than 8122 visitors entered the exhibition halls of Bergen Museum. The Natural History Collections saw the highest increase in visitor numbers with 6129 visitors. This is the best ever month since the Museum started keeping records in 1996.
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08.02.2010 14:59 Exhibition
Deeper than Light at the Smithsonian
The Bergen Museum “Deeper than Light” exhibit opens in the ‘Ocean hall’ of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Washington DC on February 20th.
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22.06.2010 13:27
Award for Fabian Zimmermann
Fabian Zimmermann from EvoFish was awarded a student price for his presentation on optimal harvesting of fish populations.
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13.01.2012 12:04 MEDICINE
A photo safari of the body
Thanks to MedViz research, the chances of discovering diseases early are improving. This month MedViz welcomes guests to its 6th annual conference in Bergen.
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24.09.2010 09:39 news
Events this autumn – Culture Weekend, Science Week, Stones and Mysteries
This autumn you can find out fascinating facts about whales, mummies, stones, and mysterious figures. Bergen Museum’s Autumn Programme 2010 is now available.
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14.5.2009 8:50
The Museum Project 2014
The University of Bergen wishes to offer consolidating and contemporary science communication in a renovated, splendid building at Muséplass 3. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage praises the restoration plans.
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11.02.2010 15:57
The first Arctic Lichen Flora
The book ”The Lichen Flora of Svalbard” is the first modern lichen flora of an Arctic region, and its point of departure is Svalbard.
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15.09.2010 07:41
CSI: Bergen
As part of Forskningsdagene 2010, forensic scientist Inge Morild at the Gade Institute will present himself and his work.
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15.04.2010 14:15
Exciting Cultural Exhibitions open at the Bergen Museum
At the Cultural History Collections, you will find a lot of exciting exhibitions. You can also solve puzzles, and you can visit a special children’s exhibition.
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22.02.2011 13:02
"Deeper than Light" to Germany
Bergen Museum’s travelling exhibition "Deeper than Light" has now toured several countries. See how the Danes presented it.
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01.09.2011 08:19 LINGUISTICS
Arabic to the masses
This week’s international Arabic workshop could hardly take place at a more suitable time, given the interest in Islam and the uprisings in the Middle East.
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15.03.2010 13:23
Norwegian University Museums on the Internet
You can now explore and find artefacts and specimens from the collections at Bergen Museum and other university museums via the Internet.
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22.10.2010 07:06
Ocean Census – what lives in the world’s oceans?
Census is another word for population count. An extensive status report of this kind of life in the world’s oceans has recently been carried out by 2700 marine researchers from eighty countries over a period of 10 years in the global programme Census of Marine Life (CoML- www.coml.org), in which Bergen Museum and the University of Bergen have also participated through the MAR-ECO project (www.mar.eco.no).
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04.05.2011 13:58
Behind the Scenes at Bergen Museum
Ever wondered what you would find in the back rooms of the exhibitions – in the Museum’s side corridors and the tower room? Join us on a guided tour in the Natural History Collections and listen to all the exciting things that will take place there over the next couple of years.
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26.2.2009 18:7
Spring time in Museum Garden
Sunday 26th April Bergen Museum welcomes you to the Museum Garden to discover how nature wakes up again after a long winter. The Museum Green House is open and you can join guided tours both there and in the garden.
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14.01.2011 08:58
Whale washing
The century old whale skeletons at Bergen Museum are getting an "extreme makeover" to preserve them for the future. Meet the professional whale washers in this video.
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20.12.2010 16:30
EvoFish in "Evolution of life"
Mikko Heino from EvoFish is featuring in the video "The case of the shrinking cod", a part of the award-winning website "Evolution of life".
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21.9.2009 12:51
Humans leave traces – also on the greatest ocean depths
A Japanese toothpaste tube, a beer can, and clinker from the first Atlantic steamers. At present, researchers find objects like these on the greatest ocean depths. They are now on display in a new section of the exhibition - in time capsules.
