page_title: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
hierarchical_section_title: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
caption_attribution_description: Norges Bank
context_page_description: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, also known as the National Museum, in Oslo is a Norwegian state-owned museum.
  It was established on 1 July 2003 by the merging of the Architecture Museum, Art Industry Museum, National Exhibitions, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the National Gallery of Norway.
  Its directors have been Sune Nordgren, Anne Kjellberg, Allis Helleland, Ingar Pettersen, Audun Eckhoff and Karin Hindsbo. Chairmen of the board have been Christian Bjelland, Svein Aaser and Linda Bernander Silseth.
  The National Museum collects, preserves, displays, and conveys the country's most extensive collection of art, architecture and design. The collection has up to 400 000 works.
  The museum holds regular exhibitions of works from their own collection and revolving collections of borrowed and owned works. The museum's exhibition areas in Oslo are Nasjonalgalleriet, Museet for Samtidskunst. It also exhibited at Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur and Kunsindustrimuseet until it closed on 17 October 2016. The exhibition programme includes travelling exhibitions from within and outside the country.
context_section_description: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norwegian: Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design), also known as the National Museum, in Oslo is a Norwegian state-owned museum.
  It was established on 1 July 2003 by the merging of the Architecture Museum, Art Industry Museum, National Exhibitions, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the National Gallery of Norway .
  Its directors have been Sune Nordgren (2003–2006), Anne Kjellberg (acting, 2006–2007), Allis Helleland (2007–2008), Ingar Pettersen (acting, 2008–2009), Audun Eckhoff (2009–2017) and Karin Hindsbo (2017–present). Chairmen of the board have been Christian Bjelland (2002–2008), Svein Aaser (2008–2017) and Linda Bernander Silseth (2017–present).
  The National Museum collects, preserves, displays, and conveys the country's most extensive collection of art, architecture and design. The collection has up to 400 000 works.
  The museum holds regular exhibitions of works from their own collection and revolving collections of borrowed and owned works. The museum's exhibition areas in Oslo are Nasjonalgalleriet (National Gallery), Museet for Samtidskunst (Museum of Contemporary Art). It also exhibited at Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur (National Museum – Architecture) and Kunsindustrimuseet  (Art industry Museum) until it closed on 17 October 2016. The exhibition programme includes travelling exhibitions from within and outside the country. In 2015 the museum had 602,546 visitors. The current director, Karin Hindsbro, started in 2017. Free entry is available, daily, in late 2019, and every Thursday after that.
caption: Museum of Contemporary Art.
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