Description of the attraction
The Historical Museum in Oslo was built by the architect Henrik Bull in 1903 in the Art Nouveau style. The building of the museum, which has 2 rounded towers and smooth lines of the facade, was opened to the public in 1904. Its exposition consists of three collections: a collection of antiquities, a collection of coins and medals, and an ethnographic museum.
The collection of antiquities tells about the history of Norway from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The collection is based on numerous archaeological finds.
On the second floor there is a collection of coins, banknotes of different periods and medals. It displays 6,300 Greek and Roman coins donated to the museum by Norwegian University professor Georg Sverdrup.
The Ethnographic Museum, located on the third floor of the building, tells the story of Arctic expeditions, the cultures of the peoples of the North, East, America and Africa, as well as Egyptian mummies and objects of ancient art.
All inscriptions under the exhibits are in three languages: Norwegian, English and German. The entrance to the museum is free. Guided tours are organized here during summer.
