For Ibsen, home is never neutral. It is a place of identity, of secrets, a facade, or an inner landscape. This is what the Henrik Ibsen Museum conveys in 2028.
From 2028, the Henrik Ibsen Museum will focus on the theme of home . In one part of the museum you will find Henrik Ibsen's childhood home and in the other a new, modern museum. In many of Ibsen's plays, the home is a central place for the action. The Henrik Ibsen Museum will convey how the home is connected to identity, secrets, power and conflict. And why these themes are eternally relevant.
Through many of Ibsen's characters in his works, we are presented with existential questions related to home. Both Hedda Gabler and Nora in A Doll's House experience home as a cramped prison. In The Wild Duck, home goes from being a place of safety to being a place of lies.
With this as a backdrop, the concept of home, both a physical and an inner space, becomes the starting point for the content to be conveyed in the farmhouse and barn.
Welcome to children, young people and adults in 2028!
A home for us, a home for you
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