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National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

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Our next to last stop of the day was the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design .  This was a must stop on the list since I needed to see a few paintings for my list! The museum (like all the others) accepted the Oslo card, so we were really going in and out quite quickly.  One piece I really liked about this museum -- the walls are color coated.  Each color of the four corresponds to a painting periods.  It made it really easy to quickly find the section of the museum we were looking for! I really wanted to see the Edvard Munch paintings.  His paintings were just recently re-displayed at the museum.  I believe it has been loaned out while the museum was under construction.  It was loaned to el Museo  Thyssen-Bornemisza , so I was surprised when I was there in June to see quite a bit of The Scream in the gift shop.  Our main objective in the museum was to see this! What a classic well-known painting!  I unfortunately...