Bergen University Museum - Natural History
Historic natural history museum with a famed whale-skeleton hall, bird staircase and botanical garden.
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This guide to the natural history museum in Bergen follows Fridtjof Nansen in the eighteen eighties, years before he was an explorer, when he worked here as a young curator of zoology. It takes you into the fiercest argument in brain science of his day, a trip to Camillo Golgi's laboratory in Pavia, and a humble sea creature most visitors would never look at twice. Best heard in the entrance hall before you head for the whale skeletons.
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