The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum

The Armed Forces have extensive museum activities on a national level, with the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum as their main museum. They are also in charge of the Norwegian Resistance Museum, the Naval Museum in Horten, the Armoury in Trondheim, Oscarsborg Fortress Museum and the Air Defence Museum in Bodø.

The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum in Akershus Fortress is open year-round, and is situated on the lower grounds of the fortress. The Museum exhibits Norwegian defence history from the Middle Ages up to the years after World War II.

The exhibition shows how the Defence, military thinking and the reality of war have been connected to technological, financial and political developments.

The museum has its own shop and café.

Guided tours are available for classes in the elementary and secondary schools and for groups and companies.

Admission is free.

Museum tel. (+47) 2309 3570
www.mil.no/felles/fmu/start/

Opening hours:
1 September – 30 April:
Tuesday – Friday: 11:00 – 16:00
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 – 17:00

1 May – 31 August:
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 – 17:00

Closed for Easter, Whit Saturday, and Whit Sunday.

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