Tromsø University Museum

Tromsø University Museum

infobox Museum
name= Tromsø University Museum


established= 1872
location= Tromsø, Norway
visitors= 80,000-90,000/year
director=
website= [http://uit.no/tmu/152 http://uit.no/tmu/152]

Tromsø University Museum is the oldest scientific institution in North-Norway. It was established in 1872 and incorporated in the University of Tromsø in 1976. The museum has 80,000-90,000 visitors annually.

The museum consists of six departments
* Geology
* Botany [http://uit.no/tmu/149/60 research projects]
* Zoology
* Archaeology [http://uit.no/tmu/138/2 Excavations/Research projects]
* Cultural History maintains a photo collection of more than 100,000 (historic) pictures
* Sámi Ethnography

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

ee also

* Arctic-alpine botanic garden

External links

* [http://uit.no/tmu/152 Official homepage]
* [http://www.muspro.uio.no/fag/kulturhistorie/fotosamlingen/forside.shtml Tromsø Museum's online photo archive]
* [http://uit.no/tmu/155/18 Edtitions of the science magazine "Way North"]


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