The title of the exhibition is taken from Ibsen's own poem A Verse Letter/ Et rimbrev, and provides a gateway to understanding Ibsen's exploration and curiosity. Ibsen was an inquisitive soul, and questioned society, morality and human nature.
The quote provides a framework for diving into Ibsen's work where questions are not only asked, but where time, space and human psychology are also explored.
Through the title, we invite you to participate in Ibsen's questions and exploration.
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Stian Nybru
Dive into the dramas of Henrik Ibsen
In one of the rooms in the exhibition, we take a deep dive into 10 of Ibsen's works, including The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House.
Here you can also get to know the two dramas that Ibsen wrote in his apartment here in Arbins gate: John Gabriel Borkmann (1896) and When We Dead Awaken (1899).
All the works are presented with an abstract, a thematic presentation, as well as a visual and a listening experience.
Objects that give an insight into Henrik Ibsen's everyday life
In the exhibition you will also find a room with objects that shaped Henrik Ibsen's everyday life, and which bear witness to his significant contribution to literature.
Here you can see Ibsen's iconic hat and coat, Ibsen's first editions, medals and orders, as well as his personal pens and writing equipment.
Here you will also find the key to The Queens Park, Dronningparken, which Ibsen was given by the king himself, so he could lock himself in and go for a walk in peace.
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Stian Nybru
Dream away in Ibsen's world in our 360-degree film room
If you come from a tour of Ibsen's apartment, you step straight into our film room, which shows a film that stretches on all four walls of the room, and gives a feeling of being in the film.
The film contains natural and animated elements, and conveys fragments of Ibsen's works, indeed a powerful experience!