Bergen Museum

The Bergen Museum is a cultural and natural history museum in the Norwegian city of Bergen. The museum is part of the University of Bergen and is located in two buildings ( from the years 1865 and 1927) distributed on campus. It was founded in 1825 by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie. A botanical garden and an arboretum surrounding the museum.

The cultural- historical collection includes the departments of archeology, art and cultural history and is one of the most extensive in Norway. The exhibits include Norwegian art, folk art and objects from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as religious art.

The natural history collection includes the areas of zoology, geology and botany.

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