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Norwegian and Nordic photography and a specialized library. Parts of the collection was presented in the exhibition The
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In 2005, Meyer presented a selection of Edvard Munchs photographs as a part of the large exhibition of Edvard Munchs works: Munch 1863–1944, in
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