Opening hours
Zoological and geological exhibitions
Temporarily closed
The Botanical Garden
Daily: 07–17
The Palm House and Victoria House
Temporarily closed
The Climate House
Temporarily closed
Covid-19 update
- Our indoor exhibitions and museum shop will be temporarily closed, following the guidelines of the health authorities.
- The Botanical Garden will be kept open with ordinary hours.
Stay safe, we look forward to seeing you again.
The Climate House
Explore our brand new exhibitions on climate and climate change. In the Climate house you will be introduced to the Earth's climate systems, consequences of global warming, solutions and how you may contribute yourself.
Understanding Nature
Nature's diversity is the object of the research at NHM. From Norway's largest natural history collections, we aim for a deeper understanding of how long time evolutionary and geological processes have shaped our world. Our National Centre of Biosystematics is internationally renowned. The Arctic is a main area of interest.
About the collections
The Natural History Museum does research on biological and geological diversity and the evolutionary processes involved in creating this diversity. The scientific collections constitutes the basis for our research and are the most comprehensive in Norway comprising a total of 6.2 million objects.
Future additions to the museum
Big changes are coming to the museum! In the next few years, two buildings will be ready with new exhibits for visitors. In addition, we are planning to build a brand new green house in the future. Here you can read about the new buildings and our upcoming exhibits.