Rockheim

About the museum

Rockheim opened on 5 August 2010 as Norway's national museum of popular music and is located at Brattørkaia in Trondheim. The museum is to collect, preserve and convey Norwegian popular music from the 1950s to the present day. The collection of archive material takes place in cooperation with the National Library of Norway (Nasjonalbiblioteket), which has overall responsibility for archives in this field.

The collections consist of instruments, music technology, textiles, effects and other memorabilia, as well as archives of music photographs, sound and film recordings, posters, fanzines, fan mail and manuscripts. The museum also makes its own documentation interviews with artists and has started sound documentation of the instrument and technology collection.

Rockheim Hall of Fame was established in 2011 to honour those who have meant a great deal to Norwegian popular music; the first inductees included a-ha, Wenche Myhre and Alf Prøysen. From 1 January 2021, Rockheim and Ringve Musikkmuseum have had a joint organisation under the name Norges musikkmuseum (Norway's Music Museum), and the museum is part of Museene i Sør-Trøndelag (MiST, the Museums of South Trøndelag).

Highlights

• The main exhibition on the fifth floor, with a room for each decade from the 1950s to today
• The Rockheim Hall of Fame exhibition
• LydLab, “the world's largest MIDI controller”
• Restaurant Rockheim Panorama with a view of the Trondheimsfjord
• Concert hall and museum shop with vinyl records

Permanent exhibitions

• Hovedutstillingen – A time journey through Norwegian popular music from the 1950s to today, on the fifth floor, with a room for each decade and sound clips and films that visitors start themselves.
• Rockheim Hall of Fame – The exhibition on the fourth floor honours artists and figures who have meant a great deal to the development of Norwegian popular music, with its own live stage and a digital wall for suggestions of new names.
• LydLab – An almost screenless room on the third floor with the “world's largest MIDI controller”, where visitors can make electronic music in a playful way.

Founded

2010

Operated by

Norges musikkmuseum – Ringve og Rockheim (Museene i Sør-Trøndelag AS)

Admission & discounts

Press have free admission on presentation of a press card.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Lift to all floors, accessible toilets on the ground floor, the fourth and the fifth floors (with changing tables on the ground floor and the fourth floor), ramps where needed and no floor thresholds in the public areas. Wheelchairs can be borrowed, and light folding chairs can be taken around the exhibitions. There is an induction loop at the ticket counter and in the concert hall, and wheelchair users with companions are admitted first to the concert venue. Blind and partially sighted visitors are advised to bring a companion; the museum has a guide for users of speech synthesis.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Baby changing facilities

Children aged 0–15 have free admission when accompanied by an adult. The museum is interactive: visitors start sound clips and films themselves, and in LydLab everyone can make electronic music. Changing tables are on the ground floor and the fourth floor.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check

Restaurant Rockheim Panorama on the fourth floor has a view of the Trondheimsfjord and a large outdoor terrace. The museum shop on the ground floor follows the museum's opening hours and can be visited without an admission ticket.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

The concert hall, the meeting room Mediateket and Rockheim Panorama can be rented for conferences, concerts, company events and weddings; the restaurant has room for 160 guests for a banquet and 300 for a reception.

Plan your visit