Naturhistorisk Museum

Darwinius "Ida"

The Naturhistorisk Museum (NHM) is the oldest and largest natural history museum in Norway and is located in Oslo . It includes botanical, mycological, paleontological, geological as well as zoological and tissue collections.

The history of the museum goes back to the Botanical Garden of the University of Oslo , which was founded next to the Tøyen area in 1814. The Zoological Museum , Botanical Museum and Geological Museum were founded around 100 years later when the university campus in central Oslo became too small for such purposes. Important researchers at the museum were the geologist Waldemar Christofer Brøgger and the botanist Nordal Wille (1858–1924). In the 20th century, the museum and the botanical garden were divided into five different areas, which were merged on August 1, 1999. The current name of the museum dates back to 2005.

Among the most important exhibits is the Darwinius fossil "Ida", a primate from the Eocene .

See also

• Against Nature? , Exhibition

Web links

• Naturhistorisk Museum on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
• Official website of the Naturhistorisk museum in Oslo
• Virtualnorge: Natural History Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NHM: Forskning og samlinger - accessed on November 7, 2013 (Norwegian, English)
2. ^ NHM: History
3. ^ NHM: Botanical Museum
4. ^ NHM: History

Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 11.4 "  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 18.1"  E