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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Having seen many special curated traveling Munch exhibits in art museums in various countries as well as Munch's works in many different art museums' permanent collections, I didn't expect much from the Oslo Munch Museum. I was happily surprised.

As several of the exhibitions we saw will be closing in a few months, I won't review these. If you simply want to see "The Scream", you will probably be more satisfied with a visit to the nearby Oslo National Museum. The Munch Museum rotates display of the versions of "The Scream" that they own, only one of these is an oil. The others are a lithograph and crayon version. We were there when the oil was on display, but others may be disappointed to see "only" a print.

We enjoyed the curating of the museum. Most often, I have seen a chronological exhibition which is not the sole approach of the Munch Museum. In addition to the paintings and prints on display, there is an exhibit of methods and a delightful presentation of Munch's "home" which is very interactive. Despite everything I thought I knew, I walked away with a broader understanding of Munch's art.

Date of experience: July 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Hmmm. I feel like Munch did not bequeath his best work to the city, because this museum and collection was disappointing. I found far more enjoyable paintings of his in the National Gallery. For example, I am not a fan of Van Gogh, but if I’m looking at paintings repeatedly thinking “Van Gogh did that better”, it’s not a ringing endorsement.

I don’t recognise the museum I visited from the picture, because the building I visited was tall and thin with many, many floors. The escalators were fun. So there was that.

The top floor describes itself as illicit. I appreciate that Amsterdam this is not, but if that is illicit, well, the Norwegians are far more prudish than I thought. It was also mildly disturbing to see many, many pensioners doodling with crayons, even if they were allegedly “wood cut rubbing”. There was no room at the table for me to join, as this interactive exhibit proved to be so popular, but I was wondering how “illicit” those rubbings were (no innuendo intended”).

One other point: when I arrived, there were many South Koreans queueing politely to get in. Unfortunately, they were queueing right around the queue for everyone who needed a ticket, blocking the entrance. Despite three staff members at the desk where I needed to get to to buy my ticket, none of them obviously felt it was their responsibility to move the queue somewhere more convenient for the likes of me. Maybe they knew the exhibits weren’t really worth it????

Date of experience: July 2023
Thank JoannaFthegrumpy
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

You can easily pass two hours scaling the 11 floors of the Munch Museet and if you do you will be able to see three versions of The Scream, the one that everybody recognizes, the lithograph and the print, which bizarrely are rotated on display one every 30 minutes! The interactive exhibition of the contents of his Paris apartment is one of the highlights and the two storey hall housing massive canvasses was jaw dropping! Great views over Oslo from the restaurant at the top too.

Date of experience: July 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

A spectacular building in itself but also very well set out, spent hours here: also nice cafe. If we'd had more time we would have returned.

Date of experience: July 2023
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Reviewed 5 weeks ago via mobile

A must visit while in Oslo, this new museum focuses on the prolific career of the tortured artist Edvard Munch. There are 13 floors in this new architectural addition to the city’s skyline with most displaying Munch’s work from wood cut print and sketches to massive pairings the size of busses and including perhaps his most famous work, Skirk or as we know it, “the Scream”.

The artwork is thoughtfully grouped by theme with sections dedicated to death, sadness, and natural scenes to name a few. The museum also does a good job educating the viewer as to Munch’s life and career.

How it works/things to know:
-buy tickets online for specific day/time in advance or at the box office.
-the scream is in the center of floor 4
-there are 3 versions of the scream-the painting, a pastel on cardboard and a drawing
-only one version is on display at a time in order to protect them (quite fragile) and a different one is “revealed” in the Scream exhibition every half hour.
-The drawing is the one most exhibited, however in a 2- hour period we saw drawing 2:25pm, pastel on cardboard at 2:30pm and finally after 3:30 the painting version

There’s also a bar on the top floor as well as a nice museum shop on the ground floor which is accessible without a museum ticket in case you need a scream t-shirt.

Date of experience: July 2023
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