Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology
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The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology is a science museum
located in Oslo
, Norway
The museum as an institution was founded in 1914 as a part of the commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, but it was not until 1932 that the museum was first opened, in the basement of the Viking Ship Museum
in Bygdøy
. In 1959 the museum relocated to Etterstad
, and in 1986 moved once again, to its current location, in Kjelsås
, with a total of 20,000 m² floor space. In addition to its exhibitions, the museum has a library and historical archives, a café and a museum shop.
The museum’s objective is to demonstrate the implications of progress in Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine, socially and culturally, through the ages. The museum is an educational institution with collections, exhibitions, publications and other activities, which makes it a place of learning for visitors of all ages.
Through its collections and exhibits the museum chronicles the development of Norway from an agrarian society to a complex industrial society. The museum contains permanent exhibitions on transport and aviation, Norwegian industrial history, energy and electricity, music machines, the wood and metal industries, oil, gas and plastics, clocks and watches, calculating machines and computers, as well as a science centre. The most recent addition to the museum is the National Museum of Medicine, opened to the public in 2003. The galleries offer examples of how objects, through interpretation, can be used to provide an understanding of contemporary life.
The first Norwegian computer NUSSE
(Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Sekvensstyrt, Elektronisk) is located at the museum.
Science museum
A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
located in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
The museum as an institution was founded in 1914 as a part of the commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, but it was not until 1932 that the museum was first opened, in the basement of the Viking Ship Museum
Viking Ship Museum
Viking Ship Museum may refer to:* Viking Ship Museum * Viking Ship Museum...
in Bygdøy
Bygdøy
Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner.Bygdøy has several museums, like the Kon-Tiki Museum, which shows all year long the legendary expeditions of Thor Heyerdahl; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History ; the...
. In 1959 the museum relocated to Etterstad
Etterstad
Etterstad is a neighborhood in Oslo, located between the river Alna and Strømsveien, north of Vålerenga. It was incorporated into Oslo in 1946, two years before the merger of Oslo and Aker. The area is mainly residential.-History:...
, and in 1986 moved once again, to its current location, in Kjelsås
Kjelsås
Kjelsås is a one of the northern suburbs of Oslo situated in Nordre Aker, the northern borough of Oslo, Norway.- History :Together with Grefsen, Kjelsås was part of the borough Grefsen-Kjelsås until January 1 2004, when they both became part of the new borough of Nordre Aker...
, with a total of 20,000 m² floor space. In addition to its exhibitions, the museum has a library and historical archives, a café and a museum shop.
The museum’s objective is to demonstrate the implications of progress in Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine, socially and culturally, through the ages. The museum is an educational institution with collections, exhibitions, publications and other activities, which makes it a place of learning for visitors of all ages.
Through its collections and exhibits the museum chronicles the development of Norway from an agrarian society to a complex industrial society. The museum contains permanent exhibitions on transport and aviation, Norwegian industrial history, energy and electricity, music machines, the wood and metal industries, oil, gas and plastics, clocks and watches, calculating machines and computers, as well as a science centre. The most recent addition to the museum is the National Museum of Medicine, opened to the public in 2003. The galleries offer examples of how objects, through interpretation, can be used to provide an understanding of contemporary life.
The first Norwegian computer NUSSE
Nusse
Nusse is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km west of Ratzeburg, and 25 km southwest of Lübeck.Nusse is part of the Amt Sandesneben-Nusse....
(Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Sekvensstyrt, Elektronisk) is located at the museum.