Polaria
 Polaria with the Polarmiljøsenteret in the background |
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| place | Tromso |
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Polar regions
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| architect | JAF Arkitektkontor AS |
| opening | 1998 |
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Polaria pin elephants
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Polaria is an adventure-oriented museum in the northern Norwegian city of Tromsø , which is located near the city center on the shores of Tromsøysund . The focus of the experience and information center is on exhibitions dealing with polar research . It is part of a larger facility, which also includes the neighboring seven-story Framsenteret with the Norwegian Polar Institute . The museum is operated by the Polaria Foundation (Stiftelsen Polaria) .
As a national information center, which can be traced back to an initiative by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, it provides knowledge about the polar regions and the Barents region . Attractions include several aquariums and pools that contain well-known species of fish from the Barents Sea and marine mammals such as bearded seals . In addition, aerial photos of the west coast of Svalbard are shown in a panorama cinema with 175 seats and, outside the main season, film recordings of the Antarctic are shown.
The museum, which was built between 1996 and 1998, is housed in a characteristically shaped reinforced concrete structure , which is supposed to be reminiscent of five ice floes sliding ashore . The impression of an arctic landscape is enhanced by the use of glass in the spaces between; only the entrance area in the last block is clad with wood made from Siberian larch . In 2003 the building was awarded the Fabci Norways Eiendomspris architecture prize in the “Special Buildings ” category.
Web links
- Homepage (multilingual)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Architecture guide : Polarmiljøsenteret og Polaria . Retrieved December 8, 2011 (Norwegian, English)
Coordinates: 69 ° 38 ′ 37.3 ″ N , 18 ° 56 ′ 59.5 ″ E