The Museum of Cultural History was founded in 1999 on the basis of the University of Oslo, the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institution in Norway. The museum includes such divisions as the famous Viking Ship Museum, located on the Bygdoy peninsula, as well as the Numismatics Museum and the Museum of Antiquities.
In total, the Museum of Cultural History occupies four large buildings in Oslo, three of them are located on Frederiks Gate and one on St. Olavs Gate. Plus a huge area set aside for the Viking ships on Bygdoy.
In the Numismatics Museum, founded in 1817, a large collection of various coins, medals, and orders from around the world has been assembled - about a quarter of a million items in total. The most impressive collection can be considered the set of 20 thousand Greek and Roman coins.
The Museum of Antiquities owns artifacts found during archaeological excavations, including Egyptian mummies. The museum dates back to 1811, and since then many objects of religious art from different peoples of the world and medieval valuables have accumulated here.
To summarize and organize all the exhibitions, an inventory and reconstruction of the museum's collections is currently being carried out. A move to a new building, which will be located in the Bjorvika district, is planned for 2015.
