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One of the most liked museums of art the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso is visited by people from almost all corners of the world. The Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso is one of the most popular Tromso tourist attractions that shifted to its new premises at Prostneset in the centre of Tromso on the 1st of December in the year 2001. The building of the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso was basically the main telegraph and post-office of the city and was built in the year 1917. But the building of the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso has been undergoing reconstruction in order to meet the new requirements of the present day since the autumn of the year 2000.
The Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso facing Roald Amundsens square is placed in the oldest street of Tromso. The Prostneset has been a site of a church since the thirteenth century with the Steamship terminal and Tromso Cathedral being placed close by. Prostneset is even today the main traffic centre for travelers who come by sea to the city of Tromso. The wharf which was built around 1900 was constructed to receive large ships which included the coastal express also famous as the 'Hurtigruta'.
The Art Museum of Northern Norway which later turned on to become the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso was set up in the year 1985 as an independent institution financed by the government. The Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso comprise about fourteen hundred works including photographs, paintings, sculptures, prints, textiles and various objects of applied art. Tromso unlike many other towns did not have any public art collection which could have helped as a starting point for the new museum. The collection which one gets to see at the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso is built up from scratch with the help of the donations from The Norwegian Council of Culture and it included private gifts and the museum's own purchases. The Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso is especially famous for the Sami and Northern Norwegian art. The works of Anne Kathrine Dolven, Inghild Karlsen, Iver Jaks, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Peder Balke and Kaare Espolin Johnson are displayed in the collection.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo as well as the National Gallery has been giving long-time loans to the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso as a result of which you will get to see the works of Norwegian artists like Harriet Backer, J.C. Dahl, Odd Nerdrum, Christian Krohg and Edward Munch.
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