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Welcome to the University Museum of Bergen

The University 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 is situated at Nygaardshøyden, the University campus in Bergen with its two main buildings,  The Natural History Collections and The Cultural History Collections. The museum is open every day, except Mondays.

Read more: THE EXHIBITION GUIDE TO BERGEN MUSEUM

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The Museum Project

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.
Read more about the Museum project...

Opening hours

SUMMER (1.6-31.8)

TUE - FRI : 10-16
SAT- SUN : 11-16
Monday closed

WINTER (1.9. - 31.5)

TUE - FRI : 10-15
SAT - SUN : 11-16
Monday closed

ENTRANCE FEE:
Ordinary NOK 50,- Senior citizens: NOK 25,- Children, kindergartens, school classes, students and UiB employees: Free

The ticket valid at the same day for both the Cultural and the Natural History Collections.

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Visit the exhibitions at The University Museum of Bergen

Welcome to the many exhibitions in The Cultural History Collections, like the unique one presenting the church art of the Middle Ages in Norway.  Read more about all our exhibitions, both in The Cultural and The Natural History collecitons.

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    The Great Move Blog

    The University Museum is currently moving large parts of its collections to a brand new central storage facility. On the Museum’s moving blog, you can follow the process.

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    Zoologists search for unknown animals on Madagascar

    Thanks to gifts from both ship’s captains and other long-distance travellers in the past, you can now find examples of animal life on Madagascar at the University Museum. Zoologists from the Museum have now been to the island once more and they found additional animal species – in line with old traditions, but with a new approach.

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    Book launch in Brazil

    The Portuguese edition of Professor Haakon Fossen’s textbook «Structural Geology" was recently released in Santos, Brazil, South America.

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    High-class masonry – maintenance of the Ausevik rock art site

    The Ausevik rock art site in Sunnfjord, the second largest in Western Norway, is located on phyllite, a type of rock which presents challenges as regards disintegration and dissolution.

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    Offshore ocean exploration, industrialization and conservation

    How to manage the vulnerable ecosystems of the world’s oceans at a time when the industrialisation and exploitation of resources go further and deeper?