Museums in Akershus

Museums in Norway PRODUCT MANUAL 2019/2020 Content

Museums in Norway...... 3 Nasjonalmuseet...... 4 Astrup Fearnley Museet...... 5 MiA – Museums in Akershus...... 6 Telemark Museum...... 7 Vest-Agder Museum...... 8 Norwegian Petroleum Museum...... 9 Jærmuseet...... 10 Hardanger and Voss Museum...... 11 Bymuseet i Bergen...... 12 Edvard Grieg's Troldhaugen & KODE art museums...... 13 Museum Vest...... 14 Museums of Sogn og Fjordane...... 15 Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature...... 16 Maihaugen...... 17 Gudbrandsdalsmusea...... 18 Helgeland Museum...... 19 The Norwegian Aviation Museum...... 20 Nordlandsmuseet...... 21 Museum Nord...... 22

COVER Front: Nasjonalmuseet, ill. Kleihues +Schuwerk/MIR Kommunikasjon/Statsbygg (top), Telemark Museum (middle) and Ivar Aasen Centre (bottom) Back: Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Espen Mills (top), Jærmuseet (middle) and Nic Lehoux © Astrup Fearnley Museet (bottom) Welcome to Museums in Norway

We are pleased to present the second edition of Museums in Norway for 2019/2020. The Product Manual presents 200 museums and locations represented by 19 cultural institutions spread all over the country. They offer a wide range of collections and exhibitions that portray an aspect of Norway’s unique geography, history, art, architecture, music, cuisine and economy.

Regardless whether the focus is coastal or mountain, art or music, suitable for adults or children, Norway’s museums offer an exciting range of events held throughout the year that celebrate Norwegian folklore, music and dance; the achievements of our Viking forefathers; the adventures of our explorers, or the triumphs of modern engineering.

Our museums offer family-friendly activities, guided tours, and stage special events throughout the year that enable our guests, (be they travelling as groups or individuals), to meet local residents and try local cuisine.

Many museums, as indicated in the Product Manual, can also offer meeting facilities and arrange customised tour-experiences. So please, never hesitate to ask!

With so many locations we have chosen to present some key information about each museum while referring to their webpages for further details and updated information on prices and opening hours etc.

The printed version is based on information compiled in March 2019 and subject to change. An updated version is available for downloading at www.museumsinnorway.no

We trust this Product Manual will persuade you to include Norway’ top museums in your tours and provide useful information that supports your guests visit to Norway.

Nasjonalmuseet Museum Vest Astrup Fearnley Museet Museums of Sogn og Fjordane MiA – Museums in Akershus Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature Telemark Museum Maihaugen Vest-Agder Museum Gudbrandsdalsmusea Norwegian Petroleum Museum Helgeland Museum Jærmuseet The Norwegian Aviation Museum Hardanger and Voss Museum Nordlandsmuseet Bymuseet i Bergen Museum Nord Edvard Grieg’s Troldhaugen & KODE art museum

Contact information:

COVER THE ENTERPRISE FEDERATION OF NORWAY If you need further information about a particular museum, we encourage Front: Nasjonalmuseet, ill. Kleihues +Schuwerk/MIR Kommunikasjon/Statsbygg (top), you to contact the museums directly – their contact details are included Telemark Museum (middle) and Ivar Aasen Centre (bottom) The Enterprise Federation of Norway on each individual page of this Product Manual. For information about Back: Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Espen Mills (top), All partners in Museums in Norway are also Museums in Norway in general feel free to get in touch with Project Jærmuseet (middle) and Nic Lehoux © Astrup Fearnley Museet (bottom) members of Virke’s Tourism network for museums manager Elisabeth Heyerdahl Refsum: email [email protected]

3 Nasjonalmuseet

Address The new National Museum, (incl. The National Gallery), opens in 2020 and will be the The National Museum – P.O. Box 7014 largest art museum in Scandinavia. More than 5,000 works of art will be on display in the St. Olavs plass, N–0130 Oslo, Norway permanent exhibition. This is where works from all of the museum’s various fields – older and modern art, architecture, design, craft, and contemporary art – will meet and interact The National Museum – Architecture, in new contexts. In the new National museum you will find one of the world’s finest Bankplassen 3, Oslo, Norway collections by Edvard Munch; The Scream, Madonna, The Sick Child and The Dance of Life. It will feature a public accessible roof terrace with a spectacular view of Oslo City Web Hall and the Oslo fjord. Learn more about the progress and opening here: www.nasjonalmuseet.no http://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/

In 2019 the National Museum’s exhibition venues will take place at the National Museum – Architecture which will remain in it’s current building.

