Ringve Music Museum & Botanical Garden
Ringve musikkmuseum
Norway's national music museum, with an instrument collection in a manor house, live-playing guided tours and a botanical garden alongside.
Ringve Music Museum lies in an 18th-century manor on the Lade peninsula, east of the city. It is Norway's national music museum and holds several thousand instruments from around the world. Its most distinctive feature is the guided tour of the manor house, where guides perform excerpts live on classical pianos, harpsichords and automatic instruments. The barn gallery presents Norwegian popular and folk music. The Ringve Botanical Garden outside the manor is free to enter and offers views over the fjord. It's about a 15-minute bus ride from the city centre.
Opening hours
Approx. 11:00–16:00 (longer in summer; closed Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Tyholt Tower
- Solsiden & Nedre Elvehavn
- Kristiansten Fortress
- Trampe Bicycle Lift
- Kjøpmannsgata Wharves
- Bakklandet
- Rockheim
- Old Town Bridge (Gamle Bybro)