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Norwegian Maritime Museum

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Norwegian Maritime Museum
(Norsk Maritimt Museum)
Map
Established1914
LocationBygdøynesveien, Bygdøy peninsula, Norway

The Norwegian Maritime Museum (Template:Lang-no) is located at Bygdøynesveien on the Bygdøy peninsula, on the western side of Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is situated near several other museums, including the Fram Museum; the Kon-Tiki Museum; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History; and the Viking Ship Museum. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is operated in conjunction with Norwegian Folk Museum.[1]

Overview

The museum was founded in 1914 and previously known as the Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum.[2] The exhibits on coast culture and maritime history cover a number of subjects including ship building, boat models, fishing, marine archeology, and shipping. The video "Maritime Norway" by Ivo Caprino and a library are also a part of the museum experience. Additionally the museum has a marine archaeological department. The museum also displays a collection of more than 40 maritime paintings by notable artists. [3][2]

Ships

The Stavanger and the Svanen are on display. The Stavanger was designed by Colin Archer for the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue. The three-masted schooner Svanen was built during the winter of 1915–1916 and saw service with the Norwegian merchant fleet.[4][5]

From 1972, the Gjøa was displayed in the Norwegian Maritime Museum. The ship was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage in the 1903–06 Arctic expedition of Roald Amundsen. In 2009, the Norwegian Maritime Museum and the Fram Museum signed an agreement for the Fram Museum to take over the exhibition of the Gjøa. It is currently displayed in a separate building at Fram Museum. [1][6]

Notable past directors

  • Fiskere Ved Kvitsøy Lars Lauritz Larsen Haaland
    Fiskere Ved Kvitsøy
    Lars Lauritz Larsen Haaland
  • Kronprindsesse Louise Reinholdt Boll
    Kronprindsesse Louise
    Reinholdt Boll
  • Christiana John William Edy
    Christiana
    John William Edy
  • I Skip I Rom Sjø Carl Wilhelm Barth
    I Skip I Rom Sjø
    Carl Wilhelm Barth
  • Dampskipsanløp I Lofoten Eilert Adelsteen Normann
    Dampskipsanløp I Lofoten
    Eilert Adelsteen Normann

References

  1. ^ a b "Bygdøy Oslo's Museum Centre". explorenorth.com. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  2. ^ a b "The Norwegian Maritime Museum". norway.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  3. ^ "Norwegian Maritime Museum (Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum)". visitoslo.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. ^ Stein Ove Erikstad. "Colin Archer". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Skonnerten 'Svanen'". Norsk Maritimt Museum. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Gjøa – norsk polarskute". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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