Alta Museum

Alta Museum

The Alta Museum is located in Alta in northern Norway within the Arctic Circle. It's northern Norway's most-visited summer museum, with more than 1,000 visitors each day.Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_200307/ai_n9277073|title=Carved in Tone|accessdate=2008-03-22|year=2003|author=Mark Littlefield|work=Scandinavian Review] It presents exhibitions on local culture and historic industries including the nearby prehistoric rock carvings that form a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the early settlement of Finnmark and dating from around 11,000 years ago.Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9171279_ITM|title=Records in the Rock|accessdate=2008-03-22|year=2001-01-01|work=International Wildlife] Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/904501.stm|title=Pollution Threatens Prehistoric Carvings|accessdate=2008-03-22|publisher=BBC News|year=2000-09-01] The museum opened in June 1991 and won the European Museum of the Year Award in 1993.

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External links

* [http://www.alta.museum.no/ Alta Museum website]


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