KODE Art Museums

KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes is one of the largest museum groups in Scandinavia and is based around Lille Lungegårdsvann, in the centre of Bergen, in Vestland county, Norway. The collection traces its origins to the 19th century and grew from the donations of Bergen collectors, and it now contains works from the 15th century to the present. KODE's galleries hold a large collection of Edvard Munch's paintings, one of the major collections of his work in the world, and the museum also displays works by J. C. Dahl, who is considered the father of Norwegian landscape painting, along with Christian Krohg, Nikolai Astrup and other Norwegian artists. The museum also has international works, including pieces by Picasso, Klee and Miró, as well as collections of silver, furniture and applied arts. The galleries are arranged in separate buildings, each with its own focus, ranging from historic art to contemporary exhibitions, and the approach is mainly chronological with changing temporary shows. The museum group also manages three composer homes, including Troldhaugen. The buildings are a mixture of historic and modern architecture, with renovations adapting older buildings to museum use. KODE is a key place to follow the development of Norwegian art from the romantic national landscape to modernism, and a single ticket generally covers several buildings in a day.