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Fram Museum
The Fram Museum is the most visited museum on theBygdøypeninsula and will delight lovers of ships and history.
The museum tells the story of Norwegian polar expeditions and the exploration of the North and South Poles. It focuses in particular on the lives of three famous polar explorers: Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Svedrup.
The expedition ships Fram and Gjøa
The undisputed centrepiece of the museum – to which, incidentally, the building’s architectural design and the museum’s name were adapted – is the original expedition shipFram.
This vessel was used by Norwegian polar explorers, particularly during expeditions to the North Pole between 1893 and 1912.
Unlike, for example, the Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, the ship’s entire interior is open to all visitors.
The Fram has been preserved in its entirely original form.
A smaller adjoining building is dedicated to the small expedition ship Gjøa, which sailed around the entire northern coast of Canada between 1903 and 1906.
Admission fees and opening hours
Open every day.
| May–September | October–April |
|---|---|
| 9.30 am–6.00 pm | 10.00–17.00 |
Tickets are available in several options. You can either buy admission to the Fram Museum only, or a combined ticket that includes the surrounding museums as well.
| Fram Museum only | 2 museums (Fram + Kon Tiki or the Maritime Museum |
3 museums (Fram + Kon Tiki + Maritime Museum) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | 140 nok | 250 nok | 380 nok |
| Senior citizens |
100 nok | 180 nok | 270 nok |
| Students | 50 nok | -- | -- |
Official website with up-to-date information:frammuseum.no/plan-your-visit.
How to get there
The Fram Museum is situated at the easternmost tip of theBygdøypeninsula and can be reached by ferry or bus.
- Bus 30–Bygdøynesstop, right in front of the museum
- Ferry B9–Bygdøynesferry terminal
- It goes directly to Aker Brygge
- No Ruter tickets are valid here; a single crossing costs 79 nok, or a day ticket valid only on route B9 costs 114 nok (card payments only)
- Journey time approx. 10 minutes
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The Vasa is, of course, not open to the public, as it remained afloat for about 15 minutes before lying on the seabed for 333 years – which, fortunately, cannot be said of the Fram.