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{{Short description|Art museum in Oslo, Norway}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox museum
| name               = Munch Museum
| native_name        = Munch-museet
| native_name_lang   = nob
| logo               = Munch (logo).svg
| logo_alt           = The black text logo reads "Munch" in all-capitals, which is styled in reverse italics.
| image              = The new Munch Museum (white color sign).jpg
| caption            = The Munch Museum at Bjørvika in December 2020
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-caption=Interactive fullscreen map
|mapframe-zoom=13
|mapframe-marker=museum
|mapframe-wikidata=yes
|coordinates={{WikidataCoord|display=it}}
| established        = {{start date|1963|05|29|df=y}}
| dissolved          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| location           = [[Oslo]], Norway
| type               = [[Art museum]]
| key_holdings       = ''[[The Scream]]'', ''[[Madonna (Munch)|Madonna]]'', ''[[The Sick Child (Munch)|The Sick Child]]'', ''[[Puberty (Munch)|Puberty]]''
| architect          = {{ublist|Juan Herreros (Bjørvika)|Gunnar Fougner, Einar Myklebust (Tøyen)}}
| owner              = Oslo Municipality
| publictransit      = [[Oslo Central Station]], [[Bjørvika tram stop]]
| website            = {{URL|https://www.munchmuseet.no/en/}}
}}

'''Munch Museum''' ({{langx|no|Munch-museet}}), marketed as '''Munch''' (stylised in all caps) since 2020, is an [[art museum]] in [[Bjørvika]], [[Oslo]], Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist [[Edvard Munch]].<ref>[http://oslo-norway.ca/attractions/munchmuseum.html ''Munch Museum'' (Oslo Norway Tourist Information and Travel Guide)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611084522/http://oslo-norway.ca/attractions/munchmuseum.html |date=2011-06-11 }}</ref>

The museum was originally located at [[Tøyen]], which was opened in 1963. The museum moved to the new museum building at Bjørvika, which was opened in 22 October 2021.<ref name="New museum opened">{{cite news |last1=Nielsen |first1=Jonathan Gaathaug |title=Kongeparet åpnet Munchmuseet |url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/kongeparet-apnet-munchmuseet-1.15700435 |work=NRK |date=22 October 2021 |language=nb-NO}}</ref><ref>https://www.munchmuseet.no/. Retrieved 12 June 2021. "22. oktober åpner nye Munch"</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moxnes |first=Agnes |date=2021-06-11 |title=Museum på museum |url=https://www.nrk.no/ytring/museum-pa-museum-1.15532511 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

== Buildings ==
=== Original ===
[[File:MuncMuseet01.jpg|left|thumb|The original Munch Museum at Tøyen, Oslo]]
The original Munch Museum was situated at [[Tøyen]] in the Oslo borough of [[Gamle Oslo]]. Construction of the museum was financed from the profits generated by the Oslo municipal cinemas and opened its doors in 1963 to commemorate what would have been Munch's 100th birthday. Its collection consists of works and articles by Munch, which he donated to the municipality of Oslo upon his death, and additional works donated by his sister Inger Munch, as well as various other works obtained through trades, including duplicate prints.<ref>{{cite web | first=Annette | last=Faltin | url=http://www.snl.no/Munch-museet | title=''Munch-museet'' (Store norske leksikon)}}</ref>

The museum had in its permanent collection well over half of the artist's entire production of paintings and at least one copy of all his prints. This amounted to over 1,200 paintings, 18,000 prints, six sculptures, as well as 500 plates, 2,240 books, and various other items. The museum also contained educational and conservation sections, and has facilities for the performing arts.<ref>[http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/artnoir/Mmuseo.html ''Munch Museum'' (artnoir)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123142500/http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/artnoir/Mmuseo.html |date=2010-11-23 }}</ref>

The museum structure was designed by architects [[Einar Myklebust]] and [[Gunnar Fougner]]. Myklebust also played an important role in the expansion and renovation of the museum in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of Munch's death. This site was also the location of filming for an ''[[Olsenbanden]]''-movie from 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nkl.snl.no/Einar_Myklebust |title=Einar Myklebust|publisher=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |first=Elisabeth|last=Seip|date=20 February 2017|accessdate= 1 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nkl.snl.no/Gunnar_Fougner |title=Gunnar Fougner|publisher=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |first=Elisabeth|last=Seip|date=20 February 2017|accessdate= 1 September 2017}}</ref>

The last exhibition of the museum while at Tøyen, Oslo was opened in May 2021, which lasted until 1 October.<ref>[https://kunstkritikk.com/the-face-is-something-you-slide-into/ The Face Is Something You Slide Into]</ref><ref>https://www.munchmuseet.no/. "Gi meg et navn[.] Opplev vår siste utstilling på Tøyen, som tar opp spørsmål om identitet, rasisme og mangfold."</ref>

