The rest of the Fram Museum is open as usual.

And now for something completely different: Now open! – A polar ceramics exhibition featuring the artworks of Theodor Friestad. The different pieces range from pots and urns to small fountains and large and small arctic animals. Originally the works were intended for display at a major international polar exhibition in Bergen in 1940, but then […]

TICKETS TO THIS YEARS LECTURES ARE NOW UNFORTUNATELY SOLD OUT We are pleased to announce that booking for this years Amundsen Memorial Lectures are now open. The lectures are an annual event here at the Fram Museum and consist of two days of lectures, a movie in our cinema, a field trip (optional, limited seats) […]

Our outdoor exhibition to commemorate the 150th birthday of polar explorer Roald Amundsen is currently open and free for all to see right next to the City Hall in Oslo. The exhibition tells the story of Amundsens life, expeditions and his relationship to Oslo. It features stunning photographs from his expeditions and the city around […]

For the opening of the Fram Museums new exhibition “Sailing The Sea Of Science” on 22.06.22, which tells the story of Prince Albert Is expeditions and earlier Norwegian expeditions to Svalbard, we were pleased to receive Crown Prince Haakon and Prince Albert II of Monaco, accompanied by Princess Charlene and their two children, Hereditary prince […]

The Director of the Fram Museum receives the William Mills Prize for 2022 The prize is awarded every other year to the author of the best non-fiction book related to Arctic or Antarctic released in the world during the last two years. On June 9 2022 Geir O. Kløver was awarded the prestigious William Mills […]

After being lost for 107 years, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been found in great condition in the depths of the Weddell Sea. History Hit were part of the Endurance22 expedition, which was funded by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust. First on the scene, they could therefore break the news today. BBC also has an […]

This year your regular admission ticket can be converted to a full year pass for the remainder of the year! Valid through 2022. You can return as many times as you wish throughout the year! Not enough time to see it all during one visit? Simply return and pick up where you left off! The […]

Here is a quick look at the menu from this past weekends Amundsen Memorial Lecture. The dinner was a recreation of a dinner from 1896, held in honor of Fridtjof Nansen’s return from the Fram expedition. The same music was performed, the same speeches (recreated extremely well by various volunteers from the audience) and the […]