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The 15 Best Norwegian Museums to Book Ahead

24 tours  ·  from $18

Polar ships, Viking timbers and the Arctic hunting history, mostly indoors and mostly cheap. The 15 below list entry prices and which tickets are timed, for the afternoon the weather takes the decision out of your hands.

Kon-Tiki Museum Entrance Ticket - Inside the museum, from Kon-Tiki to Tigris
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Kon-Tiki Museum Entrance Ticket

1.Kon-Tiki Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,096 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $19Our pick

Visit Oslo’s Kon-Tiki Museum at your own pace with a flexible entrance ticket. See the original Kon-Tiki, Ra, and Tigris vessels, explore Easter Island and Galapagos exhibits, walk through a 30-metre cave, and watch the original expedition film at noon. Allow one to two hours.

“Enjoyed the story and appreciated being able to see the rafts in person. Felt like there could have been more shown from Thor’s life. But great exhibition nonetheless”

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Oslo: Paradox Museum Entry Ticket - Why the photo points matter
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Oslo: Paradox Museum Entry Ticket

2.Paradox Museum Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 799 reviews · 1 hour · from $29

Step into Oslo’s Paradox Museum for a one-hour, self-guided route through more than 70 optical illusions and interactive rooms. Follow the one-way path, try each exhibit, read the science notes, and use marked photo points to capture the best angles. Staff speak English and Norwegian, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.

“we loved it , the staff were very professional and friendly. the bad thing was , there wasn't a staff in each location for help customer with pictures, only in one area we were help with photos but overall we love it !! museum was as we expected.”

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The Fram Museum Admission Ticket - Gjøa and the Northwest Passage story
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The Fram Museum Admission Ticket

3.The Fram Museum Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 490 reviews · 1 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $19

Visit Oslo’s Fram Museum with a prepaid mobile ticket and spend one to three hours exploring the original Fram and Gjøa ships. Read exhibits in ten languages, watch a polar film every 15 minutes, and see displays on the Northwest Passage, Arctic aviation, airships, ice loss, and life in the High North. The museum is self-guided, with no tour guide included.

“The cinema area was completely closed off on the first day we visited. The second day it wasn’t and we discovered we missed at least 30% of the museum on the first day. It was definitely worth visiting and getting the chance to go into the ships that have traveled to the north and south poles!”

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Tromsø: Troll Museum Entry Ticket with AR Media Experience - Reading fairy tales with a tablet in hand
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Tromsø: Troll Museum Entry Ticket with AR Media Experience

4.Troll Museum Entry Ticket with AR Media Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 359 reviews · 90 days · from $21

Visit Tromsø’s Troll Museum, Norway’s first museum devoted entirely to trolls. Use a tablet to bring displays to life with augmented reality, follow Viking ideas about the universe, read Norwegian fairy tales, learn about Sami culture, and try children’s quizzes and interactive games. Plan on about one to two hours.

“The Troll Museum is a truly magical place. I liked the statues, and the overall ambience. You can tell it was made with love. The attraction is short, but very interactive (it has picture points, games, tablets with information...), there's not a moment to be bored.”

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Oslo: Oslo Discovery Tour with 2 Museums Included - Central Oslo from the coach window
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Oslo: Oslo Discovery Tour with 2 Museums Included

5.Oslo Discovery Tour with 2 Museums Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 334 reviews · from $98

This 5.5-hour English tour combines a comfortable coach ride, a Holmenkollen photo stop, a guided walk through Vigeland Sculpture Park, and two museum visits. You’ll see central Oslo sights before visiting the Fram Museum and either the Folk Museum in summer or Kon-Tiki Museum in winter.

“This tour was absolutely fabulous. Our guide Siri was very knowledgeable and friendly and she had so many interesting facts, it was very good to enjoy. I would personally recommend to spend more time in the main statue park but the guide made this trip such a great activity.”

