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| Established | 1 January 2006 |
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| Location | Frogner Park and Grønland |
| Director | Lars Emil Hansen |
Oslo Museum (Norwegian : Oslo museum) is a museum dedicated to the history and culture of Oslo, Norway. The museum is headquartered at Frogner Manor in Frogner Park, together with two of its departments; Oslo City Museum and Theatre Museum. [1] [2]
It was formed in 2006 by the merger of Oslo City Museum (Oslo Bymuseum), the Intercultural Museum (Interkulturelt museum) and the Theatre Museum (Teatermuseet), which are now departments within Oslo Museum. A fourth museum, the Labour Museum (Arbeidermuseet), joined in 2013. Oslo City Museum, Intercultural Museum, and Theatre Museum joined forces to create the new museum as a consequence of the State Museum reform. The new museum foundation functioned under the working title "Capital Museum", but from December 2006, it adopted the name "Oslo Museum". [3] [4]
The Oslo City Museum was first founded in 1905 as the association Foreningen Det gamle Christiania. Initiator and curator until 1912 was architect Fritz Holland (1874-1959). A committee members included Bishop of Oslo Anton Christian Bang, architects Torolf Prytz and Harald Olsen, artist Eilif Peterssen and military officer Thomas Heftye. The museum moved into the main building at Frogner Manor in 1909. Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn (1869–1963) became curator of this organization in 1912 and was the director from 1920 to 1949. [5] [6] [7]
The Theatre Museum is dedicated to the history of theatre and performing arts. The museum was established in 1972, but the precursor Christiania Theatre Historical Society opened in 1939 as a theatrical exhibition in Rådmannsgården, a preserved building in Gamle Oslo. Founding members of the Christiania Theatre Historical Society in 1922 was actor/theater director/artist Johan Fahlstrøm (1867-1938), actress Sophie Reimers (1853-1932), actor Harald Otto (1865-1928) and director/theatre historian Johan Peter Bull (1883-1960). Bull was the Society's first chairman and the driving force behind the collection of artifacts. The objects were in 1947 transferred to Norwegian Actors' Equity Association. In 1956 the Theatre History company created a successor of the Theatre History Association. The purpose was to support the museum and promote theatre research. The museum was formerly organized as a foundation in 1972. [8] [9]
The Theatre Museum acquired new premises in the former town hall of Christiania, Gamle rådhus, under the support for semi-public museums with grants from Oslo. Author and playwright Carl Fredrik Engelstad (1915–1996) took over as chairman. After a fire on 5 May 1996, Teatermuseet was closed but regained a new location at Rådmannsgården in 1997. By the end of 2010 Oslo Museum discontinued tenancy in Gamle rådhus for economic reasons. . [10]
The Intercultural Museum, formerly the International Cultural Center and Museum, is located in Grønland Culture Station at Tøyenbekken 5 in Oslo. The museum was started in 1990 by Bente Guro Møller and works to promote understanding and respect for cultural diversity. On the ground floor the museum has a permanent exhibition focusing on immigration history and cultural changes in Norwegian society. The gallery exhibits topical art from artists with immigrant backgrounds. In addition, the museum organizes seminars, concerts, lectures and discussion evenings. In 1999 the museum moved to Grønland Culture Station and the old prison cells were converted into a museum. The house includes an art gallery, concert hall, seminar rooms, and a culture workshop.
The Labour Museum opened during June 2013 in Apotekergarden at Sagveien 28 in the district of Sagene. In 2011 Oslo Museum had received 2.5 million kroner from the Ministry of Culture for the new labour museum. The museum shows the industrial and work history of the industrial areas along the Akerselva, which was important in the development of Norwegian industry from the 1840s. [11]
Oslo Museum collects all types of cultural material that can illuminate the historical and contemporary Oslo. The objects are stored in reservoirs at Frogner Manor, and in some satellites around Oslo. Many of these are digitized and made available to the public on DigitalMuseum. Particularly valuable are the art collection and photo collection with Oslo scenes and portraits. The photo collection is one of the largest and documents the city's development from photography's infancy to the present. In 2010 Oslo Museum along with the Oslo City Archives established the site Oslobilder as an online image base with searchable access to the digitized parts of photo collections from both institutions.
Oslo Museum displays the museum's exhibitions and also has satellite exhibitions at sites in Tøyen and Sagene. The museum manages events and city tours in the Kjenn din by program and publishes the journal of cultural history, Byminner. The museum has at any given time several traveling exhibitions on tour in the country. [12] [13]
Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner; historically Bygdøy was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948.
Alma Isabella Fahlstrøm was a well known Norwegian stage actress, director and theatre manager.
Johan Peter Broust Fahlstrøm was one of Norway's leading male actors before World War I.
Garmo Stave Church is a stave church situated at the Maihaugen museum at Lillehammer in Innlandet, Norway. Garmo Stave Church at Maihaugen is one of the most visited stave churches in Norway.
Oslo City Museum is a department of Oslo Museum in Oslo, Norway. The museum is located at Frogner Manor in Frogner Park (Frognerparken).
Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene is a museum in the city of Bergen, Norway.
Lands Museum is the cultural and natural history centre for Nordre and Søndre Land municipalities in Innlandet county, Norway.
Prestfoss is the administrative center of Sigdal municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Highway Fv287 passes through Prestfoss. Both Fv132 and Fv133 start from here.
Museum of Cultural History is an association of museums subject to the University of Oslo, Norway. KHM was established in 1999 as Universitetets kulturhistoriske museum with the merging of the bodies Universitetets Oldsaksamling which housed a collection of ancient and medieval objects, Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset) at Bygdøy, the Coin Cabinet (Myntkabinettet) and Ethnographic Museum. In 2004 the name was changed to Kulturhistorisk museum.
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology is located in Oslo, Norway. The museum is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
Jacob Ulrich Holfeldt Tostrup was a Norwegian jeweler, goldsmith and silversmith.
Laura Sofie Coucheron Gundersen was a Norwegian actress, counted as the first native-born tragedienne, and also, in some aspect, as her country's first professional native actress and prima donna. She was associated with Christiania Theater from her debut in 1850 until her death, except for the seasons 1870-72, when she played at Møllergatens Theater.
Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn was a Norwegian lawyer, archivist, genealogist and museum director.
Sevald Theodor Richard Andvord was a Norwegian businessperson, known for founding the company Rich. Andvord.
Hjalmar Welhaven was a Norwegian architect, palace manager, and sportsman.
Olaf Mørch Hansson was a Norwegian actor and theatre director, journalist and newspaper editor. He was married to Thora Hansson from 1880 to 1896, and then to Agnethe Schibsted-Hansson from 1896 to 1912.
Alf Bøe was a Norwegian art historian, educator, curator and author.
Christian Ancher was a Norwegian merchant, timber trader and ship owner.
Sofie Borchgrevink was a Norwegian educator. She was born in Christiania, a daughter of Major General Fredrik Laurentius Klouman and Wilhelmine Kristine Juell. She was mother-in-law of museologist Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn.
Sofie Marie Parelius was a Norwegian stage actress. She was known for her ability in comedy and viewed as one of the best Norwegian actor during her time of the classic works of Ludvig Holberg. She belonged to the elite of the actors at the Christiania Theatre in the second half of the 19th-century, when Norwegian actors successively replaced the Danish on Norway's national stage.
