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The National Hospital and the Lying-in Hospital, both
government institutions, whose head physicians are almost all University
professors, are utilised as University clinics.
The practical training of theological students is carried on at
the practical theological college connected with the University.
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Two institutions for the promotion of science are the Royal
Literary and Philosophical Society (Det kongelige norske
Videnskabers Selskab) in Trondhjem, founded in 1760, with a library
of about 70,000 volumes, and the Literary and Philosophical Society
(Videnskabsselskabet) in Kristiania, founded in 1857, with which
is associated the Fridtjof Nansen Fund for the Promotion of Science,
whose capital at present amounts to about kr. 400,000.
The Bergen Museum, founded in 1825, is a centre about
which is gathered no little scientific life in the western part of
the country. The museum possesses valuable collections, especially
of natural history specimens, a considerable scientific library, a
biological station with laboratories and aquaria, etc. Annual
summer courses are held at the museum for primary school teachers,
and in the winter, lectures to working-men. There are also museums
in Tromsø, Stavanger and Arendal, with natural history and
historical-antiquarian collections.
For the preservation of ancient Norwegian monuments, there
is an association founded in 1844, and supported by a government
grant. The Norwegian National Museum, Norsk folkemuseum,
(founded in 1894 in Kristiania), collects and exhibits everything
throwing light upon the cultural life of the Norwegian people.
The Industrial Arts Museums in Kristiania, Bergen and Trondhjem,
whose object is to promote the Norwegian industries with regard
to tasteful and practical form, possess valuable collections.
The Archives of the Kingdom come under the Ecclesiastical
and Educational Department, The state archives are in Kristiania;
Bergen and Trondhjem each have their diocesan archives.
Sums are voted annually by the state to enable scientific men
and artists to travel abroad. Various bequests have also been
made towards the support of artists and scientific men, e.g. Houen’s
Bequest (about 370,000 kr.), Benneche’s Bequest (about 80,000 kr.),
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