Strike closes Munch Museum

A new strike by oil workers in the North Sea was averted on Thursday, but Oslo’s famed Munch Museum was forced to close for the next two days because of another, ongoing strike by security guards in Norway. The museum didn’t have enough guards to protect its collections.
The strike by nearly 2,500 security guards nationwide [...]

1950s in Norway weren’t so nifty

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focusing every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: The outdoor Norsk Folkemuseum is best known for its old timber houses and displays of rural culture and treasures from [...]

New Viking probe may reveal secrets

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focusing every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: New examinations of Viking treasures found near the famed Gokstad ship may make a trip to Oslo’s Viking Ship [...]

Museums on the move may reimpose fees

Several museums that dropped their admission fees a few years ago in return for higher attendance may start charging visitors again, ironically to obtain needed tax write-offs. They may not be able to afford passing up the write-offs, especially given the expense of looming moves.
Many museums in Oslo face expensive moves to new locations, as [...]

Summertime at The Munch Museum

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focus every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: Summer scenes from Norway’s most famous artist, Edvard Munch, are highlighted in this year’s summer exhibition at The Munch [...]

Singing in spring at the Botanical Gardens

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focus every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: The Botanical Gardens at Norway’s Natural History Museum are bursting forth in May and June, and hundreds gathered recently for [...]

Kistefos opening draws large crowd

Norwegian business tycoon Christen Sveaas once again attracted a large crowd of art lovers and dignitaries over the weekend, when he opened this summer’s exhibits at the historic pulp mill that he’s converted into the Kistefos Museum and sculpture park. German-Norwegian relations played a big role at Sunday’s opening, 65 years after the end of [...]

Royal opening for palace exhibit

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focus every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: Queen Sonja herself opened a new exhibit on the Royal Palace at the state architecture museum.
The exhibit took years to put [...]

Oslo urges tourism at home

It’s spring, and city officials in Oslo want local residents to be tourists in their own town as area museums and attractions gear up for the busy summer tourist season. On Sunday, locals could get a unique opportunity to learn more about things to see and do at home, for free.
Oslo is packed with museums, [...]

Views and News’ Museum Guide

Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We intend to follow that news, and focus every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS WEEK: The Kon-Tiki Museum, where a new exhibit on his Ra expedition opens April 28.
It’s been more than 60 years since [...]

More Japanese funds for Munch

Idemitsu Petroleum Norge, a subsidiary of the Japanese energy giant Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd, is once again providing funding to preserve the legacy of famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Idemitsu is donating NOK 4 million to help finance a major Munch  jubilee in 2013.
The money will be distributed over a four-year period and plans call [...]

Munch paintings can’t be moved

Nearly 900 of the paintings that Norwegian artist Edvard Munch left to the City of Oslo in his will are in such poor condition that they won’t tolerate a move to a new Munch Museum (photo) to be built on the city’s waterfront. A representative of Munch’s family called the city’s treatment of the paintings [...]

Norway suffering from neglect

It’s not just the railroad that’s been neglected in Norway. A new report shows that public buildings, sewer systems and roads are also in bad shape, and the repair bills will be huge.
Lack of maintenance of critical infrastructure has left Norway with rehabilitation needs expected to cost as much as NOK 800 billion (USD 133 [...]

Great ‘museum shuffle’ plays on

The government minister in charge of building a new museum for such national treasures as the Viking ships and medieval artifacts was supposed to decide on its location in February. Tora Aasland felt forced to delay her decision, however, because of massive public debate, disagreements with city officials in Oslo and a need for more [...]

Help wanted: New Munch Museum boss

The City of Oslo is launching an international search for a new leader for its new Munch Museum, planned for the eastern waterfront area of the capital under redevelopment at Bjørvika. Head-hunters have been vying for the job.
The museum itself remains a target of controversy over its design, with some officials worried it will be [...]

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