Where to find us
Kistefos, Samsmoveien, 41N-3520 Jevnaker, Norway Telephone: +47 61 31 03 83E, mail: post@kistefosmuseum.com
Public transport
The express bus runs from Oslo Bus Terminal at 10:15 AM with a return from Kistefos at 5:00 PM. The journey takes 1 hour and 30 minutes from Oslo Bus Terminal, and the ticket costs 240 NOK one way.
Tickets must be purchased in advance at vybuss.no, the Vy Bus app, vy.no, or in the Vy app. Please note that the bus only runs if tickets are pre-booked.
Arriving by car
Kistefos is located one hour north-west of Oslo. There are two entrances to the park with parking on both sides. People with reduced mobility are asked to arrive from Entrance South.
Entrance South: Address: Kistefossveien 24. Arrival from Oslo via Klækken and Fylkesvei 241. Follow signs to Kistefos. See placement on Google Maps here.
Entrance North: Address, Samsmoveien 41. Arrival from Ringerike / Jevnaker, via E16 and Bergerfossvegen. . See placement on Google Maps here.
Season 2024
4th May - 13th October
Opening hours
- Please note that Kistefos is now closed. The new season opens on 4th May 2024.
- The sculpture park is always accessible, even outside regular opening hours and the season.
Tickets
- Area ticket outside opening hours/season 100,-
- Area tickets must be purchased through the vending machine at one of the entrances
- Memberships:
- Kistefos Member Adult 550,-
- Kistefos Member Senior citizen 450,-
- Kistefos Member Student 300,-
- Tickets during season:
- Adults 195,-
- Senior citizen 165,-
- Children (up to and including 19) Free
- Student 165,-
- Groups 160,-
New season opens 4th May 2024
Plan your visit
Season opening May 4th
Welcome to a new season! Saturday, May 4th, we invite you to the season opening with a new exhibition, a new sculpture, sausages, and prosecco!
Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Hélène Pambrun.
Tatiana Trouvé is the Sculptor of the Year!
It is a pleasure to be able to announce the French-Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé (b. 1968 in Cosenza, Italy) as the sculptor of the year at Kistefos. For the season opening, Trouvé has created two site-specific works, which will be displayed in the historical Wood Pulp Mill.
Hurvin Anderson, Afrosheen, 2009. © Hurvin Anderson. Courtesy of the artist, Christen Sveaas’ Art Collection and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Thierry Bal.
Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings
Kistefos is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in Norway of paintings and drawings by acclaimed British artist Hurvin Anderson. The exhibition focuses on Anderson’s celebrated Barbershop series as a lens through which to understand Anderson’s wider practice and unique sense of history, memory and place.
Photo: Ida Golberg
'Energy-Matter-Space-Time' by Petroc Sesti was unveiled in 2006. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Kistefos - a cultural destination with a twist
Kistefos offers world-class architecture, industrial history, art exhibitions, and an impressive sculpture park in scenic surroundings.
New York Times
What makes it a must-see cultural destination is The Twist, a new 15.000-square-foot structure spanning a river in the middle of the sculpture park.
The Twist. Photo: Laurian Ghinitoiu.
The Twist
The new fabulous museum at Kistefos, designed by world renowned architect Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG, opened Wednesday September 18th, 2019. The building has been named the top architectural museum project in the world to open in 2019, by both the Daily Telegraph and Bloomberg.
All of Nature Flows Through Us by Marc Quinn. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Path of Silence by Jeppe Hein is a favorite of many - including the children, who use it as a fountain in it in the summer. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Point of View - Part 1 by Elmgreen & Dragset. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Sculpture park of international standing
The scenic sculpture park has an impressive collection of works by internationally renowned contemporary artists including Anish Kapoor, Jeppe Hein, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Fernando Bottero and Elmgreen & Dragset. The sculpture park focus is sight specific and international contemporary works of art and is available all year.
From the installation Movimenti della Memoria by Fabrizio Plessi. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Photo: Hans Haug, Visit Øst-Norge
The history
A/S Kistefos Træsliperi was established by consul Anders Sveaas in 1889. The wood pulp mill produced wood pulp used in the European paper industry.
Katy Vandekerckhove:
Kistefos was really a jewel on earth with high level art in fantastic surroundings