About us
The Norwegian Glacier Museum & Ulltveit-Moe Climate center is an interactive museum for the whole family that gives you knowledge about glaciers and climate in a new and exciting way.
The museum is a private foundation established by the Norwegian Tourist Association, the International Glaciological Society, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, the Norwegian Polar Institute, Sogn og Fjordane University College, the University of Bergen and the University of Oslo in 1989.
The purpose of the Norwegian Glacier Museum is to collect, create and disseminate knowledge about glaciers and climate. The foundation's activities cover natural science and cultural history. The Glacier Museum shows the interaction in nature and between nature and man - through advanced film technology, interactive models and your own experiments with real glacier ice. The Norwegian Glacier Museum is for the curious person.
Jostedalsbreen National Park
The Norwegian Glacier Museum is an authorised visitor centre for Jostedalsbreen National Park.
The national park is a landscape shaped by ice and water. The national park was established by royal decree on 25 October 1991. The area is 1315 km², half of which is glacier and 90% of the national park is higher than 800 m above sea level. The Jostedalsbreen glacier is the largest glacier on the European mainland with an area of 458 km².
The architect - Sverre Fehn
The Norwegian Glacier Museum was designed by civil architect M.N.A.L. Sverre Fehn, who has won many international architectural awards.
Sverre Fehn was commissioned to design the Bremen Museum in 1989, and the museum opened in 1991. The buildings he has drawn were often museums or galleries, but also private houses.
Rental of premises
Would you like to rent an office or arrange a seminar, lecture, meeting or other event in Fjærland? We have premises that are ideal for this.
The "Field Station", our seminar and teaching building, has meeting rooms for 50 people and is equipped with audiovisual aids and wireless internet. There is also access to a toilet.
Eco-lighthouse
In the summer of 2019, the Norwegian Glacier Museum & Ulltveit-Moe Climate center was certified as an Eco-Lighthouse. The aim was to raise our own awareness in order to contribute to a greener and more sustainable future.
In 2022, we got recertified for another three years, ready for further sustainable efforts.