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[[File:Agder naturmuseum.jpg|thumb|300px|Entrance to Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden]]
'''Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Agder'''  ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] :''Naturmuseum og botanisk hage, Universitetet i Agder'', formerly '''Kristiansand Museum''' and '''Agder Natural History Museum''') is the only [[natural history museum]] on the [[Sørlandet|Southern Coast]] of [[Norway]],<ref>[http://www.naturmuseum.no/artikkelside.aspx?m=35  About the museums history] naturmuseum.no</ref> located in [[Kristiansand]] in [[Vest-Agder]] County.
==History==
The museum known as Kristiansand Museum was founded in 1828 as part of [[Kristiansand Katedralskole]]. The current museum and botanical garden is run by the [[University of Agder]].
Today the natural history museum and botanical garden are located in the former farm Gimle Gård, with the museum in the outbuildings and the former park serving as a botanical garden. The former manor house of Gimle Gård also houses a museum which is part of [[Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand|Vest-Agder-Museum]] (''Vest-Agder-museet'') .<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/southern-norway/kristiansand/listings-kristiansand/gimle-g%c3%a5rd-manor-house/86366/|title=   Vest-Agder-Museum Gimle Gård|website=  Innovation Norway |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.vestagdermuseet.no/gimlegard/|title=  Gimle Gård 	|website= Vest-Agder-museet |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
== Permanent exhibits==
The permanent exhibits are from the early 1990s.
The museum's current exhibition space was opened by the then [[King Harald V|Crown Prince Harald]] 26 June 1990.
Focus is placed on the topics: "from the Ice Age to the Present" and "from sea to the mountains". In addition, an exhibition on "minerals and rocks". In addition to these, exhibitions are shown in limited periods.<ref>[http://www.naturmuseum.no/ArtikkelsideSimple.aspx?m=4 About the exhibitions] naturmuseum.no</ref>
== Botanical Garden ==
Botanical garden consists of plants both outside and indoors.<ref>[http://www.naturmuseum.no/ArtikkelsideSimple.aspx?m=8&amid=140  About the botanical garden] naturmuseum.no</ref> Inside there is the largest collection of [[succulents]] in Norway, the issues are many and varied. Themes vary from year to year. The botanical garden is a source of knowledge, beauty, adventure and of course recreation, and includes all green spaces of Gimle Gård.
Botanical Garden consists of exotic [[pitcher plants]] framing the garden, [[carnivorous plants]], herbs, [[nectar]] garden and a popular children's playground.
The garden contains various plant collections. There is an old park in the free English landscape style, historic [[rose garden]], rose garden and modern roses, South Norwegian rose garden, [[millennium]]garden, [[conifers]] collection (arboretum), [[shrubs]] and trees at the museum's parking lot (lignoses), [[perennials]], rock garden, pond with water plants, [[Ericaceae|heather]] garden and a collection of [[Rhododendron]].
==See also==
*[[Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Museums in Kristiansand]]
[[Category:Tourism in Kristiansand]]
[[Category:Botanical gardens in Norway]]
[[Category:Natural history museums in Norway]]
[[Category:Nature centers]]