The National Museum’s library and archive
The library is closed during Christmas and New Year's: December 23, 2024 – January 1, 2025.
The documentation archive is closed: December 23, 2023 – January 5, 2025.
The National Museum's library and archive manages an extensive collection of art historical literature and unique archival material related to Norwegian art, the museum's art collection and institutional history. The library is open to everyone, welcome!
Opening hours
| Day of week | Opening hours |
| Sunday and saturday | Closed |
| Monday, tuesday, thursday and friday | 10–18 |
| Wednesday | 10–20 |
All exceptions to the opening hours
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23 December 2024
–
1 January 2025
Closed: Christmas holiday and New Year
The library's collection
The library's collection is related to key fields of research and work at the museum. It contains books, exhibition catalogues, artist's books, journals, auction catalogues and reference works in the visual arts, architecture, design, art and crafts and related disciplines. The library's collection must be viewed on site.
The Documentation Archive
The museum's archive contains an extensive archive of artists and collections as well as a number of historical archives of major national importance. The collections also contain the private archives of various art associations, artists, scholars and companies.
The Video Art Archive
The Video Art Archive is a national reference archive for video art from the 1960s to the present day. The archive contains work information, video files, and more related to Norwegian video art.
For library enquiries contact us at:
For archive enquiries:
dokumentasjonsarkivet@nasjonalmuseet.no
Visiting address:
Dronning Mauds gate 2, 0250, Oslo
Tlf: 21 98 21 75
Postal address:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design Biblioteket
Postboks 2021 Vika
0125 OSLO