Oslo - National Museum of Contemporary Art

(Local Name: Museet for Samtidskunst) West of Oslo's Exchange, in Bankplass, a large granite building in Norwegian art nouveau style (by I. O. Hjort, 1902), originally the head office of the Norwegian National Bank, now houses the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Museet for Samtidskunst), opened in 1990. The museum displays works by modern Norwegian and international artists from the end of the Second World War to the present day (periodic special exhibitions, covering particular fields or particular periods; traveling exhibitions). The museum has a total exhibition area of 4,000sq.m/43,000sq.ft, on three floors; cafeteria.