The whale hall
Suspended from the ceiling of the Whale Hall is one of the world's largest collections of whale skeletons. Among them is a 24-metre-long blue whale skeleton. Several of the skeletons have hung here for almost 150 years and tell the story of both the whales and the museum.
The unknown land – the deep sea
The unknown land – the deep sea is a sensory exhibition about life at 3,000 metres depth. With sound, light and a huge panoramic screen, we recreate the deep sea, teeming with strange creatures, where volcanoes spew lava from the Earth's interior. You walk on a specially designed, soft seabed.
Birds
Birds are the only surviving dinosaurs. In the exhibition, you meet a wide range of taxidermy birds – from the majestic golden eagle to the goldcrest, Norway's smallest bird – and learn how researchers classify birds and track migratory birds' routes across the globe.
The rise and fall of a mountain range
Once upon a time, Norway was taller than the Himalayas, and the area now occupied by Bergen lay buried beneath 30 kilometres of rock. In the exhibition, you will get to know the geological processes that build up the Earth's crust, and the forces that wear it down, told through models, animations and rock samples.
Explore the mountain range here.