Main attractions/collections The National Museum – Architecture opened in 2008. The main building, designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch was completed in 1830. It was adapted and extended by Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), who was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1997. • A permanent exhibition with works from the architecture collection • Outdoor matters February 08 – September 01, 2019 • Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019 September 26 – November 24

Contact Guided tours Phone: (+47) 21 98 20 00 We offer tours of the permanent displays as well as temporary exhibitions lasting E-mail: [email protected] around 45 minutes. Max 30 people per group. Bookings must be made at least one week in advance. No refund for cancellations less than 7 days in advance. Facilities The National Museum – Architecture Prices, rack rate Please refer to our website for • Café The National Museum – Architecture updated information about the • Museum shop 2019 Groups: 30 NOK Adults: 50 NOK opening of The new National • Free Wi-Fi Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. Museum in 2020. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking Opening hours Monday: Closed Thursday: 11 PM –19 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11 PM – 17 AM Saturday and Sunday: 12 PM –17 PM Photo: and FrodeAnnar Bjørgli (top left and below) Larsen (top right).

4 Nasjonalmuseet Astrup Fearnley Museet

Address Astrup Fearnley Museet is a private museum of contemporary art in Oslo, and has Strandpromenaden 2, since its opening in 1993 been one of the most important art institutions in Norway. 0252 Oslo, Norway The museum is beautifully located by the Oslo Fjord in a spectacular building designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano. The museum presents temporary exhibitions Web of international art, and houses the Astrup Fearnley Collection, one of Norway’s most www.afmuseet.no important and extensive private collections of contemporary art, with iconic works by artists like Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer and Jeff Koons.

Main attractions/collections • Modern landmark in Oslo, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano • Collection of contemporary art • Temporary exhibitions by world-renowned international artists • Museum shop and café • Sculpture park and city beach

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 • Anselm Kiefer – Books and Woodcuts – May 3 – September 15, 2019 • Gilbert & George – The Great Exhibition – September 19 – January 12, 2020 Contact person • Please visit the web page for more information about the 2020 exhibition program Name: Mathilde Emilie Johnsen Position: Head of Marketing Guided tours Phone: (+47) 22 93 60 40 We offer guided tours of the exhibitions, sculpture park and building for groups up to E-mail: [email protected] 30 people per guide, either before, during or after the museums opening hours. We also offer guided tours for kids and families. Languages: English and Norwegian. Cancellation Facilities policy: up to 24 hours before the event. • Restaurant/café • Museum shop Prices, rack rate • Meetings/conferences 2019 Adults: 130 NOK Free admission for kids up to 18 yrs. Students: 90 NOK • Free Wi-Fi, guide apps 2020 Adults: 130 NOK Subject to change. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. • Sculpture park, city beach • Lounge, venue hire Opening hours (2020 on request) • Car park Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12 AM – 5 PM Thursday 12 AM – 7 PM Saturday, Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM Mondays closed – subject to change. Awards • Nominated in the category «Best New Culture Destination 2014» under Leading Culture Destinations Awards, 2014 • The Astrup Fearnley Collection was ranked top 200 in the world in 2019

5 MiA – Museums in Akershus

Address MiA – Museums in Akershus – consists of 20 museums totalling 34 unique visitor P.o.box 168, N-2011 Stroemmen locations across the whole region. Please refer to mia.no for specific museums Our museums convey the rich history and culture of Akershus, ranging from coastal Web culture in Follo and Asker, agriculture in Romerike, log driving in the wetlands Nordre www.mia.no Øyeren, to historical buildings and railways. MiA aims to show the past, but also strives to be a part of the future through contemporary exhibitions, ecological farming, biology and much more.

