January
4., 11., and 25. January at 11.00 – 15.00: Makraméworkshop
- Visit our open workshop and join us in making keychains, bracelets, banana hangers and more, like real sailors!
5., 12., 19. and 26. January at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
18. January at 11.00 – 16.00: Ceramics Workshop
- Learn to shape clay with your own hands and create amazing pottery works!
29. January at 13.00: Baby tour: From Skarpsno to Bygdøynes - The Resurrection of the Museum
- Join art historian Eva Karvel on a tour of the museum.
Event: 26. January at 11.00 – 16.00: RoleplayingSunday
Bring your roleplay group to roleplay Sunday with us!
February
1. February at 11.00 – 16.00: Ceramics Workshop
- Learn to shape clay with your own hands and create amazing pottery works!
8., 15. and 22. February at 11.00 – 15.00: Makraméworkshop
- Visit our open workshop and join us in making keychains, bracelets, banana hangers and more, like real sailors!
2., 9., 16. and 23. February at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
26. February at 13.00: Baby tour: Plank sledding - about the sea and the forest
- Join Heidi Thöni Sletten on a tour of the museum.
Event: 17. – 25. February: Children's Pirate Hunter Week during the winter holidays!
Join us on a pirate adventure! At the Norwegian Maritime Museum, a world of experiences awaits little pirates, pirate hunters and adventurous seafarers!
March
1., 8., 15., 22. and 29. March at 11.00 – 15.00: Makraméworkshop
- Visit our open workshop and join us in making keychains, bracelets, banana hangers and more, like real sailors!
2., 9., 16., 23. and 30. March at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
26. March at 13.00: Baby tour: Rundeskatten 300 years since the sinking of Akrendam
- Join archaeologist Jørgen Johannessen on a tour of the museum.
Wine and Wrecks: 27. March at 18:00: Rundeskatten - 300 years since the sinking of Akerendam
Our moderator Anniken Mihle sheds light on the sinking and the find, together with archaeologist Tord Karlsen from the Bergen Maritime Museum and Professor Håkon Roland from the University of Oslo.
April
5., 12., 19. and 26. April: Printmaking workshop – Printing ink and salt water
- Welcome to our graphics workshop! Together we create an exhibition at the museum!
6., 13., 20. and 27. April at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
6. April at 13.00 and 14.00: Omvisning: John Noble – New York i stein og saltvann
- Få et unikt innblikk i de grafiske skildringene til New York kunstneren John Noble som viser det maritime havnelivet i New York på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet.
23. April at 14.00: Lunch lecture: Art conversation with collector Matt Goodheart
- Collector Matt Goodheart in conversation with project manager and senior conservator Eyvind Bagle about why he started collecting John Noble in particular.
30. April at 13.00: Baby tour: Båtbyggerens finurlighet
- Join Bendik Skogvold on a tour of the museum.
News from 3 April: New exhibition: John Noble – New York in stone and salt water
Get to know lithographs by artist John Alexander Noble (1913-1983) that depicted life at sea and harbor life in New York City. With great love and detail, he captured the last working days of the thousands of schooners that transported goods to and from the metropolis, before they were placed on the scrap heap of history.
- The exhibition is open from 3. April to 26. October.
Wine and Wrecks: 24. April at 18.00: The shipwrecks in Bjørvika
Did you know that close to 80 shipwrecks have been found in Oslo? With the urban renewal, a whole series of excavations have been carried out in Oslo, all the way from the Opera project and up to today's projects in Bispevika and Bjørvika.
May
3., 10., 24. and 31 May: Printmaking workshop – Printing ink and salt water
- Welcome to our graphics workshop! Together we create an exhibition at the museum!
4., 11., 18. and 25. May at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
11. May at 13.00 and 14.00: Omvisning: John Noble – New York i stein og saltvann
- Få et unikt innblikk i de grafiske skildringene til New York kunstneren John Noble som viser det maritime havnelivet i New York på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet.
28. May at 13.00: Baby tour: Seafarers at war
- Join Elisabeth Koren on a tour of the museum.
Commemoration: 8. May at 14.00: Liberation and Veterans Day
Welcome to a solemn commemoration and wreath-laying ceremony at the War Sailor Monument at Bygdøynes.
June
1., 8., 15., 22. and 29. June at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
7., 14., 21., and 28. June: Printmaking workshop – Printing ink and salt water
- Welcome to our graphics workshop! Together we create an exhibition at the museum!
15. June at 13.00 and 14.00: Guided tour: John Noble – New York in stone and salt water
- Get a unique insight into the graphic works of New York artist John Noble depicting the maritime port life of New York in the early 1900s.
