Eastern Norway » The Museum of Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary Art first opened its doors in 1990. The Museum is housed in the former premises of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank, a beautiful Jugend-style building in Norwegian granite and marble from 1907. It shows temporary exhibitions of both loaned works and works from its own collections. Visitors can see three permanent installations: the sculpture Shaft by Richard Serra, Per Inge Bjørlo’s Inner Room V, and Ilya Kabakov’s The Garbage Man: The Man Who Never Threw Anything Away.
The National Museum’s collection of contemporary art contains some 5,000 works by Norwegian and international artists from the years since 1945. The collection covers a broad spectrum of genres and media: painting, print-making, drawing, photography, sculpture, objects, installation and video-art.
Café O. Hjorth welcomes you to lunch from 11.30 a.m. Our menu consists of delicious salads, sandwiches, our soup of the day, and pastries. We also serve customized menus for private groups and events.
The museum shop stocks a broad selection of literature on contemporary art. It also offers a unique range of gift articles and the museum’s own brand products. There is plenty of space to sit and browse in books and magazines. The shop has the same opening hours as the museum.
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11.00–17.00 11.00–17.00 11.00–19.00 11.00–17.00 12.00–17.00 12.00–17.00 closed |
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design The National Museum holds, preserves, exhibits, and promotes public knowledge about, Norway's most extensive collections of art, architecture and design. The Museum's exhibition venues in Oslo are the National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum – Architecture, and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. |
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