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The Viking Planet Museum Ticket - The VR Film and the Extra VR Game
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The Viking Planet Museum Ticket

6.The Viking Planet Museum Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 197 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $30

At The Viking Planet in central Oslo, you explore Viking life through holograms, 3D artifacts, films, touchscreens, and a longship-style VR experience. Allow one to two hours. The museum is especially good for families and technology fans. VR games cost extra, while Wi-Fi, a guide app, and digital selfie stations are included.

“Fantastic experience. Learnt so much about the Vikings and their impact on the world. It was well worth the visit.”

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Oslo: Munch Museum Admission Ticket - Entering the Oslo museum with the right ticket
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Oslo: Munch Museum Admission Ticket

7.Munch Museum Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 193 reviews · from $39

Spend about two hours at Oslo’s Munch Museum with an admission ticket sent by email the day before your visit. See The Scream and Madonna, follow Edvard Munch’s changing style through paintings, prints, and sketches, and learn how his emotional art helped reshape modern art. Bring ID, and leave large bags behind.

“Learnt there are 3 versions of the Scream that are on rotation every 30 mins.”

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Ålesund-Aksla-Alnes-Giske-Sunnmøre museum 100 % Highlights 4.5 H - Aksla gives you the essential Ålesund view
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Ålesund-Aksla-Alnes-Giske-Sunnmøre museum 100 % Highlights 4.5 H

8.Aksla-Alnes-Giske-Sunnmøre museum 100 % Highlights 4.5 H

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 84 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $171Top rated

Spend about 4.5 hours touring Ålesund and its nearby islands in a comfortable 16-seat minibus with local guide Rolf. You’ll see Aksla’s city view, Art Nouveau streets, Alnes Lighthouse, Giske Church, an ancient burial mound, and Sunnmøre Museum. Water, soft drinks, photographs, and short films are included.

“Rolf was my driver and guide and made sure I had a good experience. He is a native of Alesund and speaks of not only the history, but of his personal knowledge of the area. It was a glorious tour of the surrounding islands and city highlights. A must do if you're in the city for a short while.”

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Stavanger: Norwegian Petroleum Museum - Entrance Ticket - Inside the exhibitions: from seabed geology to offshore work
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Stavanger: Norwegian Petroleum Museum – Entrance Ticket

9.Norwegian Petroleum Museum – Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 78 reviews · 1 day · from $19

Visit Stavanger’s Norwegian Petroleum Museum for a clear, hands-on look at how oil and gas shaped Norway. See original equipment, models, films, and interactive displays about offshore work, climate change, and global warming. Children can try the rescue chute, catastrophe room, games, picture quiz, and play platform. The museum is wheelchair accessible.

“Przyjemne muzeum. Można dowiedzieć się paru ciekawych rzeczy. Warto wstąpić”

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Maihaugen Museum/The Norwegian Olympic Museum, Lillehammer. - Garmo stave church and the oldest buildings
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Maihaugen Museum/The Norwegian Olympic Museum, Lillehammer.

10.Maihaugen Museum/The Norwegian Olympic Museum, Lillehammer.

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 48 reviews · 1 day · from $19

Spend a full day at Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway’s largest open-air museum. Walk among more than 200 historic buildings, see the 1200s Garmo stave church, enter homes from several centuries, and visit the Norwegian Olympic Museum. Summer tickets also include the Norwegian Postal Museum. English-speaking hosts are available.

“Casi todas las casas estaban cerradas y hemos tenido la sensación que todas eran iguales. No había un orden al cual seguir, entonces se hacía eterno visitar todo sin saber si ya lo habías visto o no. Según mi parecer, faltaría más organización por parte del personal del museo.”

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Tromso: Cod-Tasting Tour with Full Steam Museum Entry - The guide makes the difference
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Tromso: Cod-Tasting Tour with Full Steam Museum Entry

11.Cod-Tasting Tour with Full Steam Museum Entry

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 45 reviews · 45 min · from $68

At Full Steam Tromsø, a guide leads you through four cod tastings: caviar, cod tongue, stockfish, and cod liver oil. Hear how fishing shaped Northern Norway, then explore Sea Sami, Northern Lights, and maritime exhibits at your own pace. Tobias has guided guests in both English and German.