25. June at 13.00: Baby tour: The emigration across the sea. From Norway to the USA
- Join conservator Eyvind Bagle in the exhibition "New York in stone and salt water. John Noble and his art".
Event: 12. – 14. June: Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival
Welcome to this summer's great music experience! In beautiful, maritime surroundings, music and history merge into an unforgettable experience!
August
10. August at 13.00 and 14.00: Guided tour: John Noble – New York in stone and salt water
- Get a unique insight into the graphic works of New York artist John Noble depicting the maritime port life of New York in the early 1900s.
10., 17., 24. and 31. August at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
27. August at 13.00: Baby tour: Popular pirates and other villains of the seven seas
- Join Heidi Thöni Sletten on a tour of the museum.
September
7., 14., 21. and 28. September at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
14. September at 13.00 and 14.00: Guided tour: John Noble – New York in stone and salt water
- Get a unique insight into the graphic works of New York artist John Noble depicting the maritime port life of New York in the early 1900s.
24. September at 13.00: Baby tour: Shipping in Art – From Norway to New York
- Join conservator Eyvind Bagle in the exhibition "New York in stone and salt water. John Noble and his art".
24. September at 14.00: Lunch lecture: America Package - Silk Stockings, Cord Pants and Juicy Fruit
- Conservator Siv Ringdal visits the Norwegian Maritime Museum and takes us on an exciting journey from Norway across the pond to America!
Wine and Wrecks: 25. September: Mjøsa – shipping, shipwrecks and transport
There is a lot going on under the surface in Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa. We invite you to a deep dive into Mjøsa together with the museum's own maritime archaeologists.
Event: 27. September - 5. October: Children's Pirate Hunter Week during the autumn holidays
Join us on a pirate adventure! At the Norwegian Maritime Museum, a world of experiences awaits little pirates, pirate hunters and adventurous seafarers!
October
5., 12., 19. and 26. October at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
15. October at 14.00: Lunch lecture: From New England to Norway
- In this lecture, Senior Conservator Eyvind Bagle presents the story of an unknown chapter in the story of Norwegian energy exports.
26. October at 13.00 and 14.00: Guided tour John Noble – New York in stone and salt water
- Get a unique insight into the graphic works of New York artist John Noble depicting the maritime port life of New York in the early 1900s.
29. October at 13.00: Baby tour: Our common coastal culture - Kvens, Sami and Norwegians
- Join Charlotte Melsom on a tour of the museum.
Wine and Wrecks: 30. October at 18.00: Svalbard and the hunt for the shipwreck Minerva
In this edition of Wine and Wrecks, the archaeologists have just returned home with completely new knowledge in their luggage and explored wrecks in Svalbard that we have no information about before.
November and December
2., 9., 16., 23. and 30. November at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
26. November at 13.00: Baby tour: The taste of Christmas came from the sea
- Join Heidi Thöni Sletten on a tour of the museum.
7., 14. and 21. December at 12.00 – 15.00: Children's boat workshop
- Here, shipbuilders of all ages come together to make wooden boats, just like they did in Grandma's days!
Regular Exhibitions
By sea!
- The exhibition showcases our open traditional boat collection and archaeological wrecks and findings from Oslo in the 1500s and 1600s. The exhibition is located in the Boat Hall, the iconic building of the Norwegian Maritime Museum from 1958.
Viking Age boat builder
- The Norwegian Maritime Museum exhibits one of the Viking boats from the Gokstad find! At KLINK båtbyggeri we build a replica of the boat. The Viking boat is exhibited in collaboration with the Museum of Cultural History, while the Viking Ship Museum is closed.
At sea! Seafarers' lives through a thousand years
- At sea! is an exhibition about people at sea, from the Viking Age to the present day. Experience people's lives and everyday lives seen from places such as the stern castle and poop, fireplace and galley, rig and engine room. Through them, you get to know Norwegian and international shipping.
On schedule
- For generations, the sea has linked the different parts of Norway together. The exhibition deals with how traffic and traffic have changed from the time of steamboats to the present day.
The Gram Collection: Sea Pieces
- Sea seen through the eyes of Norwegian artists: "Sea Pieces" is a painting exhibition about Norwegian shipping and coastal culture.
Explore the ocean
- In the exhibition "Explore the ocean," you encounter myths, monsters, and heroes of the sea. The stories about the sea are exciting and diverse. We want you to fall in love with the ocean!
Traveling with the Chief and Sally Jones
- Join in and play! Walk along the harbor, muster on the ship Queen of Congo and sail on the seven seas.
