Scandinavian Fjord
Nasjonalmuseet
Room 60
The Munch Hall
A single dedicated room reunites Edvard Munch's most known works — including the 1893 painted version of The Scream, Madonna, and the late Self-Portrait between the Clock and the Bed.
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14 Cort Adelers gate · Vestbanen · Oslo
A house for everything
A house for everything
Norwegian art has been.
More than 6,500 works on permanent display across 86 rooms. From medieval altarpieces to Munch's Scream, from rosemaling chests to the design of tomorrow — under one slate roof on the Oslo waterfront.
A national museum for everyone who arrives at the harbour.
Formed in 2003 by the merger of Norway's national galleries — fine art, design, architecture and contemporary art — and reopened in 2022 inside Kleihues+Schuwerk's monumental new building. The collection holds roughly 400,000 objects and tells, in one walk, the story of Norway's visual culture from antiquity to the present.
Top floor
The Light Hall
2,400 square metres beneath a translucent marble lantern that glows after dark. Norway's largest temporary exhibition space.
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Galleries 18–32
Old Masters & the 19th Century
Tidemand & Gude, J.C. Dahl, Harriet Backer — the pictures that taught Norway to see itself.
Galleries 47–58
Design & Decorative Arts
From Baldishol Tapestry (12th c.) to mid-century Scandinavian icons and contemporary craft.
Department
Architecture
Drawings, models and photographs that trace Norwegian building from Sverre Fehn to today.
By the numbers.
Scandinavia's largest art museum, in figures.
400K
Works in the collection
86
Galleries on view
54,600
m² of building
2,400
m² Light Hall
1837
Founding year
On view now
The Scream and the long aftermath of Edvard Munch.
The 1893 painted version is on view in Room 60 alongside Madonna, The Sick Child, and a rotating choice of drawings and prints. Entry is included with the museum ticket — no separate queue, no extra fee.
Plan a visit in three steps.
Sat directly on the inner harbour, a four-minute walk from Oslo Central Station and the National Theatre. Open six days a week with a late evening on Thursdays.
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Hours and admission →
Pick a window
Open Tuesday through Sunday. Late hours run to 9 PM on Thursdays. Closed on Mondays. Last entry is thirty minutes before closing.
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Getting here →
Choose your route
Three main entrances on Cort Adelers gate. Trams 12 and 13 stop at Aker brygge; the Nationaltheatret station is a short walk through the harbour park.
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Bring questions
From cloakroom rules and stroller policy to photography and accessibility, our FAQ covers the practical details so the building can do the rest.