Best Museums in Oslo
I visited 28 museums in Oslo, Norway in 2024 — every one is rated below, best first, on my 0–3 scale (how I rate). 2 earned my top “don't miss” rating — start with MUNCH Museum. 6 of them are free.
- 1.3
MUNCH Museum
Don't miss · ~NOK 178 ($17.10) · Visited 2024 · I’d revisitOver 26,000 works of art produced by Munch, as well as his effects, private library & tools.
- 2.3
Norsk Folkemuseum
Don't miss · ~NOK 178 ($17.10) · Visited 2024“Super cool, open-air museum”
Open-air museum near Oslo with 160 historic Norwegian buildings — including a 13th-century stave church — alongside indoor folk-art galleries.
- 3.2
Ekebergparken
Worth a stop · Free · Visited 2024A wooded park with more than 40 classic & contemporary sculptures, plus walkways & city views.
- 4.2
Nasjonalmuseet
Worth a stop · ~NOK 198 ($19.00) · Visited 2024Displays of Norwegian paintings & sculptures, with a focus on the 19th century, plus a stylish cafe.
- 5.2
Naturhistorisk Museum
Worth a stop · ~NOK 158 ($15.20) · Visited 2024University museum with extensive exhibits on zoology, botany & geology, plus a botanical garden.
- 6.2
The Fram Museum
Worth a stop · ~NOK 139 ($13.30) · Visited 2024 · I’d revisit“You can walk inside the ship, pretty cool”
19th-century polar exploration ship in museum with expedition exhibits & northern lights shows.
- 7.2
The Vigeland Park
Worth a stop · Free · Visited 2024Sculpture park & museum displaying the works of Gustav Vigeland, plus temporary art exhibitions.
- 8.1
22 July Centre
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Exhibitions & memorials commemorating the victims of the 2011 domestic terrorist attacks.
- 9.1
Astrup Fearnley Museum Of Modern Art
Interesting · ~NOK 148 ($14.25) · Visited 2024Airy waterfront museum, designed by Renzo Piano, with an international contemporary art collection.
- 10.1
Historical Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 139 ($13.30) · Visited 2024Grand museum for Norwegian antiquities & coinage, plus Egyptian, Asian & African artifacts.
- 11.1
Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 188 ($18.00) · Visited 2024“Best view of Oslo”
High-tech museum for the history of sport & expedition skiing, with a ski simulator & tower views.
- 12.1
IBSEN Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 178 ($17.10) · Visited 2024Exhibits on the famous playwright in the home where he spent the last 11 years of his life.
- 13.1
Kunstnernes Hus
Interesting · ~NOK 168 ($16.15) · Visited 2024Functionalist gallery run by artists, showing Norwegian & international contemporary art.
- 14.1
Norway Resistance Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 99 ($9.50) · Visited 2024Exhibits highlighting Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation of the country during WWII.
- 15.1
Norwegian Maritime Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 139 ($13.30) · Visited 2024Shipping museum for marine archeology & paintings, plus boats, a cafe & terrace with fjord views.
- 16.1
Oslo City Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 99 ($9.50) · Visited 2024Park-based museum with exhibitions tracing the development of Oslo & a large art collection.
- 17.1
Oslo Opera House
Interesting · ~NOK 84 ($8.08) · Visited 2024Striking, contemporary, harborside opera house & home to the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.
- 18.1
The Vigeland Museum
Interesting · ~NOK 119 ($11.40) · Visited 2024Museum in former industrial setting housing many sculptures, woodcuts & drawings by Gustav Vigeland.
- 19.1
Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Large, contemporary works of sculptural art displayed in an open-air gallery with harbor views.
- 20.1
University Botanical Garden
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Big indoor-outdoor botanical garden with themed groupings of international species, ponds & a cafe.
- 21.0
Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities
Skip · ~NOK 119 ($11.40) · Visited 2024Oslo research center and exhibitions on the Holocaust and the history of religious minorities in Norway.
- 22.0
Intercultural Museum
Skip · ~NOK 59 ($5.70) · Visited 2024Artful exhibits on Norwegian immigration history & cultural tolerance in a former police station.
- 23.0
Jewish Museum in Oslo
Skip · ~NOK 59 ($5.70) · Visited 2024Museum on Jewish life in Norway, the Holocaust, and contemporary Jewish culture.
- 24.0
Kon-Tiki Museum
Skip · ~NOK 139 ($13.30) · Visited 2024“Neat piece of history”
Museum detailing adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's life, with original reed boats & expedition artifacts.
- 25.0
Nobel Peace Center
Skip · ~NOK 79 ($7.60) · Visited 2024Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel & other laureates with temporary exhibitions & a shop.
- 26.0
Norwegian Armed Forces Museum
Skip · ~NOK 99 ($9.50) · Visited 2024“Essentially no english”
This museum in Akershus Fortress showing Norway's military progression from Viking to present days.
- 27.0
The Queen Sonja Art Stable
Skip · ~NOK 139 ($13.30) · Visited 2024Former royal stables converted into a contemporary art space focused on graphic arts and printmaking.
- 28.0
The Salmon - Science Center
Skip · Free · Visited 2024“Good food, bad museum”
Aquarium and education center on Atlantic salmon and Norwegian fjord ecology.
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