A week ago, our Culture Editor took a private tour of Oslo’s brand-new national museum: scandinavianart artmuseum norwegianart
Moving from four premises spread across town , Norway's national collection of art and artefacts have been consolidated in a new, vast complex on Aker Brygge. The new sustainable building also includes a library and spaces for temporary exhibitions on the top floor. From the outside, it appears windowless but, touring the interior when closed for the public, small external courtyards are soon pointed out.
Opinion on the new addition to Oslo's skyline has been divided, but curator Karin Hindsbo says visitor numbers been strong since opening at the start of June, and the population are glad to have a larger home for their vast hoards.The museum shows Norwegian and foreign art together, with dedicated rooms for artists including Edvard Munch, Harriet Backer and Johan Christian Dahl .
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