“An incredibly good tour with a friendly and knowledgeable guide. He not only explained everything very clearly, but also entertained us with personal stories from his childhood. He walked us through the exact steps of traditional fishing and gave us a fascinating insight into both the past and present. The tour also included access to the museum, which you can explore on your own and where you learn a lot about seafaring and famous explorers.”

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Tromso: Full Steam Museum Entrance - The Sea Sami exhibition on the third floor
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Tromso: Full Steam Museum Entrance

12.Full Steam Museum Entrance

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 43 reviews · 1 day · from $18Best value

Spend a full day exploring Full Steam Tromsø, the world’s northernmost coastal museum. See Sea Sami culture, Northern Lights photographs by Ole Salomonsen, Truls Iversen, and Per Ivar Somby, plus Arctic maritime history from the Viking era to modern oil drilling. No guide is included, but guided tours and tastings can be booked separately.

“Since aNorway and Tromso are surrounded mankly by the fishing industry, this museum explains from the beginning, how the foshing trade started from the past times and how it has evolved through out the years. This museum shows also the importance of the fishing industry, the old way of fishing and today's way of fishing. It has drastically change a lot. It also dedicates a while floor for Sami's people and culture, also for old trades and the tools that they used to use for tradesman. Not to be missed!!!”

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Private sightseeing in a Volvo XC 90 All inclusive museum/guiding - Tryvann gives you Oslo from above
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Private sightseeing in a Volvo XC 90 All inclusive museum/guiding

13.Private sightseeing in a Volvo XC 90 All inclusive museum/guiding

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $402

Hans provides a private four-hour Oslo tour in a comfortable Volvo XC90, collecting you at your address at 10:00 am. You’ll visit Tryvann, Holmenkollen Ski Museum, Vigeland Park, the Kon-Tiki Museum, and the Fram Museum. The route can flex around your interests and pace, making it useful for cruise stops or a first day in Oslo.

“Hans was an excellent guide. He picked us up at our hotel and gave us a great 4 hours of a tour despite the rain. Excellent info on the ski jump. Great toour of the sculptures. Loved the time at the ships.”

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Oslo: Munch Museum Admission Ticket - Entering the Oslo museum with the right ticket
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Oslo Munch Museum Admission Ticket

14.Oslo Munch Museum Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 29 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $39

Spend about two hours at Oslo’s Munch Museum with admission to see Edvard Munch’s best-known work, including *The Scream*, along with exhibitions about his life and art. The museum is near public transportation, offers lockers and a restaurant, and has interactive elements for children. Check your email for the valid ticket, not just the booking voucher.

“The museum admission price was much less than the Viator price. The posted price was about $22 and we paid $38.”

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Kristiansand: Highlights Tour w/ Kristiansand Museum Ticket - Søgne Gamle Kirke and the old street in Høllen
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Kristiansand: Highlights Tour w/ Kristiansand Museum Ticket

15.Highlights Tour w/ Kristiansand Museum Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 17 reviews · 4 hours · from $204

Spend four hours seeing Kristiansand by minibus and on foot, from the open-air museum and Søgne village to the cathedral, market, Christiansholm Fortress, fish market, and Kilden concert hall. An English-speaking guide such as Urvi adds history and humor. Bring a snack, and expect uneven ground at the museum.

“We loved our guide. Urvi was absolutely full of information and had a wonderful sense of humor! We learned so much from her about Norwegian culture and history and the outdoor museum was pretty cool. Overall a great experience that we couldn’t have gotten any other way, so although it’s pricey, it was worth it. Only negative was no food! It said no food but we hadn’t brought any, either, and maybe an option to buy something would improve the experience. To be clear, our guide gave us a chance at a grocery but we didn’t find much there. Tip: bring some snacks and have a great time!!!”

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