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Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Rasmus Alle 3/7, Bergen, NO 5016
The Bergen Art Museum is actually a series of collections, including the City Art Collection, the Stenersens Collection, and the Rasmus Meyers Samlinger Collection. The City Collection features a diverse collection of works from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Stenersens has works from many well-known international artists, including Bauhaus...
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Rasmus Meyers Alle 5, Kunstforeningen, Bergen, NO
This museum offers a rotating array of exhibits that focus on contemporary art, mainly Norwegian paintings from the last 150 years. The museum showcases many styles of work, including the paintings of Norway's most famous painter, Edvard Munch.
Bergen Museum of Cultural History Collections
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Haakon Sheteligs plass 10, Bergen
Western Norway is emphasized in the galleries here, with displays showing prehistoric and medieval pieces and stretching all the way to the present date. Tools, artifacts, and folk art make up the bulk of the installations, and there are numerous Viking icons, along with stories explaining their history and meaning. Recent exhibitions delve into...
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Nygaten 7, Bergen, NO N-5017
Critics have called this "the most spectacular gallery in Norway," and it has earned that accolade by offering consistently enlightening and well-organized exhibitions. The interior is practically an exhibit on its own, with bold brick walls, stone floors and dramatic lighting. Plenty of three-dimensional art and sculpture in addition to paintings...
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Stend, Fana, (on Rd 553), Bergen, NO
This folk museum has a unique combination of art and history with plenty of folk arts and crafts from around northern Europe, as well as displays showcasing the role of peasants and workers in agriculture, fishing, and the development of infrastructure. A recent temporary exhibit featured art showing 1,000 years of fisher folk.
West Norway Applied Arts Museum
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, NO
This is the best museum for viewing regional crafts. The unique array of displays hone in on various crafts, including pottery, textiles, bookmaking, needlework and much more. The permanent display is supplemented with temporary exhibits that delve into one time period or technique.
Western Norwegian Museum of Decorative Art
Category: Art Museums - Bergen Attractions & Activities
Address: Nordahl Brunsgate 9, Bergen, NO N-5014
This museum has perhaps the most diverse array of exhibits in Bergen, with silverware from the Beren Goldsmith Association, the violin of one of the most famous citizens of Bergen, Ole Bull, and at least 2,000 other items, including glassware, metalworks, fashions, furniture, and carved wooden pieces native to Northern Europe. To mix things up,...
