Oslo City Museum

Bymuseum

The City Museum in Oslo is one of the most beautiful sights in the capital of Norway, if you are even a little interested in the history of the city. Since 2006 it has been a department of the Oslo Museum. Cultural-historical exhibits have been shown here since 1909 on the initiative of a support association founded in 1905, at that time under the name Det gamle Christiana. The museum is located in Frogner House, a stately home in Frogner Park.

Contents and exhibits

One of the main focuses of the exhibitions is the history of the present-day district of Oslo called Aker, which used to be independent. However, the history of the entire city of Oslo has also found its way into the archives of the City Museum. The large collection of artworks and photographs with motifs from all over Oslo is considered particularly valuable. It has probably the largest collection of photographs in the whole of Norway. In addition, its art collection includes over 1,000 paintings and 6,000 other forms of artwork. In short, the City Museum is always able to create new focal points with its exhibitions open to visitors, because of course these 1,000 paintings are not all presented at the same time.

Events and guided tours

For a long time, the museum was run by a private foundation, but it had received a great deal of support from the city even before it became the Oslo Museum. Now it is only a municipal foundation that finances the By Museum. Thanks to this support, a visit to the city museum is still affordable for the whole family - and worthwhile anyway because of the contents. All kinds of conceivable objects from the everyday life of people in Oslo from the course of time can be admired here, each with a lot of helpful information.

Guided tours through the museum are - typical for Scandinavia - available in eight different languages. Equally typical is the fact that the museum is barrier-free and accessible to all people with disabilities. In addition, there are always other opportunities for activities to entice you to visit. During the Christmas season, for example, carriage rides are possible, and in the summer there are events outside the museum.

Surroundings of the museum

In the case of the Bymuseum, the City Museum of Oslo, its location as well as its architecture is also appealing. Therefore, a visit to the City Museum of Oslo should be considered in any case during a trip to this city.

Nice side effect of visiting this museum, which is located in the already mentioned Frongerpark and is easily accessible by public transport, is the fact that as parts of the Oslo Museum there are three other museums in the immediate vicinity. These are the following three:

Intercultural Museum
Labor Museum
Theater Museum

So in this complex of museums you can easily spend a whole day - but you don't have to. A visit to the City Museum alone is also very stimulating and satisfying. Gastronomy is of course also available on site, so that after a lot of informative in the museum itself, you can enjoy a bit of relaxation outside in a beautiful setting.