Museums🏛️

Naturhistorisk museum

Norway's largest natural history collection — dinosaur skeletons, meteorites and the Klimahuset climate house — set inside the Botanical Garden at Tøyen.

Vigelandmuseet

Gustav Vigeland's studio and home, kept as he left it — the plaster originals, the working models, and the quiet backstory to the 200 sculptures in the park across the street.

Norsk Folkemuseum

An open-air village of 160 historic buildings from all over Norway — including the Gol stave church — with costumed hosts, farm animals and lefse from the wood-fired griddle in summer.

Kon-Tiki Museet

Thor Heyerdahl's original balsa raft Kon-Tiki and the papyrus boat Ra II, plus the Oscar-winning documentary — the whole improbable story in one room across from the Fram.

Frammuseet

The polar ship Fram — the wooden vessel that carried Nansen and Amundsen toward both poles — parked whole inside its own A-frame hall. You walk the actual deck.

Astrup Fearnley Museet

Contemporary art in a Renzo Piano building whose sail-like roof arches over the tip of Tjuvholmen — international heavyweights inside, a sculpture park and a small city beach outside.

Nasjonalmuseet

Norway's national museum of art, architecture and design — the largest in the Nordics, with Munch, Dahl and the design collections under one vast roof, plus the fjord-facing Light Hall for temporary shows.

Technical Museum

The Technical Museum is interactive and engaging, making it easy to stay longer than planned.

interactive · family friendly · rainy day

Munch

Munch combines art, architecture, and views, creating a more complete experience.

art · architecture · views

Paradox Museum

Paradox Museum is playful and different, offering an experience where nothing is quite as expected.

interactive · fun · rainy day