Join us for exciting inventions in a museum with over 100 try-it-yourself installations, more than 25 themed exhibitions about technology and medicine - and not least, exciting weekend and holiday programmes!
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology is the national museum for technology, industry, natural science and medicine and is an eldorado for exploring people of all ages. The vision is to be the most engaging, informative and fun museum. The mission is to be a national reference center for research, dissemination and administration of the history and possibilities of technology, medicine and science. The museum's staff connect history with the present and future.
The exhibitions
The museum has more than 25 permanent and temporary exhibitions on energy, oil, industry, medicine, aircraft, cars and trains. See
pdf map of the exhibitions (
2.71 MB ) .
Playful learning in Oslo Science Centre
Oslo Science Centre is the place to have fun while learning, everything from testing reaction time to competing with a friend to have the most brain control (and much, much more). Also explore scientific and technological principles within the themes of energy, physical phenomena, the body, mathematics and outer space.
Medical history through the ages
The National Medical Museum contains medical history exhibitions on everything from the inside of the body to chills-inducing surgical techniques. The department also sits on large collections of objects, books and archives.
Tours and programs for school and kindergarten classes
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology offers many teaching programs for primary and secondary schools, all of which are based on the curricula.
Renting premises at The Norwegian Museum Of Science And Technology
The Norwegian Museum Of Science And Technology is an excellent arena for creative meetings and events. Here you can invite customers, colleagues or guests to a seminar, launch, private tour, party or concert in an inspiring environment. We rent premises adapted to the vast majority of needs. See the premises here.
Museum shop and café
The museum shop has exciting products that inspire playful learning, and the museum café offers Italian and Greek food, sausages, coffee, ice cream and cakes.
More about the museum:
- CEO: This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Founded 1914
- Museum building at Kjelsås in Oslo since 1986
- Employees and the board: 65 man-years. Contact information can be found here.
- Visitors per year: 262,604
- Of which children and young people: 60%
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Zero tolerance for discriminatory or hate speech
The Norwegian Museum Of Science And Technology has zero tolerance for discriminatory or hate speech. Such will be reported to the police with ed. point in the legal understanding of the term, as stated in the Criminal Code Section 185:
"Discriminatory or hateful speech means threatening or insulting someone, or promoting hatred, persecution or contempt towards someone because of their:
a) skin color or national or ethnic origin,
b) religion or outlook on life,
c) homosexual orientation, or
d) impaired functioning."
"Anyone who willfully or grossly negligently makes a discriminatory or hateful speech in public is punished with a fine or imprisonment of up to 3 years. The use of symbols is also considered as speech. Anyone who, in the presence of others, intentionally or grossly negligently makes such a statement towards someone who is affected by this, cf. second paragraph, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to 1 year."
More about the museum
Foundation from 1914
The association The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology was founded in 1914, in connection with the large anniversary exhibition at Frogner in Oslo. Several of the museum's objects originate from this exhibition. Read about our collections and objects here. In 1995 The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology received status as a national museum. In connection with the 100th anniversary in 2014, the book was Technology at the museum published. The book shows how the view of the technique, and of the museum, has changed over 100 years.
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Contemporary and historical exhibitions
Since its inception The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology has had the task of being both a contemporary museum and a historical museum for industry, science and technology. Today, the museum also has national responsibility for the National Medical Museum.
Bridges between different professional traditions
The museum will convey the connection between technology, medicine and culture over time, in addition to providing insight into the basic principles of modern technological processes and products that surround us today. Our science center illustrates the basic principles of physical laws through the provision of playful learning via interactive installations. The museum's biggest challenge is to be a bridge-builder between fragmented expert knowledge on the one hand and the public in a broad sense on the other.
20,700 m2
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology has previously had exhibition spaces in the Viking Ship Museum on Bygdøy, and in Fyrstikkalléen on Etterstad. Today's museum building was officially opened at Kjelsås in May 1986. The museum has 20,700 square meters here. It includes showrooms and offices, warehouses and magazines, workshops and a library.
