Tromsø University Museum is the oldest scientific institution in North-Norway. It was established in 1872 and incorporated in the University of Tromsø in 1976. The museum has 80,000-90,000 visitors annually.

The museum consists of six departments

• Geology
• Botany research projects
• Zoology
• Archaeology Excavations/Research projects
• Cultural History maintains a photo collection of more than 100,000 (historic) pictures
• Sámi Ethnography

The museum publish the popular science magazine Ottar (Norwegian only) and an English language publication called Way North.

See also

• Arctic-alpine botanic garden

External links

• Official homepage
• Tromsø Museum's online photo archive
• Edtitions of the science magazine Way North