About
Kistefos Museum is a contemporary art museum and sculpture park in Jevnaker, in the Viken region of Norway. It is also known as Kistefos-Museet. The museum sits on a historic industrial site beside the Randselva river, so a visit combines modern art with the landscape and buildings of an older working place.
What you will find
- Indoor galleries showing contemporary art.
- An outdoor sculpture park with installations set among the trees and open ground.
- The river setting, which gives the outdoor works a natural backdrop.
What kind of visit it makes
Kistefos suits a slow, unhurried visit. Many people combine the indoor galleries with a walk through the sculpture park, moving between the two as the weather and their interest allow. Because the outdoor installations are spread across the site, it is worth allowing time to wander rather than only passing through the galleries.
The industrial origins of the site are part of the experience. Seeing contemporary works against a former working landscape by the river gives the visit a different character from a typical city gallery.
Getting there and planning
The museum is at Samsmoveien 41, 3520 Jevnaker, Norway. To check opening times, admission and current exhibitions before you travel, you can call +47 61 31 10 10.
Jevnaker is a small community, so it helps to plan your route and timing in advance, and to think about what else you would like to do in the area on the same day.