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  Hamar - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hamar is a town and municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.
The Hedmark museum, located on Domkirkeodden is an important historical landmark in Hamar, an out-door museum with remains of the medieval church, in a protective glass housing, the episcopal fortress, and a collection of old farm houses.
The museum is a combined medieval, ethnological and archeological museum and has received architectural prizes for its approach to conservation and exhibition.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hamar   (499 words)

  
 Hedmark museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hedmark Museum (Hedmarksmuseet og Domkirkeodden in Norwegian) is a regional museum for the municipalities of Stange, Hamar (which now includes Vang i Hedmark), Løten, and Ringsaker in central eastern Norway.
Its ethnological museum provides a good sense of how people in the Hedmark region lived from about the 1500s until the early 20th century.
The medieval museum was designed by Sverre Fehn in concrete, wood, and glass to contrast with the stone structures of the medieval ruins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hedmark_museum   (430 words)

  
 NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
The Norwegian Emigrant Museum was established in Oslo in 1952 on the initiative of the Norsemen’s Federation (Nordmanns-Forbundet).
The museum is being expanded as regards both collection and staff and in 1988 was given the official name of The Norwegian Emigrant Museum (Norsk Utvandrermuseum).
The Gunderson house at the Norwegian Emigrant Museum.
www.stolaf.edu /naha/pubs/nas/volume32/vol32_06.htm   (7074 words)

  
 [ ABM-utvikling: English : Summaries ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At the same time, the museum sector is developing new types of museums and is forging new alliances, for example with educational and research institutions, the travel industry and local, national and international cultural groups.
In chapter 4, the functions of a museum are analysed, and information is given about the practical aspects of running of a museum and the allocation of space; also discussed are preservation and storage, and operation and maintenance.
This museum building and the exhibition as a whole are recognised as outstanding masterpieces among Norwegian architecture, but they are also controversial in respect of their role as a museum.
www.abm-utvikling.no /om/engelsk/no7.html   (1069 words)

  
 Design Project
A "suspended museum" has been created, and this makes it possible to be in a position to understand history---not with the aid of pages of a book---but as it appears in the world of archaeology.
In the south-facing wing is the auditorium,departments for temporary exhibitions and offices for the administration of the museum.
The museum is not limited to the interior of the walls and roof of the barn.
www.arch.mcgill.ca /prof/mellin/arch671/winter2003/studentwork/Sun/web/5thpage.htm   (480 words)

  
 Hamar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The modern city of Hamar was founded a kilometer or so south of the medieval city in 1849 by King Oscar as a trading center.
The museum is a combined medieval, ethnological and archaeological museum and has received architectural prizes for its approach to conservation and exhibition.
The Norwegian national railway museum (Norsk Jernbanemuseum) is also situated in Hamar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamar   (499 words)

  
 Ancestors from Norway - Hedmark genealogy resources
To the north of Hedmark is Sør Trøndelag fylke, to the west is Oppland fylke, and to the south is Akershus fylke.
Hedmark is Norway's 3rd largest fylke, and agriculture in various forms are central to its economy.
Hedmark bygdebooks is a list I have put together of the bygdebooks that cover various areas in Hedmark.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~norway/hedmark.html   (955 words)

  
 Elverum - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Elverum is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.
The Norwegian Forest Museum is a national museum recognizing the importance of forestry to the Norwegain economy.
A pedestrian bridge across the Klokkerfoss falls leads to the Glomdal Museum, one of the largest Norwegian outdoor museums, with numerous houses from the mountain parishess of Østerdalen and the lowland districts of Solør on the Glomma river valley.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Elverum   (759 words)

  
 www.hedmark.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With its 110,000 annual visitors, the Norwegian Forestry Museum is one of the country’s major museums.
The museum’s location, by Glomma’s riverside, invites to a day full of adventures for the whole family.
The town is a hub for Hedmark and the eastern part of southern Norway.
www.hedmark.com /english/cities/elverum.php   (509 words)

  
 ASHM History
At that time the dedication of the museum was planned for the fall of 1929 and there were hopes that the newly elected President Herbert Hoover could be persuaded to take part.
In preparation for the tercentenary celebration, the Museum building was repainted and part of the roof, which had been blown off in a bad storm a few years earlier, was permanently replaced.
At the Museum, where the lack of funds was a constant problem, this led to thought in some quarters of closing down the present Museum and making a fresh start at that site.
www.americanswedish.org /history.html   (2930 words)

  
 Norway Interesting Facts - Places & Things
Away from the immediate city centre, the Holmenkollen ski jumping complex with its Museum of Skiing is popular, as are the 12th-century Cistercian monastery ruins on Hovedøya, a short boat trip from the harbour.
Among non-winter-specific attractions in the town are the Norwegian Olympic Museum, the Maihaugen open air museum (which features a collection of over 170 historic buildings from the Gudbrandsdal area), and the Art Museum, with its extensive Norwegian collections.
Elsewhere, the Ringve Museum is famous for its collection of rare historic musical instruments, while the Trøndelag Folk Museum incorporates the ruins of a 12th-century castle.
www.travel-island.com /interesting.places/norway.html   (2983 words)

