Oslo Museums

The Munch Museum (Munch-museet/MUNCH) is popular for its work which excels in expressionism. This museum moved to Bjørvika in October 2021. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, books, art tools, drawings, prints depicting different motifs and the works of famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The museum was designed by architects Einar Myklebust and Gunnar Fougner, and then they renovated it in 1994 on the occasion of Munch's 50th death anniversary.

Address: Edvard Munchs plass 1, 0194 Oslo, Norway.

The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) is an open-air museum with over 150 buildings relocated from towns and rural districts. Notable among these is the medieval Gol Stave Church that dates back to 1200 A.D. The life and people in different regions of Norway through different periods are exhibited here. The dissimilarity between the way of life among different social classes is also highlighted in these exhibits.

Address: Museumsveien 10, 0287 Oslo, Norway.

The Oslo City Museum (Oslo Bymuseet) is situated at Frogner Manor in Frogner Park. It was an autonomous museum until 2006; later, it became a part of the Oslo Museum, along with two other museums, namely the Intercultural Museum and the Theatre Museum. This museum has extensive photo collections art collection of around 7000 works including paintings.

Address: Frognerveien 67, 0266 Oslo, Norway.

The Kon-Tiki Museum (Kon-Tiki Museet) houses the collection from the famous Kon-Tiki expeditions of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. It has vessels and maps from the expeditions of the Tigris, Kon-Tiki, Fatu-Hiva, Easter Island and Ra, and a library with nearly 80,000 books. The raft used for his journey from South America through the Pacific Ocean to the Polynesian islands is displayed here. A model of the whale shark encountered by the crew is kept in the basement of the museum.

Address: Bygdøynesveien 36, 0286 Oslo, Norway.

The Astrup Fearnley Museum (Astrup Fearnley Museet), established in 1993, is a privately owned art museum. It mainly concentrates on American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but recently it has also focused on the international contemporary art scene. The place holds about 6-7 momentary exhibitions every year. The museum has moved into two new buildings. The collection includes works by famous artists like Matthew Barney, Daso, Janine Antoni, Francis Bacon etc.

Address: Strandpromenaden 2, 0252 Oslo, Norway.

The Natural History Museum's (Naturhistorisk Museum, NHM) star attraction is the Darwinius masillae fossil 'Ida' of an early primate. It is the oldest and largest natural history museum at the University of Oslo. The exhibits of the museum have been collected and preserved for more than 200 years. It is an exciting journey through the Geological and Zoological museum. The Botanical garden, part of the museum, is rejuvenating and informative and enlightening.

Address: Sars' gate 1, 0562 Oslo, Norway.

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is Norway's national museum for science, technology, industry, transport and medicine. The museum depicts transitions made by technology and science in terms of progress through the ages. It is an educational institution with exhibitions on aviation, transport, industrial history, electricity, oil and gas, plastic etc. They added one more museum named the National Museum of Medicine in 2003.

Address: Kjelsåsveien 143, 0491 Oslo, Norway.

Henie Onstad Art Centre (Henie Onstad Kunstsenter), located at Høvikodden exhibits Norway's largest international modern art collection. Located just 15 minutes from Oslo centre, World and Olympic champion figure skater Sonja Henie and her husband Neils Onstad founded the centre in 1968. The museum also houses a shop, library, Sculpture Park, and restaurant called Bølgen & Moi.

Address: Sonja Henies vei 31, 1311 Høvikodden, Norway.

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (also known as Museum of Decorative Arts and Design/ National Museum/ NaM) is a Norwegian state-owned museum. Founding by merging the Museum of Architecture, The Museum of Industrial Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It holds a collection of over 400,000 works, including art, architecture, and design objects and the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from 1893. In 2022 the museum opened to the public at its new building at Vestbanehallen.

Address: St. Olavs gate 1, 0165 Oslo, Norway.