The National Gallery

The National Museum complex is spread among several buildings throughout Oslo, including the National Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. (A new center to unite the three under one roof is on track to be completed in 2020, but until then, all the galleries must be visited separately). The National Gallery, which is home to Edvard Munch’s Madonna and The Scream paintings (the later of which was notoriously stolen in 1994 but returned months later), boasts a collection primarily comprised of Norwegian art from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are, however, also works that date back over 2,000 years, so visitors will see everything from ancient Greek sculptures to Impressionist pieces from Cézanne and Monet.