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Nina and Edvard Grieg’s home was built in 1885, and the couple lived there the last 22 summers of Edvard Grieg’s life. Troldhaugen became a museum in May 1928.
After World War II, permanent employees were hired to manage and operate the museum, which then consisted of the villa, the composer’s hut and the gravesite. In 1985 the concert hall Troldhalen was inaugurated and in 1995 the museum building opened. In the latter building one can find the new permanent exhibition (opened in 2007), the museum shop, storage magazines, administration offices, a café and public facilities. On May 15, 2007 the Edvard Grieg Museum – Troldhaugen opened a new permanent exhibition in the museum building.
The exhibition is the museum’s most important contribution to Grieg Year 2007. From childhood to composer The exhibition offers a thematic overview of Edvard Grieg’s life: from his childhood in Bergen, studies in Leipzig and formative years in Copenhagen, to his life as a world-famous composer and internationally performing pianist and director. The public can listen to recorded segments of selected compositions in various areas of the exhibition. Grieg’s travelling trunk and travelling table are on view, so also are his and Nina’s formal concert attire.
New material Newsworthy is that for the first time, the public will be able to see a facsimile of the church registry from Johanneskirken in Copenhagen, where Edvard and Nina’s wedding is recorded, facsimiles of the church registries from Nykirken and Korskirken in Bergen, where Edvard and Nina’s baptism’s are respectively recorded, and from Trefoldighetskirken in Oslo (formerly Kristiania), where their daughter Alexandra’s baptism is recorded.
The museum has also loaned artefacts from other museums; among these are Grieg’s dumb piano upon which he practiced while travelling. This has been loaned to Troldhaugen by the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. The horn flute is on loan from Bergen Museum. The museum shop and reception area have also been renovated in conjunction with the new exhibition. We sincerely welcome you to our new presentation of Grieg.
