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EASTER OPENING HOURS 2013 (21.03.2013)
The University Museum is open on Maundy Thursday 28 March from 11.00 to 16.00. On the remaining Easter holidays, Good Friday, Easter Eve, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, the Museum will be closed.
New storage facility and new preparation lab (18.03.2013)
Did you know that the University Museum now boils carcasses of animals collected from all over Norway in a new state-of-the-art boiler room? The skeletal material is then incorporated into the Museum’s unique osteological collections, which is a part of the new zoological storage facilities in the Natural Science Building.
Welcome to Archaeology Day (12.03.2013)
What was life like in the Stone Age, what did people eat, and what tools did they use? What did the ancient Egyptians think about life after death?
In the foreground, a full cord of mixed, dry wood – in the background, a...
Dry firewood logs from the Arboretum (04.03.2013)
Every winter some of the trees are cut down to make room for new plantings both in the Arboretum and in the Botanical Garden. This wood is for sale and can be collected at the Arboretum.