Svalbard Museum
Svalbard Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Møysalen stands 1,148 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is North Pole Expedition Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago. The museum displays artifacts from the history of Svalbard since its settlement, and exhibits of local plants and animals. Its exhibitions describe the factors that support human activity in Svalbard, showing the close relationship between nature and human cultural history on the islands. "Life in Light and Ice" is the museum's core exhibit. It describes the history of the archipelago, from the first whalers to the present society based on mining, research, and tourism. Managing collections and engaging in research and dissemination within the broad and complex fields the Svalbard Museum's mission means that they must collaborate with local, regional, national, and international entities. They're always on the lookout for potentially fruitful collaborative projects. The museum is housed in the University Centre in Svalbard building. The Svalbard Museum was awarded the 2008 Council of Europe Museum Prize, awarded annually by the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (under the European Museum of the Year Award scheme of the European Museum Forum). The award is given annually to a European museum which (among other criteria) is judged to have made a significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage.
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Dates from 1979.
Wikidata Q1327658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sukkertoppen: 0.9 mi
- Adventtoppen: 3.4 mi
- Hiorthfjellet: 3.4 mi
- Trollsteinen: 3.9 mi
- Lars Hiertafjellet: 4.4 mi
- Taubanesentralen: 0.5 mi
- John Munro Longyear memorial: 0.6 mi
- Gruve 1A Amerikagruva: 0.8 mi
- Gruve 1B: 1.7 mi
- Operasion Fritham: 22.1 mi
- Svalbard Husky: 0.4 mi
- Polar bear road sign: 1.0 mi
- Isgrotta på Longyearbreen: 4.3 mi
- Svalbard Husky: 4.7 mi
- Sjampanjeglass: 5.2 mi
- Polar Bear: 0.2 mi
- Perpetual Repercussion: 2.4 mi
- Perpetual Repercussion: 2.4 mi
- Signboard: 2.8 mi
- The Mail Coach: 23.1 mi
- North Pole Expedition Museum: 0.1 mi
- WildPhoto Travel: 0.2 mi
- Hyperittfossen: 11.8 mi
- Frozen waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Gåsøyane fuglereservat: 17.9 mi
- Boulder-stones!: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Svalbard Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Møysalen | ESE 115° | 1,148 m | 15.0 mi |
| Skolten | ESE 109° | 1,130 m | 15.1 mi |
| Helvetiafjellet | E 92° | 1,079 m | 8.3 mi |
| Møysalen | ESE 114° | 1,060 m | 14.3 mi |
| Nordenskiöld Fjellet | SW 227° | 1,051 m | 4.4 mi |
| Håbergnuten | SSW 212° | 1,031 m | 6.7 mi |
| Karl Bayfjellet | S 175° | 1,022 m | 6.4 mi |
| Ringdalsfjellet | S 185° | 1,006 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 05:54 | 15:57 | 18:18 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 16:57 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | Polar night | — | — |
Local time (Arctic/Longyearbyen).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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