The Munch Museum is the largest museum and cultural centre in the Norwegian capital, built in 1963 and designed by Gunnar Fogner and Elnar Mikelbast to mark the centenary of the birth of the Norwegian expressionist painter and graphic artist Edvard Munch.
His collection includes over 1000 paintings, 4500 drawings and watercolours, 1,800 prints, 6 sculptures and some personal effects, which he bequeathed to the museum after his death in January 1944. The museum also serves as a research centre for the study of the great Munch's work.
A special place in the artist's oeuvre is occupied by the self-portraits he painted - from the from a handsome but gloomy young man to a still vigorous old man. This gallery of portraits traces the entire life of Edvard Munch.
After an armed robbery in August 2004, the paintings stolen from the museum were not recovered until two years later. Some of them had to be restored because they were visibly damaged.
The museum exhibition is constantly updated and since the 1990s there have been concerts and documentaries in Norwegian and English. The Munch Museum regularly exhibits some of the exhibition in other museums.
The museum has a gift shop and a café.
