Vigeland Museum

The Vigeland Museum (Norwegian: Vigelandmuseet) is a Gustav Vigeland museum in Frogner, Oslo. It is located outside of Frogner Park, which features Gustav Vigeland's sculpture installation. The museum is run by the cultural department of the city of Oslo. Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), Norway's most famous sculptor, is the subject of the museum. Vigeland's former studio and the apartment are now a museum. His urn and ashes are kept in the museum's tower. He created his own bronze urn and burial marker, which is positioned on the second level above his residence. In 2019, the Vigeland Museum commemorated Gustav Vigeland's 150th birthday.

Lorentz Ree created the structure, which is one of Norway's finest specimens of neoclassical architecture. Its history began in 1919 when sculptor Gustav Vigeland offered to gift his works to the Oslo Municipality at some point in the future. Vigeland's oeuvre included not just sculptures, but also woodcuts, drawings, sketches, and photos, as well as letters, other writings, and a personal library. When a section of the city of Oslo where Gustav Vigeland resided and had his atelier was razed owing to city planning, the artist and the city of Oslo reached an agreement: Vigeland sought an atelier. After his death, the atelier might be reconstructed as a museum.

Location: Nobels gate 32, Oslo 0268

Website: vigeland.museum.no