Open House at the University Museum
On the 27 April we are celebrating the University of Bergen´s 200th anniversary and invite everyone to a Museum Festival with activities for both young and old, inside and outside the University Museum.
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On this day, the University Museum will be filled with activities, exhibitions, and lectures for young and old! All activities are free and open to anyone interested.
The program will be updated continuously.
Activities in the Museum and Museum Garden
We bring together researchers for meetings with the public in the museum's exhibitions. You are invited to participate in activities and knowledge exchange about the world around you, to examine objects under a microscope, and to determine what an object is. Get to know the fascinating lives of jellyfish in the ocean, study the world of spiders, learn to identify different sharks, and much, much more!
In the Museum Garden, you can learn to press plants, join a scavenger hunt, and take a guided tour of the historic Plant House.
Visit the University Museum's page for a more detailed program. (information in Norwegian only)
Lectures in the University Aula
In the University Aula, you can attend a variety of exciting lectures throughout the day. Learn about everything from cave dwellers in Western Norway to artificial intelligence. The lectures last for 20 minutes and will be held in Norwegian language.
Read more about the lectures in the University Aula on this page (Information in Norwegian only)
Art, Music, and Design in the Tower Hall
We will open the beautiful Tower Hall to the public and invite you to inspiring presentations and activities from the Faculty of Art, Music, and Design.
Program TBA.
200 years of knowledge
In 1825, President of the Storting, Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie founded Bergen Museum. The museum was an important precursor to and the foundation for the establishment of the University of Bergen in 1948.
Today, in 2025, the museum has over 5 million objects in its collections. The University of Bergen comprises a total of 8 faculties with 4,000 staff and 20,000 students.
The anniversary will be celebrated through a series of events and exhibitions for both young and old.
