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. The administration of the Norwegian Telecom Museum was maintained in the

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neighbourhoods of Oslo. The museum operated nationwide, with exhibitions and collections in several places. The main exhibition of the museum was located in the

in Oslo. Other location sites include Stavanger,

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. Lier,

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, Sørvågen,

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and

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. The museum was mainly funded by the Telenor Group.''Telemuseet'' (Museums Guiden)
(in Norwegian) In April 2017, Telenor announced that it would no longer finance the operation of the museum, which would be closed from January 2018. Applications were made for operating funds from the State, but in the state budget for 2018 no money was set aside for the Telemuseet . The museum was therefore merged with the

with effect from 1 January 2018.

References

External links

Telemuseet website
Museums in Oslo Defunct museums Science museums in Norway Telecom Museums disestablished in 2018 {{Norway-museum-stub