12/30/2023 0 Comments Jottacloud began in yearWith its new building the National Museum will be the largest art museum in the Nordics. Almost twice as much as the museum’s former spaces making it the largest museum in the Nordic region and bigger than international museums such as Rijksmuseum and Guggenheim Bilbao. The new building is designed by Klaus Schuwerk (Kleihues + Schuwerk).ġ3,000 m2 exhibition space. The museum’s collection hold more than 400,000 objects. The National Museum of Art, Architecture and DesignĮstablished 2003-2005 with the merger of four museums from the fields of older and modern art, contemporary art, design and craft, and architecture. See the full exhibition programme for 2022 and selected exhibitions from 2022 to 2025 here. Prominent artists on display will include Harald Sohlberg, Harriet Backer, Theodor Kittelsen, Gustav Vigeland, Hannah Ryggen, Lucas Cranach, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Ida Ekblad.įor opening, the Light Hall will be filled with an extensive survey of new Norwegian Contemporary art featuring almost 150 artists and groups of artists. There will be rooms dedicated to the museum’s significant collection of works by Edvard Munch, including «The Scream», 19th century landscape painting, royal gowns worn by Norway’s two queens, and a display of works by renowned Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn. The museum’s collection holds around 400,000 objects ranging from medieval tapestries to modern design classics and contemporary artworks. On permanent display works from all the National Museum’s various fields – older and modern art, architecture, design, craft and contemporary art – will meet and interact in new contexts. The first exhibitions/Room dedicated to Edvard Munch As a FutureBuilt pilot project, the new museum is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared to current building standards. The entire facade is covered with Norwegian slate. Designed with the perspective of housing artworks for centuries, the museum is built with clean and robust materials that will age with dignity, like oak, bronze and marble. The museum is designed by architects Klaus Schuwerk (Kleihues + Schuwerk) and built by Norway’s government building commissioner Statsbygg. Situated on Oslo’s harbour close to the promenade, the museum offers spectacular views of the city. The building also includes a spectacular space for temporary exhibitions - the Light Hall situated on the roof - as well as a large open-air roof terrace, cafés, a shop, and the largest art library in the Nordic region. More than 6,500 works, from the antiquity to the museum’s most recent contemporary acquisitions, will be on display in a collection exhibition that spans two floors and almost 90 rooms. With the new National Museum, Norway gets a unique space for the country’s most extensive collection of art, architecture and design. Norway’s new National Museum in Oslo will be the largest art museum in the Nordic region.
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