National Gallery

Oslo, Norway

The National Gallery houses Norway's largest public collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures. The museum's central attractions include Edvard Munch's The Scream and Madonna and paintings by Cézanne and Manet. The museum's exhibitions present older art, with principal emphasis on art from Norway. The permanent exhibition shows highlights from the collection and national icons from the romantic period until the mid-1900s. Also on display are works by international painters and sculptors, including the French impressionists.

References:

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Address

Universitetsgata 13, Oslo, Norway

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Details

Founded: 1842
Category: Museums in Norway

More Information

www.visitoslo.com
en.wikipedia.org
www.nasjonalmuseet.no

Rating

4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Andre Arnes (4 years ago)
Good exchibition on local Oslo architecture.

Thomas Martin (4 years ago)
Extremely boring and tiny. Would not come again as they didn’t have many pieces of art there. The staff were nice though.

Juliette Floch (5 years ago)
First time in Oslo and this museum. Located in a friendly neighborhood. A well presented museum with a lot of information. Free for architecture students. Definitely will go again.

P Marie (5 years ago)
Why, in a National museum, in the capital of Norway, there is no english traduction in a big part in this museum ??

Jibran Siddiqui (5 years ago)
Not very impressive exhibits just giving 3 stars because the staff was very helpful and friendly! Visited on a Thursday so it was free entre otherwise would have been disappointed for the value of money!

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Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.

The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.

Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.