Norwegian Center for Studies of, Oslo, Norway

Today: Open today, 10:00 – 18:00
Standing: Must see
Rank: Rank 24 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Plan your visit.

Opening hours

Monday	10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday	10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday	10:00 – 18:00
Thursday	10:00 – 18:00
Friday	10:00 – 18:00
Saturday	10:00 – 18:00
Sunday	10:00 – 18:00

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About Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities

The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret) is a research and education institution that has been housed since 2006 in Villa Grande, a villa on a hilltop on Bygdøy in Oslo. The house was begun in 1917 for Sam Eyde, founder of Norsk Hydro, and in 1941 it was finished and furnished as the residence of Vidkun Quisling and his wife Maria, who lived there, calling it Gimlé, until his arrest in 1945. Today the centre combines research, teaching and public exhibitions on the Holocaust and minorities.

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What's inside

The permanent Holocaust exhibition documents, through images, sound, objects and text, the genocide of the European Jews and the fate of the Norwegian Jews during the Second World War, as well as the persecution of other groups under National Socialism. Within it, the Memorial Room names every Jew and Romani person from Norway killed in the Holocaust, with date of birth and presumed date of death. The exhibition In/Visible looks at everyday racism in Norway. An underground bunker built in 1942 for Quisling can be visited with a guide.

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Getting there

The centre is in Villa Grande at Huk aveny 56 on Bygdøy in Oslo. Take bus 30 to Bygdøy and get off at the Bygdøhus stop; timetables and the journey planner are on Ruter's website. Guided tours are offered in the Holocaust exhibition, the bunker and the exhibition on everyday racism, and the bunker can only be visited with a guide, so check the tour times on the centre's website before you go.

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Place details and sources

Admission fee: Payable OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Short name: HL-senteret OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Museum type: History OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Type of place: Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Established: 2006 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09