Welcome to Bergen Museum
Bergen Museum is part of the University of Bergen, and it houses one of the largest collections of cultural and natural history objects in Norway. The Museum was founded in 1825 by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie. The Museum has two collection departments, The Natural History Collections and The Cultural History Collections.
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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Opening hours
REGULAR
OPENING HOURS:
TUE - FRI : 10-15
SAT - SUN : 11-16
MONDAY CLOSED
SUMMER (1.6-31.8)
OPENING HOURS:
TUE - FRI : 10-16
SAT- SUN : 11-16
MONDAY CLOSED
ENTRANCE FEE:
NOK 40 - Pensioners: NOK 20 - Children, pupils and students: Free
The ticket valid at the same day for both the Cultural and the Natural History Collections.
Pollen – so tiny – so great
Welcome to the new palaeobotanical exhibit "Pollen - so tiny - so great" at the Natural History Collections. Read more...
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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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Nyhet
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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Nyhet
Exhibitions temporarily closed
Due to restoration work on windows and facade of the Natural History Collections, some of the exhibitions in the museum building at Muséplass 3 will be temporarily closed for a short period of time.
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Nyhet
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.