Vigeland Museum

For an in-depth look at Gustav Vigeland’s work, visit the Vigeland Museum, opposite the southern entrance to Frognerparken. It was built by the city in the 1920s as a home and workshop for the sculptor, in exchange for the donation of a significant proportion of his life’s work, and it contains his early collection of statuary and monuments to public figures, as well as plaster moulds, woodblock prints and sketches. When he died in 1943, his ashes were deposited in the tower and the museum was opened to the public four years later. Visiting the artist’s private apartments on the 3rd floor is possible, but must be arranged in advance (tours per group cost Nkr700 on top of the cost of admission).