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Added by Jopie, at 08 January 2017
Opening Hours
- Monday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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10 Reviews
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04 December 2017
Much bigger than you think from the outside. Set on 2 floors and broken into rooms which specific theme in each room.
You are given a brochure in English which gives you an overview of the rooms. Some
Signs in English next to photos and exhibitions but not many. Overview brochure is needed but would have been nice to know what some of the photos were about.
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28 October 2017
Oh man, this place is brutal. Upon entering you'll see a recreation of a arctic hut, with a few mannequins in various work poses- and inexplicably accompanied by a looped soundtrack of baying & yelping dogs. Across from this is a taxidermy fox caught in a metal bear tap, next to two more taxidermied foxes investigating their own mortality in the form of a crush trap. Next up is a full size reenactment of a mannequin clubbing a taxidermied baby seal, while it's taxidermied mother looks on, immobilized in a nearby boat. The museum focuses on arctic industry, so hunting & trapping take up a large portion, although there are some interesting exhibits on expeditions to the north pole, maritime economy (including a number of old clocks and a ship's wheel). Roald Amundsen gets almost an entire floor to himself, including memorabilia from his expeditions & his (taxidermied) pet dog. Past the Amundsen section is a bit about the 'polar bear king', who was so named because he killed over 600 of them in his lifetime. To drive the polar bear theme home, there are also mummified polar bear organs on display next to an explanation of how to skin & butcher a bear- complete with color photos of a polar bear being eviscerated in what appears to be a church hall. Finally at the very top of the museum is a recreated office, complete with polar bear skin rug, plenty of taxidermied heads and one small, taxidermied baby moose? reindeer? I didn't get close enough to find out. There are chairs set up here if you need to sit down and take it all in. Head back downstairs to the lobby, and before you leave step into the room opposite the ticket desk, which was empty except for an 'ice sheet' hanging from the ceiling and a couple of wall placards explaining polar ice.
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24 September 2017
Very interesting exhibition. Flyers available in different languages and they say in a very nice way the history of artic exploration. English guide has more information than other languages.
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23 September 2017
I wasn't expecting much but it's very well done and fascinating look into the life of the early artic explorers. You can borrow a guide book in English if you wanted. I enjoyed this more than the Polarium.
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16 July 2017
A very interesting museum, lot of history about Norway and Arctic in general.
Unfortunately all the information is in local language, and at the entrance they give you a small book in your language with some description of what you are going to see, but sometimes it's difficult to find correspondence between what you see in the museum and what you are reading. An audio guide or some description in English would really help.response / report this review -
16 May 2017
Stunning place. Highly recommended while the snow is still on the ground.
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08 April 2017
Worth visiting. Really nice experience.
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16 February 2017
It's mostly a hunting seals and whales museum, which is fine, but that's what you should expect. Too warm for people with coats on (which is everyone).
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13 February 2017
I found this museum really interesting, despite the website not being very informative. Great to learn more about Tromso, the arctic circle and the many expeditions that have left from here over the years.
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15 January 2017
Lots of cool stuff but not the most English only friendly place. Tons of informational signs but very few translated.
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