Maria L. M.
Google
As a desperate devoted fan of all medieval museums/exhibitions, I have just one question to the designers of Middelalderutstillingen: why? It feels that the initial intention was to design a haunted house (which they kind of did) with a number of historical exhibits and as little light as possible. Medieval times were dark, right? People were miserable, dirty, and creepy, right? Well, yes, but not all of them, and lurking around a dark corner creepily was not the only activity they had at their disposal. Putting so much emphasis on the “creepy” aspect of medieval times feels extremely one-sided and, unfortunately, drags attention from actually interesting things exhibited there. For example, Kuli stone, such an important Norwegian historical “document”, placed in a dark room with murky decorations and Tim Burton-styled tree shades. Just, why…To convey what message (“dark times of Christianity are upon us” or something like that)?.. Ok, I am done😅 The rest of the museum is very nice, the viking hall is great, impressive collection of swords ✨
