Norway's Resistance Museum
After visiting the Nobel Peace Center, we walked over to Norway's Resistance Museum, which is on the port as well. I was intrigued by the museum and the history behind an occupied territory.
The museum is in the Akershus Fortress.
The museum was much bigger than we expected. It is organized chronologically and really walks through the lead-up to World War II and through to the end of the war. The content was really interesting. It was a nice lead in from the Nobel Peace Center with its feature exhibit; this almost starts where that left off. Norway resisted the German invasion. Norway was at an interesting position as it is disconnected from mainland Europe and fairly close to the UK. It is believed that Hitler was fairly paranoid about an invasion via Norway to mainland Europe. With Sweden maintaining its neutrality throughout the war, it also offered an easy "out" for all protesters in Norway.
I think the museum painted an extremely optimistic picture of the engagement and sentiment within Norway during the occupation of Norway. That being said, it was really interesting to see how Norwegians protested actively and worked against the occupation.
I wish the exhibits had been more edited. It was a lot of content, and I am not sure all of it was value-add.
Overall though great content and examples. It was very well laid out and told a good story.
Time in museum: 45 minutes
Times visited: 1
Overall: B+
The museum is in the Akershus Fortress.
The museum was much bigger than we expected. It is organized chronologically and really walks through the lead-up to World War II and through to the end of the war. The content was really interesting. It was a nice lead in from the Nobel Peace Center with its feature exhibit; this almost starts where that left off. Norway resisted the German invasion. Norway was at an interesting position as it is disconnected from mainland Europe and fairly close to the UK. It is believed that Hitler was fairly paranoid about an invasion via Norway to mainland Europe. With Sweden maintaining its neutrality throughout the war, it also offered an easy "out" for all protesters in Norway.
I think the museum painted an extremely optimistic picture of the engagement and sentiment within Norway during the occupation of Norway. That being said, it was really interesting to see how Norwegians protested actively and worked against the occupation.
I wish the exhibits had been more edited. It was a lot of content, and I am not sure all of it was value-add.
Overall though great content and examples. It was very well laid out and told a good story.
Time in museum: 45 minutes
Times visited: 1
Overall: B+
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