National Museum of Norway

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Museum of Contemporary Art
Norwegian Museum of Architecture. Photo. Helge Høifødt

The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norwegian: Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design) in Oslo is the national museum of art of Norway.

It was established on 1 July 2003 through a merger of the Norwegian Museum of Architecture, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Gallery, and the National Touring Exhibitions. Its directors have been Sune Nordgren (2003-2006) and Allis Helleland (2007-present); the chairman of the board is Christian Bjelland.

Among its collection is one of the versions of The Scream by Edvard Munch.

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