Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is Norway's national museum of technology, industry, science and medicine. It was founded in 1914 to mark the centenary of the Norwegian Constitution, first opened in 1932 in the basement of the Viking Ship Museum on Bygdøy and moved to Etterstad in 1959. Its present building at Kjelsås, designed by the architect Rolf Ramm Østgaard, opened in May 1986. The museum shows how progress in science, technology, industry and medicine has shaped society and culture.

The museum has more than 25 exhibitions and 100 interactive installations for children and adults. Permanent exhibitions cover transport and aviation, Norwegian industrial history, energy and electricity, music machines, the oil, gas and plastics, wood and metal industries, clocks and watches, and calculating machines and computers. The ticket also covers Oslo Science Centre and the National Medical Museum, opened in 2003. Among the objects is what is probably the world's oldest surviving steamroller, from 1878.

The museum's regular hours are Tuesday to Friday 09:00–16:00 and Saturday and Sunday 10:00–17:00; it is closed on Mondays, but open every day during Oslo school holidays. It is closed on 24–25 December, 31 December, 1 January and 17 May. Over Christmas 2026 it opens 10:00–17:00 on 23 December, 26–30 December and 2–3 January, and is closed on 21, 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 January. Because the ticket machines currently have technical problems, the museum recommends buying tickets online before the visit.

Admission is NOK 205 for adults and NOK 135 for children aged 4–17, students, conscripts and seniors; a family ticket for two adults and four children costs NOK 590. Children under 4 and companions with a companion certificate enter free. The ticket gives access to all the museum's exhibitions and activities, including Oslo Science Centre and the National Medical Museum. Tickets can be bought online, at reception or from the ticket machine in the foyer.

The museum is at Kjelsåsveien 143, 0491 Oslo. Take tram 12 or 15 towards Kjelsås from Jernbanetorget to Kjelsåsalléen, or the metro to Storo and then tram 12 or 15; from Kjelsåsalléen it is a 10-minute walk down Kjelsåsveien. Trains RE30 and R31 run from Oslo Central Station to Kjelsås station in about 15 minutes, and buses 54 and 25 take about 25 minutes from Jernbanetorget. Parking for museum visitors is free, with charging stations for electric cars.