Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords - Norway - page 351

This stone church, with its Romanesque entrance and twin towers, dates from the early
12th century and is Bergen's oldest building. The interior features 15th-century frescoes
and a splendid baroque pulpit donated by Hanseatic merchants in 1676.

Leprosy Museum MUSEUM
(Lepramuseet; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; St George's Hospital, Kong Oscars gate 59; adult/child Nkr70/
free; 11am-3pm mid-May-Aug)
Although most of the buildings at St George's Hospital date from the 19th century, in me-
dieval times the site was also a leprosarium. Far more palatable that it sounds, exhibits
here detail Norway's contributions to leprosy research, including the work of Dr Armauer
Hansen, who discovered the leprosy bacillus in Bergen in 1873 and gave his name to the
modern name for leprosy.

Bergen Museum MUSEUM
( www.uib.no/bergenmuseum ; adult/student & child combined ticket Nkr50/free; 10am-4pm Tue-

Fri, 11am-4pm Sat & Sun Jun-Aug)
Comprising two collections at separate sites, the Cultural History Collection (Kultur-His-
torik Samlinger; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Haakon Sheteligs plass 10) takes in Viking weaponry, me-
dieval altars, folk art, period furnishings, Inuit and Aleut culture, and displays cover
everything from Henrik Ibsen to Egyptian mummies. The Natural History Collection
(Naturhistorisk Samlinger; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 55 58 29 20; Muséplass 3) is closed until

2018.

Sjøfartsmuseet MUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.bsj.uib.no ; Haakon Sheteligs plass 15; adult/student & child Nkr50/free;
10am-4pm Mon-Fri, from 11am Sat & Sun Jun-Aug, 11am-3pm Sep-May)
Bergen's Maritime Museum features models of ships from Viking times to the present. Ex-
hibits trace Norway's rich maritime history.

Bergen Akvariet AQUARIUM
( GOOGLE MAP ; www.akvariet.no ; Nordnesbakken 4; adult/child Nkr250/150; 10am-6pm)