Viking ships found in Iceland have decayed, with the “Saum”, or rivets, often the only parts of the famous boats still remaining. A group of scientists now believe we can learn a lot from the surviving pieces of iron and have brought them to Norway for examination.
Street art and graffiti does not need to be managed by experts, according to Laima Nomeikaite in this essay on the Nuart-festival website.
Investigating medieval urbanisation through bioarchaeological reconstructions of human biographies
What is the potential of user-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings?
Helgeland Museum and the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research at the painting conservator Tone Olstad in collaboration with Vel Bevart! Arranged recently a tran painting workshop at Vega.
What may international and Norwegian governmental archives tell us about Norway’s first term on the World Heritage Committee?
What happens when professionals in the international World Heritage bureaucracies become insider researchers?
We are accepting papers exploring future challenges for heritage managment
The board of the Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) has employed Kristin Bakken as new CEO of the Institute.
When archaeologists in the autumn of 2016 found what is probably the remains of the church of St. Clement, it was a small sensation. The finding was made in Søndre gate in Trondheim city center, and in February this year, the archaeological investigations continued.
How to estimate the economic effects of cultural heritage?
At The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) in Japan, 2016, debates about archaeology in present society was vividly explored.
