Date: 17th – 19th of April
Time: 10.00 – 14.00 CET (1 hour per class)
Location: Schøtstuene, Øvregaten 50
Visit Schøtstuene and learn about traditional commerce and stockfish as a commodity and sustainable food source. School classes are invited to engage in educational activities connected to the ocean.
Registration through Museumslosen here.
Stockfish has been an important commodity in Norway for at least a thousand years. Drying as a method of conserving food is even older. In the Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene we have evidence of Hanseatic trade with stockfish on Bryggen over a period of around 500 years.
During One Ocean Week, Schøtstuene, in collaboration with Bergen Maritime Museum, offers engaging and educational activities connected to the theme ocean and climate:
- Beat a stockfish
- Be a cooper (build a barrel)
- Build a home-made wood boat with a rubber band propeller
- Look into an aquascope
- Do you have the balance of a young docker? Try stilts
- Standing long jumps - measure the length of your jump in ells, then convert to cm.
- Write your name in gothic handwriting with a slate pencil and tablet.
- Learn and practice the reef knot