Museum of Cultural History

Museum of Cultural History is an association of museums subject to the University of Oslo, . KHM was established in 1999 as Universitetets kulturhistoriske museum with the merging of the bodies Universitetets Oldsaksamling which housed a collection of ancient and medieval objects, Viking Ship Museum at , the Coin Cabinet and Ethnographic Museum.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum of the University of Oslo, Norway
  • Also known as: KHMO”, “Museum of Cultural History, Oslo”, and “Oslo Cultural History Museum

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Gallery and National Theatre.

Public building
Photo: Bep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a gallery in , . Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. is situated 190 metres southeast of Museum of Cultural History.

Theater building
The in is one of 's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. is situated 300 metres south of Museum of Cultural History.

Community center
The is a self-managed social centre hosting left-wing anarchists in , the capital city of . Founded in 1982 as a squat, it is now legalized and based on Oslo's Pilestredet. is situated 230 metres northeast of Museum of Cultural History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vika and Regjeringskvartalet.

Suburb
Photo: Bep, CC BY 2.5.
is a neighborhood in the Oslo city center in . It is located between the , , , , , , and borders on the north with , the main street of the…

Neighborhood
is a collection of buildings located in the centre of capital city , housing several offices for the Norwegian Government.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in borough in , Norway. The area is named for the lawyer brothers Jacob and Henrik Homan.

Museum of Cultural History

Latitude
59.91704° or 59° 55′ 1″ north
Longitude
10.73457° or 10° 44′ 4″ east
Operator
UiO
Open location code
9FFGWP8M+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 111867428
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3356148
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museum of Cultural History” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Մշակութային պատմության թանգարան
  • Bulgarian: Културноисторически музей, Осло
  • Bulgarian: Културноисторически музей
  • Catalan: Museu d’Història Cultural
  • Chinese: 文化歷史博物館
  • Danish: Kulturhistorisk Museum
  • Esperanto: Muzeo de Kultura Historio
  • Finnish: Kulttuurihistorian museo
  • French: musée d’histoire culturelle d’Oslo
  • French: Musée d’histoire culturelle d’Oslo
  • German: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • German: Kulturhistorisk Museum
  • Inari Sami: Kulttuurhistorjá museo
  • Italian: Museo di storia culturale
  • Japanese: オスロ大学文化史博物館
  • Northern Sami: Kulturhistorjjá musea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kulturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Norwegian: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Polish: Muzeum historyczne w Oslo
  • Skolt Sami: Kulttuurhistoria muʹzei
  • Slovenian: KHMO
  • Slovenian: Kukturnozgodovinski muzej
  • Slovenian: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Slovenian: Muzej kulturne zgodovine v Oslu
  • Spanish: KHM
  • Spanish: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Spanish: Museo Cultural Historico
  • Spanish: Museo Cultural Histórico
  • Spanish: Museo de Historia Cultural de Noruega
  • Spanish: Museo de Historia Cultural
  • Swedish: Kulturhistorisk museum
  • Ukrainian: Історичний музей
  • Ukrainian: Музей історії культури в Осло

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