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Museum of Natural History & Archaeology
NATURAL
HISTORY MUSEUM
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(Vitenskapsmuseet;
www.vitenskapsmuseet.no
; Erling
Skakkes gate 47; 9am-4pm Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat & Sun Jul-Aug, 10am-4pm
Tue-Sun Sep-Jun)
This museum belongs to the Norwegian University of Science & Tech-
nology (NTNU). There's a hotchpotch of exhibits on the natural and human history of the
Trondheim area: streetscapes and homes, ecclesiastical history, archaeological excavations
and southern Sami culture. More ordered is the small, alluring display in a side building
devoted to church history and the fascinating everyday artefacts of the medieval section,
covering Trondheim's history up to the great fire of 1681.
Trondheim Kunstmuseum
FINE ARTS MUSEUM
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(Bispegata 7b; adult/child Nkr50/30; 10am-5pm mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, 11am-4pm Tue-Sun rest of yr)
Trondheim's Art Museum houses a per-
manent collection of modern Norwegian and Danish art from 1800 onwards, including a
hallway of Munch lithographs. It also runs temporary exhibitions.
Medieval Church Ruins
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS
During excavations for the library on Kongens gate, archaeologists found the ruins of a
12th-century church, thought to be
Olavskirken
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, now visible beneath the
courtyard, together with the skeletons of two adults and a child. In the basement of nearby
Søndre gate 4 (which was being gutted when we last passed by) are the ruins of the medi-
eval
Gregorius Kirke
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(Sparebanken), discovered during earlier excavations.
There's normally free access to both during regular business hours.
Synagogue
SYNAGOGUE
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(Arkitekt Christies gate 1b; 10am-4pm Mon-Thu, noon-3pm Sun)
Trondheim'ssynagogueclaimstobetheworld'snorthernmost.Ithasasmall
museum
(ad-
mission Nkr25) of the history of the local Jewish community, which was decimated by the
Holocaust.
Vitensenteret
SCIENCE CENTRE
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(Kongens gate 1; adult/child Nkr75/45; 10am or 11am-5pm)
Children
especiallywillenjoythehands-onexperimentsatthispractical,activecentrewithover150
models to choose from.
