Oslo’s inspiring, peaceful boutique museum is ready to welcome tourists back
Oslo City Hall Square is home of the most peaceful museum in Norway: The Nobel Peace Center. Behind it, Norway’s largest museum will open in June: The new National Museum. And in front of it, an inviting bench shaped as a big smile. The bench is named after a Nelson Mandela quote; “The best weapon is to sit down and talk”, and designed to inspire peaceful dialogue. Inside, a refurbished museum with new, topical exhibitions await. The Nobel Peace Center is ready to welcome national and international tourists after two years with the pandemic.
“We have used the quiet period during the pandemic to renew and refurbish the center, and now that tourists are on their way back to Oslo, a totally new Peace Center is waiting for them”, says Executive Director Kjersti Fløgstad. Since the beginning of December, the museum has opened three new exhibitions.
The Will to Change the World is a new, inspiring exhibition about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize. In a playful, inspiring way, the exhibition tells the story behind the Nobel Prize and shows the power represented by the prize and the laureates. Visitors can also test themselves to find out what type of peace-maker they are, and which Peace Prize laureates they most resemble.
In the newly opened Medal Chamber, the Nobel Peace Prize medal is shown in all its glory. Here, visitors can experience the world’s foremost symbol of peace. The medal on display is the original one, awarded to the Norwegian Christian Lous Lange in 1921. The Peace Prize Medal was designed by Gustav Vigeland in 1901, and is in 18-carat gold. The medals that are produced for each new Peace Prize laureate and awarded at Oslo City Hall are still in the same design.
The Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition about the two journalists Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa, which opened in December, is more relevant than ever. The exhibition has been updated with information about the difficult situation for the media in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition hall is newly refurbished, with new windows facing the newly built National Museum behind. The building that houses the Nobel Peace Center is an old train station built in 1872. 150 years later, the building is agagain a meeting point for the public walking to and from the two museums.
About the Nobel Peace Center
- one of Norway's most visited museums, with more than 200.000 visitors per year, including school groups
- presents the story of Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates and their work
- is situated in the heart of Oslo, near the City Hall
- Kjersti Fløgstad is the Executive Director, Kristian Berg Harpviken is Chair of the Board
- Main partners are Hydro and Reitan Retail
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