Norwegian Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow?: A joint documentation project

Public authorities and the Norwegian parliament require museums to incorporate cultural diversity in their daily tasks.¹ In answer to these expectations, Norsk Folkemuseum (The Norwegian Folk Museum) and Internasjonalt Kultursenter og Museum (International Cultural Centre and Museum or IKM) launched a documentation project in 2002 called Norwegian Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow?. The project’s main objective was to start building an archive or bank of knowledge reflecting cultural diversity that would be accessible to researchers of today and tomorrow. Another objective was to focus on what might be considered “Norwegian” today. The two museums are very different in terms of history, age,