Nobel Peace Center

The Nobel Peace Center (Nobels Fredssenter) is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents, on the City Hall Square in central Oslo. It was opened in 2005 by King Harald V and occupies the former Oslo West railway station, an 1872 building drawn by the architect Georg Andreas Bull; the British architect David Adjaye was responsible for the centre's creative design. It presents the Peace Prize laureates and their work and tells the story of Alfred Nobel and the other Nobel prizes, and it welcomes about 250,000 visitors a year.

While new exhibitions are prepared on the second floor, The Medal Chamber and The Nobel Field are closed; still available are an exhibition about dialogue and peace, Paths to Peace and The Will to Change the World. A new exhibition, The Price of Peace, opens on 12 December 2026. Guided tours in English on Saturdays and Sundays last about 30 minutes: The Nobel Peace Prize at 12:00 and 14:00 and Paths to Peace at 13:00 and 15:00, for up to 30 people, with registration on arrival. Audio guides in five languages play on your own smartphone.

From 1 September to 31 December 2026 the Nobel Peace Center is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday 11:00–17:00, with late opening until 20:00 on Wednesdays; from 1 June to 31 August it was open daily 10:00–18:00. Remaining closed days in 2026 are 9, 10 and 11 December (the shop is open on 10 December, the day of the Peace Prize ceremony), 24 and 25 December and 31 December. Since 8 September parts of the museum have been closed while new exhibitions are prepared. Some events take place outside the regular hours.

Regular admission is NOK 180 for adults and NOK 100 for students, and children aged 0–17 enter free. From 7 September to 12 December 2026 entry tickets are half price while new exhibitions are prepared on the second floor. Admission is free with the Oslo Pass. The museum recommends buying tickets in advance, but tickets can also be bought on arrival. An annual pass gives free admission for the holder plus one, 10 percent off in the museum shop and 25 percent off private tours.

The Nobel Peace Center is at Brynjulf Bulls plass 1, 0250 Oslo, on the City Hall Square in the middle of Oslo. It is 100 metres from the Aker brygge tram stop (line 12) and from the Aker brygge ferry terminal, 200 metres from the Dokkveien bus stop (lines 32, 33, 54, 81 and 169) and 700 metres from Nationaltheatret train station. The museum points cyclists to local bicycle parking and drivers to the car parks in the city centre.

Because a new public lift is being installed, the second floor is not accessible to wheelchair users from 7 September to 11 December 2026; during this period wheelchair users can visit the first-floor exhibitions free of charge. The cloakroom has self-service lockers. Whether large baby strollers can be brought inside depends on how crowded the museum is. Eating and drinking are not allowed in the exhibition areas, and the museum does not sell food or drinks. Pets are not allowed in the museum.