Tag: museums
Great ‘museum shuffle’ plays on
The government minister in charge of building a new museum for such national treasures as the Viking ships and medieval artifacts was supposed to...
Help wanted: New Munch Museum boss
The City of Oslo is launching an international search for a new leader for its new Munch Museum, planned for the eastern waterfront area...
Budget troubles ail Folkemuseum
The Norsk Folkemuseum, known for its centuries-old wooden houses (photo) , warned it would need to cut staffing and opening hours next year because...
Viking ships likely to stay put
Plans to move Norway's national treasure, the Viking ships Oseberg and Gokstad , to a new museum on Oslo's eastern waterfront probably won't sail....
Fossil 'Ida' stirs even more debate
The fossil called "Ida," said to be "the missing link" in human evolution, is attracting even more attention than when she first arrived in...
New Munch Museum draws a few screams of protest
The Oslo City Council's selection of a Spanish architect's plan for a new Munch Museum has drawn criticism and now a formal protest, from...
Investigation planned into suppressed wartime massacre
A museum manager in northern Norway fears that the worst massacre to occur on Norwegian soil during World War II has been consciously suppressed,...
'Ida' comes 'home' to Oslo
The suddenly world-famous fossil called "Ida" attracted large crowds over the weekend when she made her debut at the Museum of Natural History in...
Opening day at Kistefos museum
The Kistefos Museum came about mostly through the efforts of investor and art lover Christen Sveaas. Each spring he is joined by scores of...
Oslo lands sensational fossil
Jubilation broke loose at Norway’s Museum of Natural History in Oslo, when it became clear that it would soon house the world’s oldest, intact...
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