Norsk Maritimt Museum
The Norsk Maritimt Museum ( German Norwegian Maritime Museum ) is a Norwegian museum in Oslo .
The museum was founded in 1914 under the name Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum (German Norwegian Maritime Museum ). It is located on the Bygdøy peninsula . The Kon-Tiki-Museum , the Frammuseum and the Norsk Folkemuseum are close by . The museum is dedicated to the coastal culture and maritime history of Norway. The museum contains, among other things, model ships , fishing equipment , archaeological finds, paintings of the sea, coastal houses and replicas of ships. The video Maritimes Norway by Ivo Caprino and a library are also part of the museum.
The museum also owns three ships, the largest of which is the 1916 three-masted schooner Svanen . The ship is used as a training ship for the Norsk Sjøfartsmuseums Veteranskipsrederi association .
Together with five other museums, the Norsk Maritimt Museum has been part of the Norsk Folkemuseum Foundation since 2015.
Museum directors (selection)
- Gunnar Isachsen
- Kristian Kielland
- Svein Molaug
- Per Norseng
Research projects (selection)
As a research museum, the Norsk Maritime Museum is involved in various national and international projects and collaborations. B. the project funded by the Norwegian Research Council "The Last Ice Age: The trade in natural ice as an agent of modernization and economic integration in the 19th and early 20th century" in which the museum cooperates with the University of Hull (GB), the Old Dominion University and the University College of Southeast Norway.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Norsk Maritimt Museum: Om oss , accessed on January 30, 2012 (Norwegian)
- ^ Stiftelsen Norsk Folkemuseum - Norsk Maritimt Museum. Retrieved October 4, 2018 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Per G Norseng. Retrieved June 6, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ^ The last Ice Age: The trade in natural ice as an agent of modernization and economic integration in 19th and early 20th century. Forskningsradet, accessed October 4, 2018 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 54 '10 " N , 10 ° 41' 51.4" E