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This museum in Akershus Fortress showing Norway's military progression from Viking to present days.
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Reviews — 8
Great museum. Very nice tour and not too expensive. Very nice area overall. It was cool to see the fort and the museum. Inside the museum there was tons to see and it was well laid out. I was sad to see a digital camera in there it made me feel old! Haha. Overall very nice thank you!
Very interesting! Several exhibitions about the history of Norwegian armed forced form the time of the union with Norway until the current time
Nice staff, liked the focus on the peace missions, included in the Oslo pass
Very interesting exhibits from the middle ages to modern times. Uniforms, arms, munitions and dioramas make a museum worth your time while in Oslo
This museum consists of two main exhibitions. First, close to the entrance, is dedicated mainly to the international missions in which the Norwegian Armed Forces participated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The second part is focused on the presentation of weaponry and equipment from the medieval period to the early 21st century. It is enriched by films and dioramas. In the museum could be also found the exhibition dedicated to the history of the Norwegian monarchy.
On the ground floor, it is also a cafe offering warm and cold drinks as well as various snacks.
On the ground floor, it is also a cafe offering warm and cold drinks as well as various snacks.
All in all this is a great museum. Lots of history past present and future. My only complaint is not very English friendly
Fantastic museum that when I visited was included with the Oslo Pass. I spent about 2-3 hours here in a Sunday walking through the entire museum. They had a few exhibits with modern military equipment and stories about Norwegian Armed Forces. Then, on the second floor, you step back into the time of Vikings and work your way through the years with exhibits on everything related to military activities. There are a lot of interesting weapons and armor from the Vikings to modern-day Norwegian soldiers to look at and plenty of information on all of it. There is plenty of information on the soldiers and civilians from each exhibit explaining daily life or how people were affected. I really enjoyed visiting the museum. I would definitely go back whenever I visit Oslo again.