Museums in Oslo

MUNCH is a striking 13-story waterfront tower in Bjørvika dedicated to Edvard Munch, holding over 26,000 works he bequeathed to Oslo.

Home to the best-preserved Viking ships in the world. **Note: The museum is currently closed for a major rebuild into the Museum of the Viking Age, expected to reopen in 2027.**

Opened in 2022, the National Museum is the largest art museum in the Nordic countries, consolidating Norway's collections of art, architecture, and design under one spectacular roof.

Norway's largest open-air museum with 160 historic buildings spanning 500 years of Norwegian life on the Bygdøy peninsula.

Built around the polar vessel Fram, visitors can board the actual ship that sailed farther north and south than any other wooden vessel.

This museum celebrates Thor Heyerdahl's incredible voyages, showcasing the original Kon-Tiki balsa-wood raft and the papyrus boat Ra II.

Located beside Oslo City Hall, the Nobel Peace Center is an interactive museum celebrating the Nobel Peace Prize and its laureates through multimedia exhibitions.

Norway's Resistance Museum, located inside Akershus Fortress, documents the country's five years under Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and the brave resistance movement.

Within Akershus Fortress, this museum traces Norway's military history from Viking times through WWII resistance to NATO membership.

Norway's national science and technology museum with extensive interactive exhibits appealing to all ages.