Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (Kunstindustrimuseet) was a museum in Oslo, Norway. Its collection included clothing, textiles, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. In 2003, the museum became administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design).
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
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- Name
- Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
- Founded
- 1876
- Headquarters
- Oslo
- Activity
- museums activities
- Dissolved
- 2016
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The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (Kunstindustrimuseet) was a museum in Oslo, Norway. Its collection included clothing, textiles, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. In 2003, the museum became administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design).
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The museum closed on 16 October 2016, and its collection moved to the new National Museum building, which opened in 2022.
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• Name — Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design • Native Name — Kunstindustrimuseet • Established — 1876 • Dissolved — 2016 10 16 • Location — Oslo, Norway • Type — Decorative arts, design • Founder — Lorentz Dietrichson, Nicolay Nicolaysen • Director — Henrik A. Grosch (first) • Architect — * Adolf Bredo Greve • Ingvar M. O. Hjorth • Website — nasjonalmuseet.no
History
History
The museum was created on the initiative of Lorentz Dietrichson and Nicolay Nicolaysen. It was established in 1876 as one of the first of its kind in Europe. The first director was Henrik A. Grosch (1848–1929), nephew of the noted architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The museum was located at St. Olavsgate 1 in Oslo. From 1904, it was located with the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in a building designed by Adolf Bredo Greve (1871–1931) and Ingvar M. O. Hjorth (1862–1927).
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1876
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design established.
1876
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is recorded from 1876.
2016
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ceased.
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- 1.Kunstindustrimuseet Visit Oslo
- 2.Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design. Store norske leksikon.
- 3.Trond Indahl:Henrik Grosch, Museumsmann Norsk biografisk leksikon
- 4.Ketil Kiran: Adolf Bredo Stabell Greve Store norske leksikon
- 5.Ketil Kiran: Ingvar Magnus Olsen Hjorth Store norske leksikon
- 6.Henriksen, Petter. Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
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