  
 Norwegian architect wins '97 Pritzker Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Glacier Museum, completed in 1991, is built on a plain carved by the Josstedal Glacier at the mouth of the Fjaerland Fjord.
The museum is the centerpiece in a panoramic view that includes steep mountainsides and fjord, with the glacier at the top.
Since the area is subject to periodic flooding from the Glomma River, Fehn built the museum on an embankment that becomes an island during floods.
www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/features/97/04/14/pritzker.0-0.html   (591 words)

  
 Oppland Hedmark - TravelPuppy.com
Central southern Norway, comprising Oppland and Hedmark, is a land of mountains, spectacular glacial valleys, including Gudbrandsdal, one of country’s longest and most beautiful, and high plateaux.
Among non-winter-specific attractions in the town are the Norwegian Olympic Museum, the Maihaugen Open Air Museum (which features a collection of over 170 historic buildings from the Gudbrandsdal region), and the Art Museum, with its extensive Norwegian collections.
There is also a Museum of Holography, unique in the country, and the Olympic Hall, which staged skating events during the 1994 Winter Olympics.
travelpuppy.com /norway/oppland-hedmark.htm   (344 words)

  
 Cultural Events and Museums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hedmark is home to Norway’s number one museum in 2002.
The Norwegian Forestry Museum is an excellent example of Hedmark’s and its inhabitants’ strong cultural traditions and heritage.
In addition, we have themed museums such as Railway Museum, Aquavit Museum, Mining Museum, Motor Museum, Paper Mill Museum, Traditional Summer Farm Museum, Emigration Museum,, "Opera Singer Museum" and last but not least, "Mjøsa’s White Swan" Skibladner, which is a "floating museum".
www.hedmark.com /english/culturalevents.php   (102 words)

  
 Hamar
Hamar is the principal city of the Hedmark county.
The town is serving as centre for Hedmark county’s public administration, the various county departments and Eidsivating Court of Appeals.
It is an out-door museum with remains of the medieval church in a protective glass housing and a collection of old farmhouses.
www.rallynorway.com /en/about_norway/hamar.html   (912 words)

  
 Hamar
Hamar is a town in the county of Hedmark, Norway.
Hamar is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's biggest lake, and is the principal city of the Hedmark county.
Between year 500 and 1000 AD, the farm Aker was probably one of the most important power centres in Norway, located just a few kilometres outside today's Hamar.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/h/ha/hamar.html   (326 words)

  
 Fotosekretariatet - Our visual cultural heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The primary objective of the national effort to preserve photographic material is to ensure that original material is provided with the greatest possible degree of protection and that such material is made easily accessible to researchers and the general public.
The Norsk museum for fotografi - Preus fotomuseum is responsible for efforts relating to the artistic, cultural and technical aspects of photography, i.e.
Through its research, collection and conservation activities, the museum creates a foundation for knowledge about and the understanding and experience of photography as a manifestation of cultural history, as a social phenomenon and as a form of aesthetic and artistic expression.
www.abm-utvikling.no /publisert/fotosekretariatet/culturalheritage.html   (1810 words)

  
 Travel Tips Of Norway
Away from the immediate city center, the Holmenkollen ski jumping complex with its Museum of Skiing is popular, as are the 12th-century Cistercian monastery ruins on Hovedøya, a short boat trip from the harbor.
Central southern Norway, comprising Oppland and Hedmark, is a land of mountains, spectacular glacial valleys, including Gudbrandsdal (one of Norway’s longest and most beautiful), and high plateau.
Lightly populated throughout, apart from the larger centers of Elverum, Hamar, Kongsvinger and Lillehammer (site of the 1994 Winter Olympics), this is a region of small settlements suitable for those seeking solitude and wilderness – or winter sports facilities.
www.southtravels.com /europe/norway/tourism.html   (1936 words)

  
 Hedmark Reiseliv BA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hedmark is located on the northbound route to Trondheim, less than 2 hours from Oslo.
Our small towns offer plenty of shopping opportunities, and you will find restaurants, art galleries and museums all over Hedmark.
Please accept our apologies for any shortcomings and mistakes that may occur in the contents of the new Portal during its initial phase.
www.hedmark.com /english   (203 words)

  
 Continuity and Confessionality - sub-projects
He has earlier worked as a Cataloguer at the Norwegian Folk Museum, and is very well acquainted with the museological side of the project.
He has written a number of articles and books on the sub-project's theme, and has in addition worked as Section Leader at a museum of cultural history, and is thereby familiar with the museological side of the material.
Pedersen is Head Curator at Hedmark Museum professor in Ethnology at the University of Oslo.
www.hf.uio.no /ikos/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/kontinuitet/english/subprojects.html   (1760 words)

