page_title: NTNU University Museum
section_title: Exhibitions
hierarchical_section_title: NTNU University Museum / Exhibitions
caption_attribution_description: English: From the exhibition "Deadly trade" at NTNU University Museum (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet). The exhibition showed the consequences of illegal trade. Here: For butterfly collectors
context_page_description: The NTNU University Museum in Trondheim is one of seven Norwegian university museums with natural and cultural history collections and exhibits. The museum has research and administrative responsibility over archaeology and biology in Central Norway. Additionally, the museum operates comprehensive community outreach programs and has exhibits in wooden buildings in Kalvskinnet.
  The Ringve Botantical Garden in Lade as well as Kongsvoll Alpine Garden in Dovre are also under the jurisdiction of the NTNU University Museum.
  The museum has its roots in the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters since 1760. Since 1968, the museum was closely affiliated with the University in Trondheim, then with NTNU since 1996.
  In addition to managing archives and producing exhibits, the museum participates in larger research projects and cooperates with other university museums in digitizing collected works and building databases.
  Norway's Museum Union named the NTNU University Museum "Norway's Museum of the Year" in 2010.
  Reidar Andersen has been the museum director since August 1, 2013.
context_section_description: The museum has both fixed, permanent exhibitions, as well as temporary exhibitions. These are partially arranged by the museum itself, while others are organized by guest exhibitions produced by other institutions or organizations, or in collaboration with the museum and other entities.
  The exhibitions are shown in three buildings in Kalvskinnet in Trondheim:
  In the building Gunnerushuset, archaeological exhibits from the Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages, along with the Viking Age in Central Norway are placed on display. The building also houses other exhibits, like the "1760 - Science at the Edge of the World" exhibition. This exhibition addresses the history of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and a few items from the museum's very first collections. The Institute for Archaeology and Cultural History, along with the Section for Public Exhibitions have administrative offices in this building.
  In the building Suhmhuset, the museum runs the "Middle Ages in Trondheim" exhibition, which was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award in 1997. This building also houses the "Who Owns History" exhibit containing southern Sami archaeological items.
  Schøninghuset contains the museum's administration, the offices for the Institute of Natural History, and several magazines.
  As of April 2017, the museum has been in the process of a reorganization due to the large exhibit, "BODY WORLDS Vital", which was displayed in Gunnerhuset between June 8 and October 8, 2017. Several of the museum's exhibits were removed to make room for BODY WORLDS Vital. Several were replaced again, either entirely or partially after October 2017.
  The following exhibits remained during "BODY WORLDS Vital":
  Middle Ages in Trondheim
  This exhibit is permanent. It primarily focuses on recreating life in Trondheim during the Catholic Middle Ages, circa 1010–1537, through a simulated image created from objects and building ruins found underneath Trondheim streets. Norway's oldest wooden constructions were found in Trondheim, and these buildings have been reconstructed based on the results of archaeological findings.
  Who owns history?
  This exhibit opened on February 5, 2017 and remained on displayed throughout the year. It was produced in conjunction with Tråante 2017 and in collaboration with collaboration with the Saemien Sijte Southern Sámi museum, the Rørosmuseet museum, and the Lesja Village Museum. The exhibit includes finds that show the Sámi presence in Southern Norway far earlier than previously thought.
  1760 - Science at the Edge of the World
  The exhibit depicts the 18th century as a transition period between the Middle Age church-dominated worldview and the start of the modern era - the Enlightenment Era and the Scientific Revolution. It offers an image of Trondheim in the 18th centyrt, the early learning environment and the conditions for the establishment of DKNVS. The exhibition deals with astronomy and science, technological advancements, and societal upheaval, the DKNVS's operations and exhibition business. Books and publications play an important role in the exhibit, alongside the original printings and illustrations.
  Central Norway's prehistory
  The exhibit regarding Central Norway's prehistory covers a span of 10,000 years, from the early Stone Age until the 11th century BCE. It contains tools of flint, quartz, and slate from the Stone Age. From the Bronze Age, the exhibit contains jewelry, weapons, and tools from bronze from abroad. Findings from the early Iron Age reflect tapestry-weaving, goldsmithing, blacksmithing, and imports from the Roman Empire.
  The exhibition is the only preserved "classical" archaeological exhibit in Norway. Human tools, jewelry, and weapons are exhibited in the manner in which they were found, without an attempt to reconstruct living environments or objects.
  These exhibits were deconstructed or closed during BODY WORLDS, but were partially replaced in October 2017.
  Polar Night
  This exhibit covers light, plans, and animals in the Arctic Ocean.
  Deadly Business
  This exhibit shows how illegal businesse
caption: Butterflies in the Exhibition on Illegal Trade Photo: Trond Sverre Kristiansen/NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
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