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Munch Museum opens in Norway

Planned following the theft of two of Edvard Munch’s prized works in 2004, the long-awaited Munch museum has opened in Oslo. Magali Robathan investigates

Published in Attractions Management 2021 issue 4

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The new Munch museum has opened on Oslo’s waterfront, with 13 floors dedicated to the works of Edvard Munch.

Designed by architecture practice Estudio Herreros, the new building is five times the size of the previous Munch Museum, and is one of the world’s largest museum’s dedicated to a single artist. Eleven new exhibition halls give visitors the chance to experience the world’s most extensive collection of works by Edvard Munch, with more than 26,700 pieces in the collection. Highlights include several huge mural paintings including The Sun (1909), which stretches nearly 8m, as well as several versions of Munch’s iconic work, The Scream.

The building, which appears to lean towards the iconic Snøhetta-designed Oslo Opera House, is wrapped in a facade finished in perforated aluminium panels with different degrees of transparency. The new museum was planned in accordance with FutureBuilt, an Oslo-wide initiative to halve greenhouse gas emissions across the city – recycled materials have been used throughout, and the interior spaces were designed to conserve energy and reduce the museum’s carbon footprint.

The museum offers a wide-ranging programme of events and experiences, including concerts, literature readings, performance and art workshops. Research and conservation facilities are accessible to the public, giving visitors the chance to learn about work taking place to preserve and celebrate Edvard Munch’s legacy. It also features a 13th floor restaurant with views overlooking the city and Fjord.

Opening exhibitions include:

TRACEY EMIN / EDVARD MUNCH
• THE LONELINESS OF THE SOUL
In her first major Nordic exhibition, British artist Tracey Emin shows how Edvard Munch has influenced and shaped her work over several decades.

EDVARD MUNCH
• INFINITE
This new journey through the art of Edvard Munch enables guests to experience famous works such as The Scream and Madonna, as well as unknown major pieces, while getting unexpected insights into Munch’s diverse artistic career.

EDVARD MUNCH
• MONUMENTAL
Visitors can experience some of the largest paintings ever created by Edvard Munch, in a dedicated double-height space. They’re invited to take an inside look at Munch’s creative process for this first major project for a public space, showing how he succeeded in realising these works through a combination of energy, resourcefulness and persistence. Major work, The Sun, is persented as a new departure in Munch’s career, symbolising the power and ingenuity of life, and as a work that encompasses a number of narratives linked to the natural sciences, religion and the birth of the universe.

EDVARD MUNCH
• SHADOWS
This exhibition seeks to reveal more about Edvard Munch via an interactive museum experience.
Munch spent the last 30 years of his life at Ekely, his villa just outside Oslo. The house was demolished in 1960, but in this exhibition the museum has reconstructed his home via a multimedia installation that uses light, sound and moving images to tell stories from his life.
Visitors gain insights into Munch’s private life, memory and ideas. A specially-designed exhibition wall enables visitors to come close to things he used in his everyday life.

More: www.munchmuseet.no/en

Summer Night is currently on display at the new museum / Courtesy of Munchmuseet

The museum contains the world’s largest collection of works by Edvard Munch Credit: Einar Aslaksen

Credit: Estudio Herreros

Edvard Munch in his living room at his Ekely home in 1943 Credit: Ragnvald Væring

Architects Juan Herreros (left) and Jens Richter Credit: Pablo G Tribello

Paintings on display at the museum include The Sun, which is almost 8m wide Credit: Creative Commons / Lucas Leonardo Ibanez-Faehn

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