The exhibitions
Do you know what it's like to walk underneath a glacier or how glaciers are formed? What has shaped the fjord landscape and why are glaciers important for the climate science?
The main exhibition
What can you find inside the Norwegian Glacier Museum? In the main exhibition you can delve into knowledge about glaciology, physical geography, climate, geology and history. Here you will find, among other things, real ice from the glacier, exhibitions about discoveries in glaciers such as Ötzi the Iceman and the airplane that crashed on Bøyabreen glacier, as well as several exciting interactive activities such as walking through the Earth's climate history or walking underneath the glacier. The Norwegian Glacier Museum merges knowledge and experience in many different ways - ideal for the curious person!
The entire exhibition consists of 27 different parts and has been translated into 13 different languages. Check out what the different parts are about, a little further down the page.
Will you join us on a safe trip underneath the glacier?
Did you know that Ötzi the Iceman is over 5,000 years old?
Have you experimented with real ice from the glacier?
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With real ice from Jostedalsbreen.
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Here you can experience the glacier from the air, on the surface, inside the icefall and under the ice! The film is shown three times an hour.
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An interactive exhibition about natural and man-made climate change. See Ulltveit-Moe climate centre .
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The glacier is the snow that fell last year...
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When pieces of the glacier front fall off and fall into the water, we say that the glacier is calving.
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The largest land mammal to have lived in Norway. The mammoth tooth from Siberia is 30,000 years old.
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What must the weather in an area be like for glaciers to exist?
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A small piece of ice looks white, but in the glacier the ice is blue.
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Meltwater from glaciers can be used for power generation. Some power plants are built under the glacier.
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Use a bicycle to produce energy.
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See equipment, pictures and learn about glacier hiking and knots.
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Enter the glacier mouth and take a safe walk in a meltwater channel underneath the glacier. Listen to the sounds of the moving glacier and the ice melting. Feel the cold wind.
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Glaciers shaped the fjords over the last 2-3 million years. How? Are they deeper than the Grand Canyon in the USA?
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The glacier river ensures that Fjærland gain more land each year. How?
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The water is not transparent in the summer, but sediments from the glacier meltwater gives it a gray-green color.
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What are climate and ice ages, what changes climate, what is the greenhouse effect?
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See pieces of an 8,520-year-old log, found in a moraine ridge in front of Briksdalsbreen glacier.
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Experiment with pressure melting and freezing, and with water flowing through ice.
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Grind like a glacier Here you can be the glacier yourself and help shape a valley.
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See what the terrain looks like under Jostedalsbreen and find out what may happen to the glacier in the future.
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Culture and history linked to the use of the glacier. What was it like on an expedition in the 1950s?
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Learn about ice melting and sea level, see an interactive model that shows how crevasses form, study a steam-powered ice drill used by glaciologists, and learn about why glaciers are our best climate archive!
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The exhibition tells the story of the 5,300-year-old iceman Ötzi, who was found in the Alps in 1991.
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Learn about how glacial rivers differ from regular rivers.
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Here you will learn about the airplane that crashed on Bøyabreen glacier in 1972, and about the discovery of the wreckage that came out of the ice in 2021 - 49 years after the accident!
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Photo exhibition showing the development of some local glaciers.
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Several lifeforms exists on the glacier. Glacier mice, tardigrades, rotifers and springtails are some of them! And have you heard of cryoconite?
The exhibition:
Popular attractions
Try our educational playground
The educational playground with mammoths is located in the outdoor area.
Watch the panoramic film about Jostedalsbreen glacier
The panoramic film about Jostedalsbreen, by Falkeblikk Film Productions AS, takes you on an unforgettable journey!
Wander through the interactive climate exhibition
The exhibition "Changing climate - from past to future" is a journey through time in the history of the Earth's climate.
