Fjaerland glacier museum

Fjaerland Glacier Museum - darkometer rating : 3 - A modern museum in Norway near Europe's largest mainland glacier, Jostedalsbreen, which is also the museum's main topic. However, what makes it also a site for the dark tourist is the extra exhibition about the looming dangers of global warming . It presents a drastic wake-up call by projecting what may be in store if nothing is done to curb/stop climate change. > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos What there is to see: The Glacier Museum in Fjaerland, or "Norsk BreMuseum", to give it its official name in Norwegian, is a major attraction in the area complementing the natural splendour of the mighty Jostedalsbreen glacier itself. But it's not just something for a rainy day, it well merits a visit in any case. Inside too it's all very modern, with a highly interactive and media-heavy exhibition. Lovers of the hands-on type of museum (rather than the kind where you just passively soak up information) will really like it … kids get a lot to do here, even if they don't grasp the whole significance of the exhibits, so it's a very family-friendly place. Glaciers, how they form, their characteristics, their relation to human cultures, etc., etc., are naturally the main topic, and the Jostedalsbreen in particular is the principal focus. But it goes beyond that. E.g. it also has a mammoth tusk from Siberia, and features various set-ups with experiments revolving in one way or another around ice/glaciers. So why should it be listed on this website as a dark tourism site? It's not just the replica of Ötzi, the 5000-year-old "ice man" corpse found well-preserved on an Austrian glacier in 1991.