The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies is located in a house called "Villa Grande". Villa Grande on Bygdøy was the residence of Vidkun Quisling during World War II. For a year and a half after the war, the villa served as the headquarters for General Andrew Thorne, the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Norway, and his staff. The building has, among other uses, been a nursing and rehabilitation home and an education center for healthcare personnel before The Norwegian Holocaust Center moved in in 2005.
The castle on Grandehøyden
Sam Eyde, the founder of Norsk Hydro, was the proprietor of Villa Grande in 1917. The villa, with its dark history connected to Vidkun Quisling and Nazi-Germany's occupation of Norway, is one of Norway's most symbolically significant buildings.
Photo: Museum of Oslo
The annex MINO
In the fall of 2021, Villa Grande opened the extension MINO. The annex includes flexible exhibition spaces used for exhibitions on contemporary themes, as well as a classroom and a workshop. The first exhibition in MINO is In/Visible: Everyday racism in Norway.