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Bergen Museum
The Bergen Museum is part of the University of Bergen, and houses one of the largest collections of cultural and natural history objects in Norway.
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Bergen Art Museum
Bergen Art Museum is one of the largest art museums in Scandinavia, and offers magnificent art, from 15th-century to contemporary, in three buildings located along Lille Lungegårdsvann. |
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The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art
Permanenten (The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art) is a special museum for art, crafts and design and we collect the items of today. Here you may see contemporary design and antiques in new and surprising connections.
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Bryggens Museum
Bryggen, the old wharf in Bergen, is an exceptional example of a medieval district, and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 1955 parts of Bryggen were ravaged by a fire, and during the subsequent excavations a huge number of objects were found that provide a vivid insight into commerce, shipping, handicrafts and everyday life in medieval times.
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Håkon's Hall
Håkon´s Hall (Håkonshallen) is almost seven hundred and fifty years old, and was built by King Håkon Håkonsson as a royal residence and banqueting hall. When his son Magnus Håkonsson Lagabøte married the Danish princess Ingeborg in 1261, 2000 guests were invited. "The King held court in the stone hall" say the sagas.
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Rosenkrantz Tower
Close to Håkon´s Hall you will find the Rosenkrantz Tower, which is considered one of the most important renaissance monuments in Norway. Parts of the tower are from the 1270s, but it has been extended on several occasions for the purpose of fortification and as a demonstration of power to the independent-minded Hanseatic traders. If you climb up the narrow and dark flights of steps you can climb right up to the roof, which still provides an impressive view.
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Old Bergen Museum
Old Bergen is a reconstructed town with approx. 50 wooden houses from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Here you will find private homes from various periods, as well as a number of shops and workshops. Countless rooms and objects bring the city´s history throughout generations to life.
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The School Museum
At the School Museum you can go on an exciting journey through the history of Norwegian schools - and therefore of Norwegian society - right from the middle ages through to modern times. The museum is housed in the old school building of the Bergen Cathedral School, built after the town fire in 1702. |
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The Hanseatic Museum
The Hanseatic Museum is one of the landmarks of Bergen´s bayside area. Here you can enter the only house on the old wharf in which the original interiors has been preserved. In the period between 1350 and 1750, the buildings on the wharf served as a base for the German stockfish tradesmen of the Hanseatic League.
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The Leprosy Museum
The city´s oldest leprosy hospital, St. George´s Hospital, is now not only a monument to thousands of personal tragedies, it is also an important arena for the dissemination of Norwegians work and research on leprosy. In many parts of the world leprosy is commonly known as Hansen´s disease, named after the Norwegian physician Armauer Hansen who discovered the leprosy bacillus in Bergen in 1873.
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Damsgård Manor
At the end of the 18th century, Bergen was a large, busy and rich town. Amongst the aristocracy it was popular to build luxurious countryside retreats for entertaining, recreation and perhaps a bit of farming. Around 1800 there were as many as 70 of these retreats in the areas surrounding Bergen. The finest of them all was Damsgård, which unashamedly presented its splendid, castle-like façade towards both the shipping lanes and the town.
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Alvøen Manor
Alvøen is one of Norway´s oldest industrial communities, with worker cottages, production buildings and the mansion itself, which was the home of the owners, the Fasmer family. When King Haakon VII visited Alvøen in 1921, legend has it that Henrik Jansen Fasmer received him with the words: "Welcome, Your Majesty, to my kingdom!" |
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