free of charge museums

Since 2006  three Oslo museums were united in om;oslo museum. All three deal with Oslo city from different perspective and have a free entrance.

om;by museet

Oslo City Museum, situated at Frogner Manor in Gustav Vigelands park (Frognerparken), is a museum of cultural history with one of the largest collections of paintings in Norway. The history of Oslo is illustrated by thematic exhibitions showing, among other things, the development of Oslo and the city’s cultural and commercial activities.

In the museum you can watch a 15 minute long DVD-program, entitled “Oslo During 1000 years”, presenting the history of Oslo in English.

The main building at Frogner Manor, dating back to approximately 1790, contains historical interiors.

Opening hours for the Museum:
Monday closed  Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm (5pm in summer)

om;gamle rådhus

Old Town Hall museum, situated at Christiania Torv 1, together with probably most famous Oslo fountain with the pointing glove. You shall build it exactly here! That’s what the Danish king Christian IV probably said back in 1624 when he decided where the new town of Christiania (was renamed Oslo in 1925) should be located.

Exhibitions:

a. Highlights from Oslo’s Theatre history

b. Presentation of the old town of Christiania (Oslo). Oslo burnt down in 1624 and the Danish-Norwegian King Christian IV relocated the town and renamed it after himself. The exhibition shows models of buildings and portraits from the period. It also casts a light on urban development, change in building traditions and living conditions.

c. 15 minute long DVD-program, entitled “Oslo During 1000 years”, presenting the history of Oslo in English.

Opening hours for the Museum:
Monday closed  Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm

om;interkulturel museet – ikm

Come and experience reconstructions of “Our Sacred Space” in Oslo! The exhibition shows the diaspora situation of six world religions in Oslo, Norway: Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. In the exhibition, different rooms of worship are recreated. Religions have crossed borders with the migration of people, and established themselves side by side in foreign countries. The project aims to bring about dialog between people of different religious backgrounds.

Opening hours for the Museum:
Monday, Saturday closed.  Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday  1oam – 4pm. Thursday 10am – 8pm

address:  Tøyenbekken 5, 0188 Oslo