The National Museum – Architecture
The National Museum – Architecture presents temporary exhibitions with contemporary and historical architectural themes.
Opening hours
This week:
| Day of week | Opening hours |
| Sunday and saturday | 12–17 |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday, wednesday and friday | 11–17 |
| Thursday | 11–19 |
All exceptions to the opening hours
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23 December 2022
–
25 December 2022
Closed: Christmas holiday
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31 December 2022
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1 January 2023
Closed: New Year
Admission
Adults: NOK 50
Students/pensioners/concessions/groups of more than 10: NOK 30
Free entry for all on Thursdays.
Free admission:
Children (under and including the age of 18)
Schools (grunnskole/videregående skole)
Art students with valid student ID (Art, Design, Architecture, Art History, Museology and Conservation)
Companion (with companion card)
The museum building
The National Museum – Architecture is a destination in itself. The museum building is a combination of classicism and modernism – a meeting between Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865) and Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), two central architects in Norwegian art history.
About the National Museum – Architecture's collection:
- The collection includes drawings and photographic documentation, models and other objects.
- This is Norway's largest architecture collection and consists of more than 300,000 artefacts, dating from the 1830's and up until today.
- Important architects whose works are in the collection are: Ove Bang, Blakstad & Munthe-Kaas, Wenche Selmer, Jan & Jon, Knut Knutsen, Arne Korsmo, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Magnus Poulsson, Erling Viksjø and Sverre Fehn.
