Fram Museum
Polar exploration museum at Bygdoynes built around the ship Fram, which visitors can board.
The Fram Museum opened at Bygdoynes on 20 May 1936, built as a timber A-frame hall around the polar ship Fram. Designed by Colin Archer and launched in 1892, Fram carried Fridtjof Nansen towards the North Pole in 1893-96, Otto Sverdrup through the Canadian Arctic in 1898-1902 and Roald Amundsen to Antarctica for the South Pole expedition of 1910-12. Visitors climb aboard and walk the decks and cabins.
A second triangular hall opened alongside in 2013 and holds Gjoa, the small sloop in which Amundsen made the first complete passage of the North West Passage in 1903-06. Displays around the two ships cover Arctic and Antarctic exploration, the crews' equipment, clothing and scientific instruments. A polar simulator recreates cold and wind, and a wide-screen film traces Norwegian expeditions. Temporary exhibitions change through the year.
Highlights
- The polar ship Fram of 1892, which visitors can board and explore
- Gjoa, first vessel to complete the North West Passage, in the second hall
- Displays on Nansen, Sverdrup and Amundsen and their expeditions
- Polar simulator recreating Arctic cold and wind
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