Knowledge alarm 2010
A city on the edge of the world. A ship full of animals. Dusty curiosities. Super-advanced brain research. Cities of the future. The moorings creak. A bishop long dead. Your most distant ancestors. A giant octopus.
On 12 March 2010, the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology opened a large exhibition to celebrate the 250 year anniversary for the establishment of the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters and the 100 year anniversary for the establishment of the Norwegian Institute of Technology.
The jubilee exhibition includes four sub exhibitions with the common theme "Science through 250 years":
- From Noah's Ark to the Double Helix
- 1760 – Science on the edge of the world
- Research and the Future (finished)
- Science and Truth (finished)
The exhibitions show how belief, science and technological development have affected our social development. We look at the development of different world pictures throughout the ages, and in what ways natural sciences and knowledge about the past are important when it comes to the protection and management of our natural and cultural heritage.
Through interactive elements in the exhibitions, as well as stations with eye-opening experiences, the audience is challenged in various ways.
