The Vigeland Museum
The Vigeland Museum is a museum dedicated to Gustav Vigeland in Frogner, Oslo. It is located outside Frogner Park, which includes the Vigeland installation with sculptures by Gustav Vigeland.Photo: Helge Høifødt, Public domain.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday noon—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum dedicated to Gustav Vigeland’s art and life
- Also known as: “Vigeland Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oslo City Museum and Frogner Park.
Oslo City Museum
Museum
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Oslo City Museum is a department of Oslo Museum in Oslo, Norway since 2006. The museum is located at Frogner Manor in Frogner Park. The museum was first founded in 1905 as the association Det gamle Christiania. Oslo City Museum is situated 200 metres northeast of The Vigeland Museum.
Frogner Park
Park
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frogner Park is a public park in the central West End borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway. The park is historically part of Frogner Manor and is Oslo's largest park, open to the public at all times.
Benjamin Wegner’s sundial
Clock
Benjamin Wegner's sundial is a sundial from around 1837 located in Frogner Park, Oslo, right in front of the Frogner Manor buildings, which today house Oslo City Museum. Benjamin Wegner’s sundial is situated 150 metres northeast of The Vigeland Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frogner and Elisenberg.
Elisenberg
Locality
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Elisenberg is a neighborhood in the Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway. It is defined as an area between the streets Elisenbergveien, Frognerveien, Bygdøy allé and Kristinelundveien.
Gimle
Neighborhood
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Gimle is an exclusive neighbourhood within the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway. It is noted for its many embassies and as of 2014, had set a record for the most expensive property sold in Norway.
The Vigeland Museum
- Categories: cultural property, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.92287° or 59° 55′ 22″ northLongitude
10.70006° or 10° 42′ 0″ eastOpen location code
9FFGWPF2+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 30176633OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7928869
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“The Vigeland Museum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muséu Vigeland”
- Dutch: “Vigeland Museum”
- French: “musée Vigeland”
- French: “Musée Vigeland”
- German: “Vigeland Museum”
- German: “Vigeland-Museum”
- Japanese: “ヴィーゲラン美術館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vigeland-museet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vigelandmuseet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vigelandsmuseet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vigeland-museet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vigelandmuseet”
- Norwegian: “Vigelandmuseet”
- Russian: “Вигеландский музей”
- Russian: “Музей Вигеланд”
- Spanish: “Museo Vigeland”
- Swedish: “Vigelandsmuseet”
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