2018 DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM The Museum DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM is a regional museum for Dalane, the southernmost part of the county Rogaland, encompassing the municipalities Bjerkreim, Lund, Sokndal and Eigersund. The museum was founded in 1910. Its administration and main exhibitions are located at Slettebø in Egersund. Dalane Folkemuseum has several departments and buildings spread throughout the region. Dalane Folkemuseum DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM The main building houses is located in idyllic various exhibitions. The three surroundings just outside main living rooms through Egersund. Built around 1850, furnishing represent different it was originally the location centuries. There are also two of district judge Christian reconstructed rural living Feyer’s country estate. The rooms, examples of church art area later housed a German and a collection of cast iron military encampment during stove plates. World War 2. The beautiful garden, the buildings and the larch forest make out the museum’s framework. The exhibitions LOCATION: give an insight into everyday Museumsveien 20 life in Dalane during the 4373 Egersund 1800s and early 1900s. Thematic exhibitions focus CONTACT INFORMATION: on agriculture, traditional +47 51 46 14 10 handicrafts and World War 2. dalanefolkemuseum.no Egersund Fayancemuseum EGERSUND FAYANCEMUSEUM The museum is universally tells the story of Egersunds designed. There is a special Fayancefabrik, a factory that touch-gallery designed for 132 years provided pottery for the visually impaired. for the Norwegian people. The museum hosts various Different periods within art activities for children, among and fashion are mirrored in them Play with Clay, where the extensive production. they can make and fire their own ceramic products. The museum is housed in one of the old factory buildings, today the location of the Amfi Eikunda shopping mall. This provides an opportunity LOCATION: to relive the rich history Fabrikkgaten 2 that made the factory the 4370 Egersund most important workplace in the city. Let yourself get CONTACT INFORMATION: fascinated by the diverse array +47 51 49 26 40 of products. egersundfayancemuseum.no The Bilstad house THE BILSTAD HOUSE is the name of the property located in Nygaten 14 in Egersund. The property encompasses a complete townhouse complex, with a residential building, a sailmaker’s workshop, a barn and a granary, as well as a courtyard and garden. What is special about the Bilstad house is its original 1900s interior. This includes the original floor plan, wallpaper and colorings, as well as intact furniture and décor from the early 1900s. The house provides a unique historical insight into the life of an Egersund-family through 128 years. LOCATION: Nygaten 14 4370 Egersund Helleren HELLEREN IN JØSSINGFJORD creates a natural roof and shelter used by humans for millennia. The roofs on the two houses are not thatched, as they are protected by Helleren. The two houses stem from the 19th century, but parts of the buildings are likely to be older. People have presumably lived in the area since the 16th century. In their dramatic modesty, the houses beneath Helleren are among our greatest cultural heritage sites. With their authenticity, they tell us more about ourselves, our history and identity than anything else. LOCATION: Jøssingfjord 4380 Hauge i Dalane Mysinghålå MYSINGHÅLÅ functioned to shelter people that were part of the resistance movement during World War 2. The cave was furnished with a stove, sleeping benches, a table and a window. Acts of espionage and sabotage against the Germans were carried out from Mysinghålå. The Germans never located the hideout. The hike to Mysinghålå takes about 40 minutes and is suitable for the whole family. Parking facilities by the Mysing farm. Signs along route E39 between Helleland and Ualand mark the exit. LOCATION: Mysingveien 4376 Helleland The Maritime Museum THE MARITIME MUSEUM is stave and log construction, a located in an old boathouse, technique called reisverk, and an attraction in itself, in has three stories. It stands on the idyllic and beautiful dry-stacked stone pillars and Sogndalstrand. has dry stone main stairs. Around 1820, great amounts This facility is currently closed of herring migrated to the for maintenance. A visit to coast outside of Dalane. lovely Sogndalstrand is still Herring was a big source of warmly recommended. income and provided work for many. Fishing took place from open boats, rowing or sailing, and so the boathouses had to be located near the fishing grounds. The museum building is an original boathouse from this period. The museum acquired the LOCATION: boathouse in the 1950s. It is Sandvikveien 3 built with a combination of 4380 Hauge i Dalane Fuglestad Millhouse Complex THE MILLHOUSE COMPLEX The millhouses are located IN FUGLESTAD is the largest in idyllic surroundings, ideal among the many belonging to for a picnic or for going Dalane Folk Museum. Today swimming in the summer. All it consists of three millhouses use of fire is forbidden. and a grain dryer. The millhouses were built around The road to Fuglestad is 1840, and the grain dryer marked by sign near Brusand, sometime during the 1870s. along County Road 44. The complex originally belonged to and was run by the tenants at Fuglestad. The buildings were meant to cover the tenants’ need for flour, but were for a period rentable, under the name of Fuglestad LOCATION: Mølle. The millhouse complex Fuglestadvegen was operational until 1945. 4363 Brusand Nærbø These are the locations: Varhaug Vikeså 44 133 1 FUGLESTAD MILLHOUSE COMPLEX Bjerkreim 42 Vigrestad 1 2 DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM Brusand D Helleland Ogna A 5 E39 3 EGERSUND FAYANCEMUSEUM Sirevåg 42 L Hellvik 2 4 THE BILSTAD HOUSE 3 A 4 Egersund N Moi 5 MYSINGHÅLÅ 44 E 6 THE MARITIME MUSEUM IN SOGNDALSTRAND Sokndal 7 HELLEREN IN JØSSINGFJORD 7 6 Flekkefjord Sogndalstrand Jøssingfjord 44 Opening hours 2018 ALL YEAR SUMMER SEASON WINTER SEASON Open by appointment outside THE BILSTAD HOUSE DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM EGERSUND of opening hours. Open by appointment. AT SLETTEBØ FAYANCEMUSEUM June 18 - August 12 January 1 - June 17 and ADMINISTRATION, SLETTEBØ THE MARITIME MUSEUM All days: 11-17 August 27 - December 31 Monday - Friday: 9-14 IN SOGNDALSTRAND Monday - Tuesday: Closed This facility is currently closed EGERSUND Wednesday - Friday: 11-15 MYSINGHÅLÅ for maintenance. A visit to FAYANCEMUSEUM Saturday-Sunday: 11-17 Always open. lovely Sogndalstrand is still June 18 - August 26 warmly recommended. All days: 11-17 HELLEREN IN JØSSINGFJORD Always open. THE MILLHOUSE COMPLEX AT FUGLESTAD Always open. Dalane Folkemuseum Museumsveien 20 4373 Egersund NORWAY Postal address: Postboks 338 4379 Egersund NORWAY +47 51 46 14 10 dalanefolkemuseum.no.