Oslo City Museum

[3][4] The museum was first founded in 1905 as the association Det gamle Christiania.

A committee members included Bishop of Oslo Anton Christian Bang, architects Torolf Prytz and Harald Olsen, artist Eilif Peterssen and military officer Thomas Heftye.

The museum moved into the main building at Frogner Manor in 1909.

The museum has one of the largest and most important photo collections in Norway.

Additionally the museum has an art collection which contains around 1,000 paintings and around 6,000 other works.