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24 museums found
The world's largest collection of works by Edvard Munch, including The Scream, in a spectacular 13-storey waterfront tower.
Norway's largest art museum with The Scream (1893 tempera), Viking gold, Nordic masterpieces, and the stunning Light Hall.
Board the world's strongest wooden ship. Relive Nansen and Amundsen's heroic polar expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.
See the original Kon-Tiki raft that Thor Heyerdahl sailed 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in 1947.
Scandinavia's largest open-air museum with 160 historic buildings and an 800-year-old medieval stave church.
Gustav Vigeland's former studio with 12,000+ works. Essential companion to the free Vigeland Sculpture Park next door.
Norway's national maritime history museum, tracing 2,000 years of seafaring culture with fjord panoramic views.
Oslo's city history museum in beautiful Frogner Manor, tracing the capital's growth from medieval town to modern metropolis.
Oslo's premier contemporary art museum in a landmark Renzo Piano building on the Tjuvholmen waterfront.
Spectacular Viking Age gold, medieval church art, and world cultures collections in a grand 1902 Art Nouveau building.
Dinosaurs, geological treasures, Norwegian wildlife, and Scandinavia's oldest botanical garden — free to enter.
Explore the Nobel Peace Prize legacy and meet this year's laureates through immersive interactive exhibitions.
Visit Henrik Ibsen's preserved apartment where the father of modern drama lived and wrote his final masterpieces.
A powerful WWII museum inside Akershus Fortress documenting Norway's occupation and heroic resistance movement.
The world's oldest ski museum at the iconic Holmenkollen jump. Climb the tower for breathtaking views over Oslo.
Home to the world's best preserved Viking ships — the Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune. Currently under renovation, reopening 2026.
Free military history museum inside Akershus Fortress. 600 years of Norwegian military history, WWII exhibits, weapons and uniforms.
Oslo's #1 museum for families. Interactive science, planetarium, hands-on kids zone, oil & gas history. Our top pick for children.
Oslo's most unusual museum — a mausoleum covered entirely in dark Vita frescoes depicting the cycle of human life. Free (donation).
Free museum exploring Norway's multicultural history, immigration, and diversity in the vibrant Grønland neighbourhood.
Norwegian architecture history in a stunning 1820s bank building. Included with the National Museum ticket.
Oslo's medieval fortress on the harbour. Grounds free, castle ~100 NOK. Royal tombs, WWII history, panoramic fjord views.
Sonja Henie's world-class modern art collection — Picasso, Miró, Matisse — in a spectacular waterfront setting 15 min from Oslo.
Free outdoor sculpture park with 30+ works and panoramic fjord views. The hill where Munch stood when he painted The Scream.
The majority of museums above are included in the Oslo Pass. Add unlimited public transport and the pass pays for itself in one museum-heavy day. Note: Astrup Fearnley, Henie Onstad, Ekebergparken, Intercultural Museum, and Emanuel Vigeland Museum are not in the Oslo Pass.
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