Description:

Rising from the Kristiansand harbor, Kunstsilo is one of Europe’s most striking examples of adaptive reuse — a former grain silo transformed into a world-class museum for modern Nordic art.

Originally built in 1935 as an industrial grain storage facility, the structure has been reborn as an architectural and cultural icon. Its raw concrete cylinders now frame light-filled galleries, creative spaces, and community gathering areas — preserving history while redefining the future.

Kunstsilo is not just a museum. It is a statement about transformation, sustainability, and the cultural confidence of Southern Norway.

Experience Kunstsilo’s transformation from grain storage to global art hub, where architecture, AI, and Nordic modernism converge in a digital age.

Program:

09:00  Meet at main entrance

09:05 Tour of Kunstsilo including private presentations and time to walk around on your own.

12:00  2-course lunch in Panorama on the top floor with stunning views of the fjord, archipelago, and the city.

13:00  Return by your own convenience (ticket valid for the entire day)

Kunstsilo is an award-winning former grain silo in Kristiansand that has been transformed into one of Northern Europe’s most innovative centres for art and cultural experiences. The museum opened in May 2024 and houses the Tangen Collection – the world’s largest collection of Nordic modernism – in addition to Kunstsilo’s own permanent collections.

In December, Kunstsilo received the prestigious Prix Versailles honorary award as the world’s most beautiful museum for 2025. Prix Versailles is an international architecture award presented annually by UNESCO, honouring newly built or restored buildings from around the world. The awards highlight projects with clear artistic quality, strong respect for cultural heritage and landscape, and principles of sustainability where culture and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.

Kunstsilo is also listed on a number of international top lists of places worth visiting, such as The New York Times’ ‘52 Places to Go in 2025’ and Time Magazine’s ‘World’s Greatest Places 2024’.

From grain silo to Kunstsilo – The history behind the world most beautiful museum
Eldbjørg Dahl will give you an historical introduction of Kunstsilo from a grain silo to Kunstsilo. Eldbjørg Dahl is the Commercial Director at Kunstsilo and brings extensive leadership experience from the arts, culture, and experience-based industries. She has played a key role in the development of Kunstsilo for nearly eight years, leading the commercial transformation from a former grain silo into a contemporary, internationally oriented art museum. Her work spans brand and concept development, audience experience, marketing and communications strategy, product development, events, and sustainable commercial revenue streams.

Digital experience in art
Torill Haugen – Head of Innovation and Development will introduce you to the inhouse development of immersive art experiences at Kunstsilo. Torill has led the museum’s digital transformation. With a background spanning contemporary dance, media art, digital curation, and over a decade of work at the intersection of art and technology, she has been central in shaping Kunstsilo’s internationally recognized approach to digital audience engagement. She is the driving force behind the development of Kunstsilo’s immersive mediation model — a format that Apollo Art Magazine describes as “the blueprint of how it should be done.”

2-course lunch in Panorama on the top floor with stunning views of the fjord, archipelago, and the city.

Included in the price entrance ticket to our exhibitions, private presentations, tour of Kunstsilo, coffee & tea and a 2-course lunch in Panorama.