Bolette Berg & Marie Høeg, Marie with cigarette, 1895-1903. Digitalized glass negative. Preus Museum Collection.
The museum is closed to 28 May due to exhibition change
Welcome to vernissage Saturday 28 May!
Over the Rainbow
Queer Culture Year 2022
Preus museum is Norway's National Museum of Photography
The museum was founded in 1995 when the Norwegian Government bought the collections that belonged to Preus Fotomuseum, a private museum. The Norwegian State is the owner of the museum. In May 2001 the museum moved into Magasin A at Karljohansvern in Horten, about one hours drive from Oslo. The interior decoration is drawn by Architect Sverre Fehn. The collections contains photographies, ather kind of images, cameras and other technical equipment that shed light on the history of photography. There is a wide representation of the international history of photography in the image collection. Preus museum's library holds international standard.
Opening hours
(The museum is closed until 28th May)
July
Tuesday – Sunday 11-16
Jan - June / August - Dec
Wednesday – Friday 11-15
Saturday – Sunday 11-16
The museum has regular opening hours in autumn-, winter- and easterbreak
Visit:
Kommandørkaptein Klincks vei 7
Karljohansvern
NO-3183 Horten
Keep the date! Exhibition opening
The exhibition Over the Rainbow is based on the museum's collection of Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg's private photographs and asks:
What kind of exhibition do we think Marie and Bolette would have appreciated?
Berg & Høeg, Portrett av mann i kjole, 1895-1903. Preus museums samling
En herre med bart
Når man ser dette bildet, kan man fristes til å tro at det er fotografert i nyere tid, men laget for å se gammelt ut. Sannheten er at det er fotografert i Horten, en gang mellom 1895 og 1903. I denne perioden drev de to fotografene og kvinnerettsforkjemperne Marie Høeg og Bolette Berg fotostudioet Berg & Høeg i Torggata. Mange mennesker var på gjennomfart i marinebyen, og hadde behov for portretter både til fest, og for å hjelpe på minnet.
Over the Rainbow
28.5.2022 - 31.12.2022
2022
What kind of exhibition would Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg have appreciated?
Berg & Høeg, Marie Høeg with a moustache, ca. 1895-1903 (colour edited)
Preus Museum's Collection