In chemistry education and dissemination one studies chemistry from a more overall perspective than in ordinary research within chemistry.  That means one looks at chemistry as a research discipline, as a teaching subject, and as a subject for dissemination in a historical and societal context. This will include study of the history of chemical ideas, the development of chemistry as a research and teaching subject, the legitimising of chemistry today as a teaching subject and a topic for dissemination, and, last but not the least, studies of methodological aspects of chemistry. At the Department of chemistry at NTNU we have chosen two aspects within this conglomerate of topics, namely the history of chemistry and studies and development of experiments for the teaching of chemistry.