Nicely organized building, surrounded by very nice modern architecture buildings. The exhibition itself was interesting and provided a nice overview of Munch's life and art.
Nicely organized building, surrounded by very nice modern architecture buildings. The exhibition itself was interesting and provided a nice overview of Munch's life and art.




I, sadly, had no idea how prolific and influential Edvard Munch was. He left all of his work and tools to the city of Oslo, and Oslo had done a spectacular job of displaying this immense collection -- both exhausting and fascinating. Even if you have only 2 hours, go to this museum.

It's a very interesting piece of architecture. But mostly from the outside, from the inside, I felt like we did more running on the stairs, than looking at the art (but we were running out of time as well, so that probably affected my experience).
Museum mostly focuses on modern art + Munch. If someone is into that, I think it's still a good museum, with many interesting pieces. At that time, on the top floor was a temporary exhibition, which was actually terrifying. I'm a grown woman enjoying horror movies, but that was... something else. So if you are planning to go with kids - I suggest checking beforehand what kind of temporary exhibition is on.

Must see building/gallery on an Oslo visit located on the quayside with lots of restaurants nearby. Galleries spread over a few floors including a section dedicated to the most famous Scream painting. Galleries are well laid out and presented. The building itself is very impressive. Bags/rucksacks are not allowed in galleries but there are lockers available (free) on the ground floor near the gallery entrance. There is a very good gift/book shop in the main foyer. There is also a really cool bar terrace and restaurant on the top floor (once you enter you cannot go back to the galleries) well worth a visit. Overall a great experience.





Soo disappointing.
Torally unimpressed with the curation of the Munch collection in this brand new building.
The building is interesting, with huge spaces, just ideal. The paintings are well spaced out. Plenty of wall space. But whatever they teach Curators at Curator-School it is deffo not practical common sense.
The size of the font on the wall, giving date of painting and name, require you to get up close and personal to read ... along with everyone else!! And forget such info for the Monumental Munch paintings, they're foregone completely! No info. And in another room, the font blends into the background. Doh!
Why, oh why have the Curators persisted with such old technology, typed small fonts that wouldn't look out of place in a Museum from the 19th century??
And it is somewhat disingenuous to display in a darkened area, referencing 3 illustrations of 'The Scream' when we all know the painting is still actually shown in the National Museum...
The pretention of the Curators and Management is such they have deemed it appropriate to have only unisex toilets. No choice.
And I can understand disallowing backpacks, but having to empty the contents of your handbag into a paper carrier is excessive. Oh yes, they should have invested a bit more on the technology for the lockers, given the frequency in which they fail and security has to be called to unlock with a key.
The collection is fine. But would I revisit? A resounding No.
This museum is hugely frustrating. And very overpriced at 160 NOK for the experience. I have visited several of Oslo's brilliant museums and enjoyed a much more interesting experience, and at far better value.
The 10th floor view over the city is fab. But it will cost you.

Good museum you see all the different version of the scream the painting is awesome. It has a very good skybar. The entrance es 160 per person