=== Current ===
Previously, in 2008, the City of Oslo promoted an architectural competition for a new Munch Museum in the area of [[Bjørvika]], a new urban development where the [[Oslo Opera House]] is also located.  The competition was won in 2009 by Spanish architect [[Juan Herreros]] and his studio Herreros Arquitectos (now estudio Herreros).<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/192-juan-herreros |title=  Juan Herreros|publisher=    Columbia GSAPP |accessdate= 1 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="newsinenglish">{{cite news | url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/05/29/majority-cheers-new-munch-museum/ | title=Majority hails new Munch Museum |website=newsinenglish.no | date=29 May 2013 | accessdate=3 August 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.archdaily.com/18091/munch-museum-and-deichman-library-in-oslo-competition-results/ Munch Museum and Deichman Library in Oslo competition results] ArcDaily, 27 March 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2012</ref>

Before the local election in Oslo in 2011, the Oslo Progress Party decided that they would no longer support the project due to economic concerns. After the election, in December 2011, the Oslo City Council voted to end the project. Instead, the council wanted to consider improving the current museum or moving the collection to [[Nasjonalgalleriet]].<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10016522 Oslo bystyre vraker Lambda] VG, 14 December 2011 (in Norwegian)</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Saleha | last=Mohsin | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324469304578143023477109776 | title=They All Scream for Edvard Munch, but Oslo Can't Satisfy Demand | newspaper=Wall Street Journal | date=27 November 2012}}</ref>

In May 2013, the Oslo City Council finally took the decision to revive the project, and move the museum to its new site on the waterfront, next to the Oslo Opera House. Construction started in September  2015<!--old info: with the new museum expected to be completed during 2019 and scheduled to open to the public by 2020-->.<ref name="newsinenglish"/><ref>{{cite web|url=  http://munchmuseet.no/en/about-the-munch-museum |title= About the Munch Museum|publisher=  Munch Museum
|accessdate= 1 September 2017}}</ref> The new museum has been widely criticised for its design, where it has been branded the unofficial world's largest collection of guard rails.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grønneberg|first=Mathilde Lea, Anders|date=2019-02-28|title=Arkitekt: – Jeg vil si at Munchmuseet suger|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/arkitekt---jeg-vil-si-at-munchmuseet-suger/70816188|access-date=2021-09-26|website=dagbladet.no|language=no}}</ref>

In summer 2021, 28,000 pieces of art were moved from the previous museum at Tøyen, to the new museum at Bjørvika, Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-01 |title=Munchs «Solen» fraktet inn i det nye Munchmuseet |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2021/06/01/munchs-solen-fraktet-inn-i-det-nye-munchmuseet/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dagsavisen |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.munchmuseet.no/bak-kulissene/|title = Bak kulissene}}</ref>

The museum was opened by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]] on 22 October 2021.<ref name="New museum opened" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bjørnhovde |first1=Hilde |title=Folkefest da Munchmuseet åpnet i Bjørvika: – Alle skal være stolte av dette |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/0G3mV0/forventninger-og-jubel-da-munch-endelig-aapnet-doerene |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=[[Aftenposten]] |language=nb}}</ref>

== 2004 armed robbery of two paintings ==
{{further|The Scream#Thefts}}
On Sunday, 22 August 2004, two paintings by Munch, ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Munch painting)|Madonna]]'', were stolen from the Munch Museum by [[armed robbery|armed robbers]] who forced the museum guards to lie on the floor while they snapped the cable securing the paintings to the wall. The paintings were recovered by [[Oslo Police District|Oslo Police]] on 31 August 2006.<ref>[http://www.dnv.com/news_events/news/2004/munchsecurity.asp  ''Munch museum to improve security'' (Det Norske Veritas)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120728104431/http://www.dnv.com/news_events/news/2004/munchsecurity.asp |date=2012-07-28 }}</ref>

==Selected collection highlights==
<gallery heights=200 mode=packed>
Edvard Munch - The Scream - Google Art Project.jpg|''[[The Scream]]''
Edvard Munch - Anxiety - Google Art Project.jpg|''[[Anxiety (Munch)|Anxiety]]''
Edvard Munch - The Seine at Saint-Cloud - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Seine at Saint-Cloud''
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of single-artist museums]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
*Eggum, Arne; Gerd Woll, Marit Lande ''Munch At The Munch Museum'' (Scala Publishers, 2005)
*Langaard, Johan H. ''Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from the artist's collection in the Munch Museum in Oslo'' (McGraw-Hill. 1964)

== External links ==
*[https://www.munchmuseet.no/en/ Munch-museet website]
*[https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-munch-museum-oslo?hl=en Munch Museum] within [[Google Arts & Culture]]
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