The Researcher in residence program (RIR)

From 2022-2025 The Vestfold Museums ran the project Researcher in Residence (RiR). RiR offered the opportunity for art researchers to live and work in the picturesque town of Åsgårdstrand. The town is known for housing the only remaining intact home after Edvard Munch, and scenes from many of his iconic paintings come alive in the narrow, quaint streets.

RiR was established in 2022 with the mission of bringing art related research from both national and international scholars to strengthen the academic research at Haugar Art Museum and Munch’s House.

The program was a joint effort between Haugar Art Museum and Munch’s House in partnership with Horten Municipality and Vestfold County Council.

Visiting scholars were provided comfortable accommodation in a in a small, detached house in the town centre, located within walking distance to the shoreline and previous home of Edvard Munch, Munch’s House.

• The residency included travel costs and living expenses
• Length of stay: from two weeks to two months

The project has been discontinued. Inquiries can be directed to Haugar Art Museum’s curator Steffen Håndlykken at steffen.haandlykken@vestfoldmuseene.no.

RiR is made possible through generous contributions from Vestfold fylkeskommune, Horten kommune, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt (FINNO) and Jac O. Lyngaas og Hustrus Stiftelse.