Articles

Articles about the history of technology and photography, Norwegian industry, objects and people from the museum's collection. Here you can read professional articles and short stories about inventions, technological breakthroughs and the development of industry and society in Norway.

When the radio came to Norway

This year we are celebrating 100 years of radio in Norway. From chaos and monopoly to the sound of a nation, get to know the history of the radio.

Women's secrets

How did monks of the past attempt to solve the mysteries of the female body?

Norway in Paris 1889

How did Norwegian industry take the World Expo by storm?

The many lives of the Tryvann tower

Get to know the history of the Tryvann tower as you have never done before.

Home for Christmas

Every year the Christmas traffic becomes a real test for both patience and means of transport, but also a source of memorable moments.

The water wheel

With its eight meters in diameter, the water wheel towers over the museum. Read more about the restoration and the history behind the wheel at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology .

Spirit photography

Spiritism is a way of getting in touch with deceased people. The movement originated in the middle of the 19th century and came to Norway at the end of the century.

The kitchen knife that became a robot

This gadget was launched as a kitchen robot in the 50s. For just NOK 16, it could help you in the kitchen. But was it really a robot?

Moddy the robot

Meet the robot Moddy in the I/O telecommunications and computing exhibition at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology . It is a home robot created in Italy in the 1980s and conceived as a kind of robot butler.