The National Museum – Architecture

Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Ina Wesenberg

The National Museum – Architecture is avaliable for venue hire!

Opening hours

Separate opening hours for café and The Study Room

The National Museum – Architecture is closed on the day of King Harald’s funeral.
Due to the funeral of His Majesty King Harald, the National Museum – Architecture will be closed on Wednesday, 9 September.

The café Magnolia is open from Tuesday–Saturday between 11.00–18.00 (kitchen closes at 17.00). 
The Study Room is open by appointment on Thursdays between 10.00–15.00.

The National Museum – Architecture is located at Bankplassen 3 in Oslo, or from Myntgata for a universal access entrance.

Venue hire

We have a partnership with Sentralen! We offer event bookings and plannings in several of the museum's rooms. The rooms are suitable for everything from meetings, seminars, presentations, lectures, breakfast meetings, courses and kick-offs.

Book our venues

Food and beverage

Visit our café Magnolia on the ground floor. Entrance from Myntgata.

Read more about Magnolia

The Study Room

The architecture collection is accessible to students, researchers, and others. The National Museum holds Norway’s most important architecture collection with more than 300,000 artifacts dating from the 1830s to the present day.

Book your appointment

Contact us

General enquiries
arkitektur@nasjonalmuseet.no
(+47) 21 98 21 82

Guided tours
omvisninger@nasjonalmuseet.no

The Study Room
studiesalen.ark@nasjonalmuseet.no

Museumsbygningen

Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur er ein destinasjon i seg sjølv. Museumsbygningen er ei samanstilling av klassisisme og modernisme – eit møte mellom Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865) og Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), to sentrale arkitektar i norsk kunsthistorie.

About the National Museum architecture collection

  • The National Museum – Architecture is a destination in itself. The museum building is a combination of classicism and modernism – a meeting between Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865) and Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), two central architects in Norwegian art history.
  • The collection includes drawings and photographic documentation, models and other objects.
  • This is Norway's largest architecture collection and consists of more than 300,000 artefacts, dating from the 1830's and up until today. Please contact the study room.
  • Important architects whose works are in the collection are: Ove Bang, Blakstad & Munthe-Kaas, Wenche Selmer, Jan & Jon, Knut Knutsen, Arne Korsmo, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Magnus Poulsson, Erling Viksjø and Sverre Fehn.

Arkitekturmuseets venneforening

Arkitekturmuseets Venner er en sjølvstendig foreining som har som formål å bidra til Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitekturs virksomhet.
Alle interesserte kan bli medlem: post@arkitekturmuseetsvenner.no