Explore Norway's only dedicated museum to product failures and innovations that didn't quite make the mark. This engaging exhibit showcases over 120 fascinating flops—from the Nokia N-Gage to Google Glass—highlighting the lessons learned from these ambitious missteps. Visitors gain insight into the humor behind each failure, making it a perfect outing for families or groups. The museum blends education and entertainment, celebrating the idea that failure is a crucial step towards success.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 8.
Visit FLOP museum in Oslo, a fun and thought-provoking museum dedicated to failed products, overhyped innovations, strange inventions and ideas that did not go as planned. Travelers will explore the exhibition at their own pace and discover real stories behind famous product failures from technology, toys, food, design, marketing and everyday life. The museum combines humor, nostalgia and business lessons, showing that failure is often part of the road to innovation. Located in Bjørvika, close to MUNCH, the Oslo Opera House and Barcode, FLOP museum is an easy and memorable stop for visitors looking for something different in Oslo. The experience works well for families, couples, curious travelers and anyone interested in design, business, technology or pop culture.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
FLOP museum Admission Ticket in Oslo lasts about 1 hour. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $21 per person for this Oslo experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Children aged 2–17 pay from $10, adults from $21. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The experience is available in NO, NO, EN, EN.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.5 out of 5 across 12 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by FLOP museum.
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Poppy was so kind and friendly. She explained the museum and exhibits. She let us know what time the museum would be the quietest so we could enjoy our time the best. Very reasonably priced and we stayed for a good hour or so.
An interesting though limited exhibition. The entrance fee is quite steep compared with the size of the museum – more expensive than e.g. the Natural History Museum in Oslo. (Though to be fair, I assume its funding is based on the ticket income only.) Many curious artifacts, with short background stories. I think most of the info plaques had YouTube links, but it would have been nicer if all info had been on display in the museum premises instead.
Generally small museum and limited with objects to look at. Be curious, use the qr codes to watch the movies, talk a little about what you yourself remember from what you see. She who worked there was very engaged, accommodating and made the experience better. The museum costs a lot compared to what you get, but no matter how fun with a new and different museum in Oslo! The post-it patches are worth studying, we agreed much of what others have considered as a flop!
Very fun museum with things that have “flopped”. Spent around 30min. The employee could tell stories about certain things. Recommend to take a walk by.
Interesting, fun and informative. This is not a flop. Thank you.
Nice, interesting museum. Our guide Poppy was very helpful and informative! Thank you!
I had a great time at the museum and Poppy was very helpful when I needed assistance, as well as knowledgeable when I had questions about some of the pieces! Thank you, will be recommending to friends if they visit Oslo :)
Super quirky museum trip whilst in Oslo the rep was knowledgeable and engaged well worth a visit
The exhibition is really funny and entertaining. The museum is located close to the main train station and super easy to reach. If you have a spare hour to spend in Oslo, Check it out!
Five stars? This review was definitely not a flop! Thank you for visiting and for taking the time to share your experience.
Failure is the compost of success. This exhibition presents many examples of "seemed like a good idea at the time" and leaves you wondering who wasn't in the product design meetings. Whilst some of these companies went bust, many are still with us.
We’re so happy to hear that you had a great experience! Thank you for the five stars and for supporting a small museum filled with big failures.
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