Gothenburg Museum of Art
The Nordic collection at the head of Gothenburg's Avenyn, with a top-lit hall of turn-of-the-century painting.
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The museum stands at the top of the Avenyn behind Milles's Poseidon fountain, in a brick building put up for the 1923 exhibition. Its centre is the Fursten hall on the top floor, top-lit, hung with Nordic painting of the 1880s and 90s - Zorn, Larsson, Hammershoi, Munch, Kroyer, Josephson - which is the strongest single room of that material anywhere. Around it are older European painting including Rembrandt and Rubens, a French section with Monet and Van Gogh, and twentieth-century Swedish work. Hasselblad Center in the same building runs photography exhibitions. The collection came largely from Gothenburg merchant money in the decades either side of 1900.
What you actually see
- The Fursten hall - top-lit, Nordic painting of the 1880s and 90s.
- Zorn, Larsson, Hammershoi, Munch - the core of that room.
- Older European painting - Rembrandt, Rubens and others.
- Hasselblad Center - photography in the same building.
When to go
Year round; closed Mondays. Two hours.
Honest expectations
Parts of the building have been under renovation with galleries closed. Labelling is uneven in English. The Nordic hall is the reason to come and the rest is patchier. Gotaplatsen is exposed and windy.
Nearby
Rohsska design museum is down the Avenyn; Slottsskogen is west.
What to pack for Gothenburg Museum of Art
Chosen from what this place is for. Tap a kit for the full checklist.
Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
