The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ( no, Kunstindustrimuseet) is a museum in
Oslo
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,
Norway
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. Its collection includes clothing, textile, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. Since 2003, the museum has been administratively a part of the
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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(''Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design'').
History
The museum was created on the initiative of
Lorentz Dietrichson
Lorentz Henrik Segelcke Dietrichson (1 January 1834 Bergen - 6 March 1917) was a Norwegian poet and historian of art and literature.
Biography
Lorentz Henrik Segelcke Dietrichson was the son of Fredrik Dietrichson (1800–52) and Marie Heiberg ...
and
Nicolay Nicolaysen
Nicolay Nicolaysen (14 January 1817 - 22 January 1911) was a Norwegian archaeologist and Norway's first state employed antiquarian. He is perhaps best known for his excavations of the ship burial at Gokstad in 1880.
Henrik A. Grosch (1848-1929), nephew of the noted architect
Christian Heinrich Grosch
Christian Heinrich Grosch (21 January 1801 – 4 May 1865) was a Norwegian architect. He was a dominant figure in Norwegian architecture in the first half of the 1800s.
Biography
Christian Heinrich Grosch was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
. The museum was located at St. Olavsgate 1 in Oslo. Since 1904 it has been located with the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.
In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO).
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in a building designed by Adolf Bredo Greve (1871-1931) and Ingvar M. O. Hjorth (1862-1927).Ketil Kiran: ''Ingvar Magnus Olsen Hjorth'' ''Store norske leksikon''
The museum had its premises in several places in central Oslo. Due to its relocation to the new National Museum in Oslo, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design closed on October 16, 2016. Its collection will be part of the new museum when this opens in 2020.