Description:
Arne Berg is one of Norway's foremost building historians and museum curators. He has been an indispensable member of the team at the Norwegian Open Air Museum, an institution crucial to Norwegian culture. He has been an important builder of networks in the Norwegian cultural protection field. He has been very active in research at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage and the Norwegian Institute for Ancient Monuments Research. Buildings relating to pre-industrial agriculture have been a central theme of Arne Berg's scholarship. he foremost publication in this field is a six volume work on Norwegian medieval timber houses.