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
In 1961, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark began a historic, joint archaeological project in Lower Nubia just south of the Sudanese-Egyptian border. The Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudanese Nubia (SJE) conducted well-documented excavation and survey work in their concession area until 1964 as part of UNESCO’s rescue mission before the completion of the Aswan High Dam.
We are pleased to announce Emeritus Professor Richard Bradley, Reading University and Honorary Research Associate in the School of Archaeology at Oxford University, as the speaker for 2026 Gutorm Gjessing Lecture Series with the lecture 'Archaeologies of an enchanted landscape: places becoming monuments in the prehistory of Northern Britain'.
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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.