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Preservation of Underwater Cultural Monuments

Stavanger Maritime Museum is one of five museums in Norway that has the administrational responsibility for underwater cultural monuments. The other museums are:

The Norwegian Maritime Museum in Oslo

The Maritime Museum in Bergen

The Museum of Natural History, Archaeology and Social History in Trondheim

Tromsø Museum

Stavanger Maritime Museum is responsible within the boundaries of Rogaland. This responsibility is pursuant to the Cultural Heritage Act.

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Picture caption: This pitcher, known as a "Bartmannskrukke" is from a wreck at Kvitsøy, Rogaland. Its name comes from the image of the "bartmann", or "moustached man" seen on the neck of the pitcher.
Photo: Ragne Johnsrud

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