Munch Museum

Edvard Munch - The Scream - Google Art Project.jpg|The Scream

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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.{{cite web | first=Annette | last=Faltin | url=http://www.snl.no/Munch-museet | title=Munch-museet (Store norske leksikon)}}

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.[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 }}

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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.{{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}}{{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}}

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

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).{{cite web|url= https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/192-juan-herreros |title= Juan Herreros|publisher= Columbia GSAPP |accessdate= 1 September 2017}}{{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}}[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

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.[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10016522 Oslo bystyre vraker Lambda] VG, 14 December 2011 (in Norwegian){{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}}

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.{{cite web|url= http://munchmuseet.no/en/about-the-munch-museum |title= About the Munch Museum|publisher= Munch Museum

|accessdate= 1 September 2017}} The new museum has been widely criticised for its design, where it has been branded the unofficial world's largest collection of guard rails.{{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}}

In summer 2021, 28000 pieces of art were moved from the previous museum at Tøyen, to the new museum at Bjørvika, Oslo.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.munchmuseet.no/bak-kulissene/|title = Bak kulissene}}

The museum was opened by King Harald V on 22 October 2021.{{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}}

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{{further|The Scream#Thefts}}

On Sunday, 22 August 2004, two paintings by Munch, The Scream and Madonna, were stolen from the Munch Museum by 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 on 31 August 2006.[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 }}

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• 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)

• [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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