  
 Hedmark Museum and Domkirkeodden Cathedral ruins, Hamar - visitnorway.com
Hedmark Museum and Domkirkeodden Cathedral ruins, Hamar - visitnorway.com
The Hedmark Museum and Domkirkeodden welcomes young and old to the Medieval Festival in Hamar June 12th – 13th, 2004.
Enjoy a lovely summer’s day in the museum park and visit our open-air museum, go to the nearby beach, have a meal at our restaurant or buy some memories from our souvenir shop.
www.visitnorway.com /templates/NTRarticle.aspx?id=40285   (241 words)

  
 Sverre Fehn (Norway - the official site in China)
In the 1960s he produced two works that have remained highlights in his career: the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the Hedmark Museum in Hamar, Norway.
The museum may well be Fehn’s greatest achievement.
In recent years Fehn has produced a string of highly acclaimed museums in Norway: the Norwegian Glacier Museum (1991) in Fjærland, the Aukrust Centre (1996) in Alvdal, the Ivar Aasen Centre (2000) in Ørsta and the Norwegian Museum for Photography (2001) in Horten.
www.norway.cn /culture/architecture/fehn/fehn.htm   (590 words)

  
 Hamar, Norway
16,000) is the chief town of Hedmark county, which lies on the north side of the Akersvik, at the mouth of the Furnesfjord, which runs north for some 15km/9mi.
West of the town, on the Storhamarodde (Domkirkeodde) peninsula, are the ruins of the 12th century Cathedral of Hamar and the Hedmark Museum, with numbers of old wooden buildings (the oldest dating from 1583), an open-air theater and a restaurant.
A huge glass roof is being built over the Cathedral ruins to protect them against further damage from environmental influences; the structure was built with assistance from the European Community.
www.planetware.com /norway/hamar-n-hdm-ham.htm   (140 words)

  
 Excite UK - Travel - Europe - Norway - Resorts and Excursions
Museums abound, and there is a large aquarium.
Lightly populated throughout, apart from the larger centres of Elverum, Hamar, Kongsvinger and Lillehammer (site of the 1994 Winter Olympics), this is a region of small settlements suitable for those seeking solitude and wilderness – or winter sports facilities.
The countrys biggest skiing and winter sports centre, offering both Alpine and Nordic disciplines, Lillehammer stands on the banks of the Mjøsa Lake, Norway’s largest with an area of 362 sq km (140 sq miles), and which reputedly conceals a ‘Loch Ness’ monster.
travel.excite.co.uk /travel/guides/europe/norway/ResortsExcursions   (1908 words)

  
 Norway: Hedmark Museum and Cathedral
The Hedmark Museum and Cathedral are situated in beautiful surroundings by the Mjøsa Lake.
There are displays of artefacts from the Viking Age, the Iron Age and the Middle Ages up to the 19th century.
The Hedmark Museum is the Proprietor of the Kirsten Flagstad Museum.
www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /norway/Units/753.html   (155 words)

  
 The American-Scandinavian Foundation
With his design for the Hedmark Museum, Sverre Fehn fully demonstrated his constructive and artistic talent: The ruins of the medieval cathedral are enveloped by a shell that avoids mimicking the architectural language of the past.
The Norwegian Glacier Museum at Fjærland (1991), on an arm of the Sognefjord in the West Country, presents the life and history of the Jostedal Glacier.
He himself has named his 1972 project for Tullinløkka -currently the square is the subject of controversy in connection with a museum extension in central Oslo-as one of his favorites.
www.amscan.org /fehn.html   (2182 words)

  
 Hamar kommune -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Today, Domkirkeodden is the site of Hedmark Museum, which is both a mediaeval museum for Hamarkaupangen and a folk museum for the regional districts of the county of Hedmark.
Domkirkeodden is the “thousand year site” both for the county of Hedmark and the borough of Hamar.
Altogether the finds confirm that Åker Farm was an important centre of power in Hedmark from the 6th century and right up to the end of the Viking period in about 1000 AD.
www.hamar.kommune.no /article.php?articleID=5863   (1656 words)

  
 information about Norway, complete guide for Norway,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
HAMAR: At the northern end of the Mjøsa Lake, Hamar contains the Hedmark Museum, dedicated to the medieval period.
RøROS: One of just four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Norway, Røros is a small but picturesque mountain town near the Swedish border; from the 17th century until the 1980s it had been a copper mining and smelting settlement.
MO-I-RANA: Northern Norway's third largest, and most southerly town of any size is a popular stopping off point for visitors keen to explore the coastline, the mountains and nearby glaciers.
destinia.com /guide/the-world/europe/norway/1-30004-30169/11/en   (1949 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6
Moreover, there is one model for each work exhibited (in total 18 models) and 1 general introduction displayer with a model of the project for the National Waterways Museum "Norsk Vassdragsmuseum".
The Norwegian Museum of Architecture has arranged for the insurance covering transportation and presentation period.
Notice of damages must be reported soonest possible on fax No in Oslo : 22 42 41 06 to the Norwegian Museum of Architecture.
www.museumsnett.no /arkitekturmuseet/newpages/sverrefehninfo.html   (918 words)

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