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Happy holidays!

Happy Holiday Season to all of our followers and to our 360.000 visitors in 2019! We’re looking forward to seeing you again in 2020 when we will have plenty of new features in the museum!

Roald Amundsen Memorial Lectures 2019

Please download this years program and use the email link on page 2 to contact us if you are interested in joining. Final deadline for booking: 30 November! EDIT: It appears that the email link within the pdf itself doesn’t work correctly in the latest version of the Preview app on a Mac. Please manually […]

Tara Stopover with tour and lecture

Tara Stopover with tour and lecture. One day only! Tuesday June 25th There will be a conference on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation, available free* visitors at the Fram Museum at 2:30pm. Guided tours onboard the ship will also be arranged every half hour between 2pm and 4:30pm. (Maximum 30 people per tour). Contact […]

Norway in Argentina

In connection with the State Visit of King Harald and Queen Sonja to Argentina this month, the Fram Museum, in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened the exhibition ‘Norway and Argentina – The Antarctic Connection’. The exhibition was shown at the Argentinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The arrival of King Harald, Queen […]

The museum needs your help (norwegian language only)

– Kjøkkenutstyr- Bekledning- Fottøy- Ulltepper- Seletøy til hunder- Små vegghengte bokhyller- Små vegghengte skap med dører- Stor ambolt- Verktøy til smie- Små tønner av tre- Blikkplater og tynne jernplater- Metalltråd- Personlig utstyr som barberkniver og annet hygieneutstyr- Bøker trykket før henholdsvis 1893 og 1910 (ikke i senere utgaver eller innbindinger)Har du noe å donere, evt. […]

Opening night!

Opening night May 7th 2018 for our many new attractions was a great success The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, surrounded by the Fram Museum’s chairman Olav Orheim (left) and director Geir O. Kløver (right) The Fram Museum has now opened a wave (pun intended) of new attractions, including a huge ocean […]

‘Lessons from the Arctic’ honoured!

At the William Mills Prize for Polar Books 2018, Fram Museum director Geir O. Kløver’s book ’Lessons from the Arctic – How Roald Amundsen Won the Race to the South Pole’ received Honorary Mention, as one of only two books. The William Mills Price ”honours the best Arctic or Antarctic nonfiction book published throughout the […]

“Lessons from the Arctic” in Canada!

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society launches 2018 Summer Exhibits series at 50 Sussex. Summer series features three exhibitions: Compass by Hilde Lambrechts, Explore by Chris Cran, and Lessons from the Arctic, an artifact display honouring Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen At an event Wednesday celebrating all three exhibitions, Her Excellency Anne Kari Hansen Ovind, Norway’s Ambassador to […]

Roald Amundsen Memorial Lectures 2018

The Roald Amundsen Memorial Lectures are held each year at the Fram Museum during the first weekend of December This year’s event was a big success with lots of our friends arriving from near and far to take part. The lectures were initiated with the opening of a new exhibition and book launch; Into The […]