AWA - Memories

2020

On 21 October 2020, a diverse group of Norwegians gathered once again at Mine 3. Although many others also wished to be there, travel restrictions meant this was an intimate gathering, attended by representatives from The National Museum of Norway, UNICEF Norway, the Norwegian Defense Museum, and the Mjøndalen Sports Association.  Unable to attend but there in spir- it included representatives from Olga Tokarczuk Foundation and Literary Publishing, Moderna Museet, Finish Labor Archive, Martin Schøyen Foun- dation, CIASC and Sapio Analytics.  

UNICEF made their second deposit, featuring a petition of thousands of signatures in support of their previous deposit, of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child, stored in AWA in 2019.  This completes the project and adds the personal con- nection and individual accountability of upholding these rights to the weight of such a declaration.   

The National Museumof Norway made its third de- posit in a row deposit, with important photographic col- lections from three female photographers: Harriet Back- er, BrittaMarakatt-Labba, and ElineMugaas.   Harriet Backer (1845-1932) is one of the foremost Nor- wegian painters of the 19th Century, with 2020 marking 175 years since her birth. She is also one of very few artists