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Our research

Research groups

The Museum of Cultural History has cross-disciplinary research groups connected to international networks, are arranging six open seminars each year and take part in the Research Day at the Museum of Cultural History.

Research projects

The research projects at the Museum of Cultural History explore topics within the three areas of the research strategy of the museum. The projects are connected with one or more of the researcher groups.

Research infrastructure: SciCult-KHM

SciCult-KHM – Science for Cultural Heritage KHM – is a heritage science laboratory collaborating with research environments nationally and internationally.

Reference collection for Stone Age artefacts

The reference collection consists of about 16,000 experimentally produced and copied lithic artefacts, corresponding to artefact material found at Stone Age sites in Norway.

Analysis Committee

The analysis committee processes applications for analysis and sampling of objects and osteological material that are in the Cultural History Museum's collections.

Events

2:00 PM, Seminar room in St. Olavs gate 29

Greenland’s repatriation work has resulted in the restitution of more than 30 000 cultural objects. In this SENKU seminar, Dr Christian Koch Madsen from Greenland National Museum & Archives will talk about the past but foremost the present and future repatriation strategies and processes in Greenland.

InART2024 Conference 4-7 June 2024

InART provides a platform of knowledge-sharing between different fields of science and technologies applied to the characterization, conservation and preservation of global cultural heritage.

Welcome to the 6th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology – InART2024 – in Oslo 4-7 June 2024.

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    Get a closer look at our collections

    Artefacts at the Museum of Cultural History are available in the Unimus portal.

    Our PhD students and early career researchers

    The Museum of Cultural History has eight positions for PhD research fellows and every year two open positions within the three areas of the research strategy of the museum are announced, while two of the positions always are earmarked for other research requirements that may occur at the museum. 

    The museum's Research Council and Association