Art and culture are an essential part of the Würth Group’s philosophy.

Galleri Würth opened in 2003 to mark the 30th anniversary of Würth Norway. Located next to Würth Norway’s headquarters at Gjelleråsen, it is the northernmost of the fifteen exhibition venues presenting works from the Würth Collection.

At Galleri Würth, culture and business, art and people, come together.

Reinhold Würth is the man behind the transformation of the Würth Group—from a small family business founded in 1954 into today’s global market leader in assembly and fastening materials.

In 1972, Reinhold Würth purchased a watercolour by Emil Nolde. This became the foundation for what is now the Würth Collection (Sammlung Würth), a private art collection comprising more than 20,000 works. In 1991, he opened his first art museum, Museum Würth, a 920 m² space located at the company’s headquarters in Künzelsau, Germany. The idea behind the museum was to allow employees and visitors to experience and enjoy art as part of their daily environment.

Since the opening of that first museum in 1991, an additional fourteen exhibition venues have been established across Europe.

At Gjelleråsen, Galleri Würth opened in 2003, adjacent to Würth Norway’s headquarters. The building, designed by the Oslo-based architecture firm Dyrø & Moen, features an iconic glass façade and skylights, making it a true architectural gem nestled on the forested slopes of Gjelleråstoppen. The gallery is surrounded by scenic nature, within walking distance of local attractions such as Mortetjern and Salamanderdammen.

Over the past twenty years, Galleri Würth has presented more than thirty exhibitions drawn from the Würth Collection. The opening exhibition featured works by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and since then the gallery has showcased art by some of the most significant names in art history, including Edvard Munch, Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, Xenia Hausner, Dieter Roth, Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, and many others.

In addition to its exhibitions, the gallery offers a range of public programmes that foster dialogue between art, community, and business—such as the “Kunsthistorisk kaffepause” lecture series, evening talks, and creative activities for children and families.

Highlights have included opera evenings with international soloists, an annual summer art school for children aged 8–14, vintage car gatherings, lectures by artists such as Lotte Konow Lund and Lars Ramberg, and author events like the reading by Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass in Oslo University’s Aula in connection with the 2005 exhibition Günter Grass – My Century. Watercolours, prints and sculptures from the Würth Collection.