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| 07:32 Mon 12 May 2008 |
Tag: Norway
These items have all been tagged with the tag "Norway", You can see other tags in the Tag Cloud| Nobel Peace Center - Oslo, Norway |
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The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway is housed in a former Victorian railway station, and within, an original Nobel Prize medal is the only historical item on display. The museum was not built as a memorial to those who won the Prize in the past, but a dynamic, contemporary space explaining the story of the Nobel Peace Prize as well as providing a number of events and exhibitions throughout the year. Beginning in mid-October when the new Peace Prize laureate is announced, the golden Passage of Honor allows visitors to track each step of the event. Throughout the remainder of the year a documentary on that winner is played. The main focus of the Center is the Nobel Field, where all the Peace Prize laureates are displayed in a virtual garden of 96 LCD screens dispersed throughout the space. A small motion sensor beneath each display screen activates when approached, and a short video with information about Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., as well as every other laureate including Al Gore can be viewed. By Andrew J Wiener |
