Alta Museum
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The Alta Museum is located in Alta in northern Norway within the Arctic Circle. Its northern Norway's most-visited summer museum, with more than 1,000 visitors each day.[1] It presents exhibitions on local culture and historic industries including the nearby prehistoric rock carvings that form a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the early settlement of Finnmark and dating from around 11,000 years ago.[2][3] The museum opened in June 1991 and won the European Museum of the Year Award in 1993.[1]
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- ^ a b Mark Littlefield (2003). "Carved in Tone". Scandinavian Review. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_200307/ai_n9277073. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Records in the Rock". International Wildlife. 2001-01-01. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9171279_ITM. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Pollution Threatens Prehistoric Carvings". BBC News. 2000-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/904501.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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Coordinates: 69°56′50.9″N 23°11′11.6″E / 69.947472°N 23.186556°E
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