Resistance Museum Bergen

Resistance Museum, Bergen - darkometer rating : 3 - A museum in Bergen about the time of WWII and the resistance movement during the occupation of Norway by Germany . It's less comprehensive than its counterpart in Oslo , but somewhat more modern in design and thus well worth a look. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: For historical background on the main topic of the museum see under Norwegian Resistance Museum , Oslo , and also Industrial Workers Museum Vemork , Falstad Centre , Theta- Museum as well as under Norway in general. The official name of the museum is Bergenhus Festningsmuseum, and indeed its scope goes somewhat beyond the topic of Norwegian Resistance 1940-45. This is however its main focus, so for ease of reference it's filed here simply under "Resistance Museum". It's a relatively recent addition to the city's museums; the current exhibitions were only opened between 2004 and 2007. The museum is administered under the aegis of the Armed Forces Museum in Oslo . What there is to see: The museum comprises several separate but thematically more or less linked exhibitions on three floors. The core is the one about Norwegian Resistance as such, but other parts go beyond this, starting on the ground floor, which has a small exhibition about the role of women in Norwegian military history. On the first floor there are also collections of historic newspaper cuttings/facsimiles, including underground ones (but you'd need a good knowledge of Norwegian to get much out of these parts – otherwise it's quite boring), as well as a section about Norway's contribution to international UN missions since WWII.