1760 Science at the edge of the world

1760 – Science at the Edge of the World

1760 – Science at the Edge of the World

Welcome to the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters (DKNVS) in the year 1760. In this exhibition, you find some of the University Museum’s first collections of objects and books. 

Here, you get to meet Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus, the founder and driving force behind the society that would one day become the University Museum. DKNVS was founded in an exciting era, where the worldview shifted from the church-dominated medieval period, to the Age of Enlightenment and scientific revolution. 

Explore the University Museum's long history and learn how what started as three volumes of Danish-Norwegian history, became a collection counting thousands of objects.  

 

The 1757 bible, Weigel's heraldic globe, and the Herschel-telescope are on loan from the NTNU University Library's special collections.

Opening hours and tickets

Opening hours and tickets

Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

The museum shop is in addition open Mondays, 10 am - 16 pm

Ringve Botanical Garden is always open

Opening hours on public holidays

Where to find the exhibition

Where to find the exhibition

NTNU Gunnerius

You can find the exhibition in the Gunnerus building, at Kalvskinnet Campus, Trondheim.