Where to find us
Kistefos, Samsmoveien, 41N-3520 Jevnaker, Norway Telephone: +47 61 31 03 83E, mail: post@kistefosmuseum.com
Public transport
Vy has set up an express bus from Oslo to Kistefos and Hadeland Glassverk. The bus runs every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1st June to 1st October.
The bus leaves Oslo Bus Terminal at 10.15 and returns from Kistefos at 17.00.
Stops Oslo – Jevnaker:
10.15 Oslo bus terminal, platform A 10
10.30 Fillipstad, by Colorline
10.35 Lysaker station
10.42 Sandvika bus terminal
11.35 Kistefos Museum
11.45 Hadeland Glassverk
Return Hadeland Glassverk at 16.50 or from Kistefos 17.00. Same route back.
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: Arrival from Oslo via Klækken and Fylkesvei 241. Follow signs to Kistefos. See placement on Google Maps here.
Entrance North: Arrival from Ringerike / Jevnaker, via E16 and Bergerfossvegen. Address, Samsmoveien 41. See placement on Google Maps here.
Season 2023
29th April - 15th October
Opening hours
- 29th April - 30th June:
- Tuesday - Friday 11 - 17
- Saturday - Sunday 10 - 17
- 1st May Closed
- 17th May Closed
- 18th May 10 - 17
- 29th May 10 - 17
- 1st July - 13th August:
- Monday - Sunday 10 - 17
- 14th August - 15th October:
- Tuesday - Friday 11 - 17
- Saturday - Sunday 10 - 17
- The sculpture park is always available, even outside regular opening hours and season
Tickets
- Adults 195,-
- Children (up to and including 16) Free
- Young (17 to 25) 165,-
- Senior citizen 165,-
- Groups 150,-
- Kistefos Member Adult 550,-
- Kistefos Member Young (up to 25) 450,-
- Kistefos Member Senior citizen 450,-
- Area ticket outside opening hours/season 100,-
- Tickets can be purchased online or at one of the entrances
2023 season
29th April - 15th October
Opening hours in Pentecost:
10 - 17, Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Plan your visit
Tony Cragg - MATERIAL IN MIND. Photo: Michael Richter.
Kistefos presents:
Tony Cragg
MATERIAL IN MIND
29.04 - 15.10
Kistefos presents the first major exhibition in Norway of works by the pre-eminent British sculptor Sir Tony Cragg. The exhibition in The Twist will include key works from the Christen Sveaas’ Art Foundation and Collection, exploring the interplay between materials, forms, negative and positive spaces, whilst pushing to find new relations between people and the material world.
Cerith Wyn Evans, 'Once a Noun, Now a Verb…', 2005. Courtesy Christen Sveaas' Art Foundation. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
Works by Ida Ekblad. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
Sean Landers, Ideals on Wheels, (2008). Courtesy the artist and Christen Sveaas' Art Foundation.
COPY PASTE
29.04 - 15.10
Nybruket Gallery, 1st Floor
The exhibition COPY PASTE explores the integration of text in contemporary artworks whilst reflecting on the arbitrary nature of linguistic signs and questioning the origin and interpretation of text and image. In a time where computer-generated content threatens the authenticity of the written word, the theme of the exhibition embraces the zeitgeist whilst offering an arena to exhibit a selection of the most iconic works from the Christen Sveaas' Art Foundation.
Mikkel Mcaldinen. LANDEK MINE LAST SHIFT AUGUST 21, 1991 (2015). Courtesy of Christen Sveaas' Art Foundation.
Photo: Vegard Kleven
Tracing Absence
29.04 - 15.10
Nybruket Gallery, 2nd Floor
The second floor of Nybruket Gallery has been newly renovated to offer an additional gallery space at Kistefos. The upper floor of the industrial building retains its original features including beams and windows, providing a historical backdrop to this years' exhibition: Tracing Absence.
The sculpture park is partially closed until 22 April
Due to construction work on the old Kistefos Bridge, the sculpture park is partially closed until 22 April. Arrival from the North Entrance and Samsmoveien 41 is recommended, but note that parts of the park will be inaccessible.
Photo: Ida Golberg
'Energy-Matter-Space-Time' by Petroc Sesti was unveiled in 2006. Raw organic power, especially related to water as a natural resource, is at the very core of both the wood pulp mill and Petroc Sesti’s sculpture. 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.
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