Norway's National Museum opened in 2022 in a new building on the Aker Brygge waterfront, consolidating four previously separate collections into a single institution. It holds Norway's national art collection — from medieval wooden altarpieces through the 19th-century Romantic painters who defined Norwegian national identity, to contemporary work — alongside design, craft, and architecture.
The collection's highlights include the Munch "Scream" (1893 version), major works by Johan Christian Dahl and Adolph Tidemand, and a design gallery that traces Norwegian design from folk tradition to modernism. The building itself, designed by Kleihues + Schuwerk, has good light and logical circulation. Allow three hours minimum; the collection is enormous. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 8pm (Thursday), and weekends.