The Research Library

Edvard Munch: Christian Munch on the Couch. Oil on unprimed paper, 1883. Photo © Munchmuseet
The museum's library is closed for visitors from July 1st and until we open the new museum in Bjørvika.
Our library is a research library that manages the collection, including all documentation and accrued knowledge about Edvard Munch, and makes it available for in-house as well as external research.
The library's collections consist of:
- Literature pertaining to Edvard Munch: Books, dissertations, articles and exhibition catalogues
- Edvard Munch's private library
- Literature pertaining to visual art ca. 1850–1950, roughly 30 000 volumes
- Transcriptions of Munch's correspondence, journals and notes
- Newspaper clippings that cover Edvard Munch's lifetime
- A extensive collection of documentary photographs: from Munch's life, his portraits and exhibitions
Search the library's database here
CONTACT:
biblioteket@munchmuseet.no
+47 23 49 35 00