Sights in Trøndelag

Nidarosdomen
In the heart of historic Trondheim, the Cathedral and the Arch Bishop’s Palace are situated side by side.
The sagas and history has given the Nidaros Cathedral and the Archbishop’s Palace a dignified position among Norway’s tourist sites. At this meeting place, there is a living house of worship, a popular concert venue and a highly esteemed museum.

Vitenskapsmuseet
The museum’s collections consist mainly of artefacts within science and cultural history. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, there are also several exhibitions and other events with socially related themes, such as on-going archaeological and science related research projects.

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum
Historical and modern collections of art and crafts as well as designs in glass, silver, costumes, textiles, furniture and ceramics on 3 floors.

Ringve
At Ringve, you will find Norway’s national museum of music and musical instruments with collections from all over the world.

Museet i Erkebispegården
Together with the Nidaros Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace has a unique place in the history of Norway. From the middle of the 11th century, the palace was a spiritual and political centre. The Archbishop’s Palace was the centre of the Norwegian church province which included not only Norway, but also the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Isle of Man, Iceland and Greenland.

Trondheim Kunstmuseum
Trondheim Kunstmuseum has Norway’s third largest collection of art with a main emphasis on Norwegian art from about 1850 to the present.

Rustkammeret
Rustkammeret as a concept dates back to the medieval fortresses and castles. The present Rustkammeret in Trondheim may be traced back to the Archbishop’s Palace of the Middle Ages.

Sjøfartsmuseet
The exhibitions are under reconstruction and the maritime museum will therefore be closed until 2010. Here, we plan an exciting learn and play concept for the whole family.

Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum
Trøndelag Folkemuseum (National Heritage Museum) is one of the country’s biggest culture historical museums with collections of buildings, artefacts, archives and an extensive historical photo archive.

Norsk Telemuseum
The exhibition’s main focus is the local tele-communication history from beacons and old-fashioned telegraph, via Morse and telephone to pagers and mobile phones.

Sporveismuseet
Tram material from Trondheim Sporvei and A/S Graakalbanen.

RockHeim
Rockheim is the national museum for pop and rock music in Norway. The museum is responsible for collecting, safeguarding and disseminating Norwegian popular music from the 1950-ies to the present. When Rockheim opens, almost 20 fulltime man-years will be involved in this work.

Middelalderutstillingen
The exhibition mainly tries to recreate life in Trondheim in Catholic medieval time (about 1050-1537). The smells and the dirt is something that the visitors have to imagine in an urban scene which builds on artefacts and remnants of buildings that are dug out under the streets of Trondheim.

Norsk Døvemuseum
National museum for the culture and history of people with hearing disabilities.

Norsk Rettsmuseum
Norsk Rettsmuseum (The Norwegian Court Museum) is the national museum for the legal sector. A main idea with all the dissemination we carry out is to show how law and justice always has been – and always will be – necessary to make society work. That is why we do not only tell stories from the past, but also about law and justice in our own time.

Kristiansten Festning
Kristiansten Fortress from 1681.

Riksregaliene
The Royal Regalia unite national symbols with exquisite goldsmith’s art.

Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst
Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst (TSSK) (Centre for Contemporary Art) is an artists’ managed institution for dissemination of contemporary art in Trondheim. This is the gallery where you can experience art that has not become history. TSSK presents changing exhibitions of contemporary art and is dedicated to presenting innovative and experimental art.