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Visit Svalbard Museum to explore the history and culture of Svalbard, from polar bears to typhus. See exhibitions, articles, photos, artifacts and more.
- About the museum
About Svalbard Museum. Svalbard Museum has a prominent...
- About Svalbard Museum
The first museum committee was established in Longyearbyen...
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Visit Svalbard - general tourist information Visitor adress:...
- About the museum
About Svalbard Museum. Svalbard Museum has a prominent position as a source of information about Svalbard’s unique natural and cultural history, and about Norway’s position as a knowledge provider in a globalised Arctic. Svalbard Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, inform about, and do research on natural and cultural history ...
Learn about the discovery, whaling, mining and modern life of Svalbard at this museum in Longyearbyen. The permanent exhibition has artifacts, models and text in English and Norwegian.
- 79 02 64 90
- Vei 231-1 (Forskningsparken), Longyearbyen, 9170
Svalbard Museum. The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago. The museum displays artifacts from the history of Svalbard since its settlement, and exhibits of local plants and animals. Its exhibitions describe the factors that support human activity in Svalbard, showing the close relationship ...
The first museum committee was established in Longyearbyen in 1964. In 1969, 86 objects was collected in the old pose office below the church. January 18th 1979, the first Board of Directors was constituted and in 1981 the museum opened it's doors for the general visitors in the old pig stable. The museum was officially opened February 20th 1982.
Visit Svalbard - general tourist information Visitor adress: Vei 231-1, Forskningsparken NO-9170 Longyearbyen, Norway Phone +79 79 02 64 90 E-mail post@svalbardmuseum.no Mailing adress: Postboks 521 9171 Longyearbyen
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