Tromso university museum description and photos - Norway: Tromso (Topic)

Tromso university museum description and photos - Norway: Tromso. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Tromso university museum.

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The University Museum of Tromso includes the Museum of the City of Tromso, the Polar Museum and the Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden. Its exposition acquaints visitors with the nature of Northern Norway, the culture of the Sami people, the archeology and geology of the region, religious art and tells about the amazing phenomenon - the Northern Lights.

In the Museum of Tromso you can learn more about the culture and way of life Sami, also visit the exhibition of jewelry that once belonged to the Vikings, see a huge dinosaur. The structure of the building consists of geometric shapes: a quadrangular tower with a pyramidal roof, a rotunda with a conical roof, an entrance with two rectangular porches, large spaces between the windows - all this gives the museum a monumental look.

The Polar Museum tells about polar navigators and Arctic explorers, about hunting seals, whales, polar bears and about the Russian wintering. The museum was opened in 1978 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the last expedition of Roald Amundsen in search of the missing Umberto Nobile and his airship “Italy”.

The Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden is the northernmost botanical garden in the world, opened in 1994 ... A huge number of alpine plants are collected here, striking in their beauty and diversity. Around the garden there is a trail called the “Geologist's Trail” and leading to a footbridge overlooking the botanical garden located on the side of the mountain. Plants are grouped here according to the climatic zones of the continents. The Botanical Garden is open to the public all year round, admission is free.

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