Intercultural Museum

The Intercultural Museum (Interkulturelt museum) occupies the former Grønland police station in Oslo, where the old cells are now used as exhibition spaces. Its exhibitions offer insight into current social topics, art and culture, and invite visitors to explore their own prejudices, challenge their ideas and widen their understanding of other cultures. It is one of the museums run by Oslo Museum, together with the Museum of Oslo, the Theatre Museum and the Labour Museum.

Current exhibitions include Typical, where you can take the pulse of your own and other people's prejudices; Hasansen's Factory, where the artist Sayed Sattar Hasan develops and produces charpai sleds, a hybrid of a Pakistani daybed and a Norwegian ski sled; and The Alter Egos, in which four alter egos explore identity, gentrification and urban development in Grønland. The exhibitions use the former cells of the police station as their rooms.

The museum is open on Tuesday 11:00–16:00, Wednesday and Thursday 13:00–19:00, and Friday to Sunday 11:00–16:00; it is closed on Mondays. Over Christmas and New Year 2026/2027 it keeps regular hours up to and including 20 December, is closed from 21 December to 11 January, and reopens with regular hours on 12 January. The later Wednesday and Thursday hours suit an after-work visit, and admission is free for everyone on the first Thursday of the month.

Admission is NOK 60 for adults, and children and young people under 26 enter free. One person accompanying a person with a disability enters free, and admission is free for everyone on the first Thursday of the month. The museum is at Tøyenbekken 5, reached by any metro line to Grønland. The museum and exhibitions are accessible by lift and/or step-free routes, with a ramp from the courtyard and an accessible toilet.