page_title: Oslo Museum
section_title: Theatre Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Oslo Museum / Departments at Oslo Museum / Theatre Museum
caption_attribution_description: Former Grønland Police Station, 1900-1902 arch Balthazar Lange
context_page_description: Oslo Museum is a museum in Oslo dedicated to the history and culture of Oslo. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of Oslo City Museum, the Intercultural Museum and the Theatre Museum, which are now departments within Oslo Museum. A fourth museum, the Labour Museum, joined in 2013. The museum is headquartered at Frogner Manor in Frogner Park, together with two of its departments, Oslo City Museum and Theatre Museum.
context_section_description: 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.
  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. Meanwhile, the museum had a temporary exhibitions in Oslo's information center in 1975, "Teatermuseet i seneste laget". Author and playwright  Carl Fredrik Engelstad 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 their tenancy in Gamle rådhus for economic reasons. In 2008 a new theatre historical exhibition opened in the Oslo City Museum east wing, entitled "I rampelyset – scenekunst i Oslo frem til i dag". The exhibition examines the main features and highlights of Oslo's theater and performing arts history, ranging from the early theaters, opera and ballet, to music halls.
caption: Intercultural Museum is located at the Grønland Cultural Station
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