• Temporary exhibition: Queer at Sea

    Many Norwegians worked at sea in the 1960s and 1970s, and we may think of the stereotypical Norwegian seaman as a masculine, heterosexual man. What wa…

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  • Permanent exhibition: 2000 years of maritime history

    Experience maritime history in a spectacular building in the heart of Bergen. The exhibitions not only provide you with a maritime atmosph…

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  • Ancient shipping history

    This part of the exhibition deals with Norwegian and particularly western Norwegian maritime history from ancient times until the middle ages.

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  • 1600-1700s

    During the middle ages the Hanseatic League took control of trade in Northern Europe. Not until the seventeenth century was Norway once again in posit…

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  • The sailing ship era

    The nineteenth century is commonly referred to as the golden age of sailing vessels.

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  • Training ships

    Statsraad Lehmkuhl ble kjøpt til Bergen i 1923, og skulle gjennom mange år gi et kjærkomment utdanningstilbud til ungdom som siktet seg inn på en karr…

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  • Traditional inshore craft

    This part of the exhibition tells the story how steamers played a key role in the development of Norwegian society during the nineteenth and twentieth…

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  • Wooden shipbuilding

    Wooden shipbuilding in the Bergen area has long traditions. However, it was not until 1784 that the first permanent wooden shipyard was established.

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  • Steamers

    The paddle steamer SS Constitutionen was Norway’s first steamer in 1826, but it took considerable time before Norway had a steamship fleet of any sign…

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  • Shipbuilding and mechanical engineering

    The museum has a small section set aside to shipbuilding and mechanical engineering. Ships of metal have been built in Bergen since 1857, and Bergens …

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  • Coastal and fjord steamers

    For many Norwegian senior citizens, coastal and fjord steamers and their ports of call represent a nostalgic re-encounter with their childhood and you…

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  • Tanker and liner traffic

    Norwegian liner and tanker traffic prospered during the interwar years. Bergen had a key role in overseas liner traffic during the years leading up to…

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  • The world wars

    At the beginning of both World War I and II, Norway had among the largest merchant fleets in the world. Several thousand Norwegian merchant sailors lo…

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  • Offshore

    The Norwegian oil age started in earnest with the discovery of the Ekofisk field in 1969. The finding generated increasing interest among Norwegian sh…

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  • The Telavåg exhibition

    No other place in Norway was more harshly struck by German terror during the Second World War than Telavåg. The North Sea Traffic Museum tells the dra…

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  • North Sea Traffic Exhibition

    During the war, crossing the North Sea was punishable by death. At the North Sea Traffic Museum you will get an insight into the lives of those who de…

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  • Mobile app as a guide

    Download “Telavåg 1942” and let the app guide you to the most important places for the events in Telavåg during the Second World War.    The app i…

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  • Gul 16

    On the 15th of December 1943, the German fighter aircraft Yellow-16 took off from Fliegerhorst in Herdla. It returned 64 years later. You can see Yell…

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  • Herdla - nature and history

    With Herdla Fort and the Gul-16 building as a starting point, you can get to know the little island with a lot of exciting things to offer. After a vi…

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  • Herdla torpedo battery

    Up until a few years ago, the torpedo battery was a top-secret defence facility. Today the fully equipped battery is protected as cultural heritage. J…

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  • Herdla Fuglestasjon

    Herdla Fuglestasjon (bird station) was established in 2012 which was the first year for organised bird ringing through both the spring and autumn migr…

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