The Museum Buildings
The University Museum consists of two main buildings; the Historical Museum and the Natural History Museum.You can visit our cultural history exhibitions at Haakon Sheteligsplass 10 and The Natural History Museum at Muséplass 3.
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The Historical Museum
This building opened in 1927. It was created by architect Egill Reimers as a specially designed museum building. The building is partly protected as a cultural heritage. It contains exhibitions presenting collections from archaeology, anthropology, and cultural history. In this building you will find the main part of the staff at the Department of Cultural History.
Natural History Museum
This building opened in 1867 (architect Johan Henrik Nebelong) and was extended with wings in 1898 (architect Hans Jakob Sparre). The building is partly protected as a cultural heritage and contains exhibitions presenting collections from botany, geology and zoology.
