Tromsø University Museum

Tromsø University Museum

Tromsø, Norway
Established	1872
Location	Tromsø, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Coordinates	69°38′05″N 18°54′45″E / 69.634858°N 18.912572°E / 69.634858; 18.912572
Collection size	2 million objects
Visitors	91,004 (2010)
Director	Marit Anne Hauan
Public transit access	Bus 37[permanent dead link]
Website	https://uit.no/tmu

Tromsø University Museum (Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum) is the oldest scientific institution in Northern Norway. The museum has 80,000-90,000 visitors annually.

History[]

Polarmuseet

It was established in 1872 and incorporated in the University of Tromsø in 1976. As of 2012, the museum comprises two scientific sections: natural sciences and cultural sciences. Each section has large collections documenting more than 100 years of exploration of the region and other northern areas. The permanent exhibitions at the museum include geology and zoology as well as two Sámi exhibitions.

The University Museum has four departments that are open to the public: Tromsø Museum on Sørøya, Polar Museum (Polarmuseet) in Tromsø city center, M/S Polstjerna at Sørbyen and the Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden (Tromsø arktisk-alpine botaniske) at Breivika.^{[1] [2]}

Sámi Ethnography[]

The museum publish the popular science magazine Ottar (Norwegian only) and an English language publication called Way North.

See also[]

• Arctic-alpine botanic garden

References[]

External links[]

• NAU Official homepage
• Tromsø Museum's online photo archive
• Editions of the science magazine Way North

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