Main attractions/collections Explore culture in Akershus through: • Family friendly activities • Local food • Guided tours • Open-air museums • Historical railway tours • Exhibitions, concerts and theatre Contact person Name: Vidar Moerch Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Position: Director of communications For more information about our museums, opening hours, exhibitions and events, Phone: (+47) 9 7 56 39 74 please refer to our website mia.no. E-mail: [email protected] Price and opening hours Both vary by sites. Please refer to our website or get in touch. Facilities • Restaurant/café • Museum shop • Meetings/conferences • Free Wi-Fi • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking Photo: left) Wilse (below

6 Telemark Museum

Address At Telemark Museum, we are passionate about events and experiences! During the www.telemarkmuseum.no season we host large entertaining outdoor concerts, you can enjoy thrilling moments in our historical escape room, try out industrial handicraft at the porcelain museum, Web hear traditional Norwegian fairytales in the old open hearth farm houses, and get www.telemarkmuseum.no touched by the life and writings of the world famous playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Main attractions/collections • Henrik Ibsen Museum – Ibsens childhood home showing his authentic home and also a modern museum part including a Peer Gynt escape room. Café available. • Porselensmuseet – museum situated next to Porsgrund Porselensfabrik who still produces traditional handpainted tableware in hard-paste porcelain. • Brekkeparken – open air museum with a large floral park, restaurant, old Telemark houses and a historical escape room.

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 • 1814 Escape room (2019/20) • Peer Gynt escape room (2019/20) • Fragile: Ceramics 0-2000 AD (2019) Contact person • Telemark folk art (2019/20) Name: Tone Lundeberg Position: Public dep. Guided tours Phone: (+47) 97 56 39 74 Guided tours are available at all museums. E-mail: [email protected] Prices, rack rate 2019 Adults: 80 NOK Facilities 2020 Adults: 80 NOK • Restaurant/café • Museum shop Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking Opening hours High season: May 01 – August 31 Hours: 11 AM – 5 PM

We are open to prebooked groups beyond regular opening hours. Please refer to our website or get in touch. Photo: Bjørn Rudborg (top left) and Stina Glømmi right)

7 Vest-Agder Museum

Address Vest-Agder Museum is the biggest union of cultural heritage museums in the county Odderøyveien 21, 4610 Kristiansand of Vest-Agder in South Norway. The museum consists of eleven tourist destinations; outdoor museums, museums railway, museum factory, a war sailing museum, Web mansion, artists home and much more. Through its many branches, the museum www.vestagdermuseet.no manage over 60.000 artefacts, 200.000 photos and 96 antiquarian buildings. Please refer to our website for more information: www.vestagdermuseet.no

Main attractions/collections Setesdalsbanen are among the major tourist attractions in Southern Norway Setesdalsbanen is an 8 km long narrow gauge heritage railway located in Vennesla, about 20 km north of Kristiansand. The line was opened in 1896. Just two years after its closure in 1962 it was re-opened as Norway’s first heritage railway. Since then, visitors have been able to enjoy the experience of a living museum, with over 100 year-old steam locomotives and elegant wooden carriages in beautiful suroundings. Setesdalsbanen have season from June to September.

Experience the history of Kristiansand and Setesdal at the open air museum in Kristiansand and get a feel for life in days gone by way back in 1580. You can visit Contact nearly 40 different houses at the open-air museum in Kongsgård 2 km from Kristiansand Administration center. Join a tour of the farmyard surrounded by authentic buildings from Setesdal. Phone: (+47) 38 12 03 50 E-mail: [email protected] The world’s largest land-based cannon at Møvik from WW2 In fine natural surroundings just outside Kristiansand stands a cannon battery from WW II. It is one of the worlds largest cannon installed on land. The barrel itself is Facilities 19.75 meters in length and weighs 110 tonnes. The cannons had a range of as much • Restaurant/café in some museums as 55 km. • Museum shop • Meetings/conferences Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 • Free wi-fi See our calendar https://www.vestagdermuseet.no/arrangementer/ • Museum shop • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Guided tours on some museums Guided tours are available at all museums. • Coach parking Prices and Opening hours Awards, Trip Advisor ranks etc Fees opening hours vary by sites. Please refer to our website or get in touch. • Museum of the year award 2016

• Nominated to European museum Photo: Tonje Tjøtta of the year award, EMYA 2016 • All of our museums are rated on Trip Advisor

8 Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Address Norwegian Petroleum Museum is a museum for everyone, and is the best visited Kjeringholmen 1, 4006 Stavanger, museum in the SouthWestern part of Norway. Its exhibits explain how oil and gas Norway are created, discovered and produced. You will also learn about the way petroleum influences Norwegian society. Many activities for children and youngsters in the Web science centre part of the exhibitions. www.norskolje.museum.no Main attractions/collections Films, models and interactive exhibits makes the visit interesting for those who wants to learn more about the industry - and for those who wants the experience.

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 May 2019 new exhibition about the climate changes and impacts on the environment, “Climate for change”. Are you willing to do major changes? 1-2 new exhibitions per year. Please visit our web-page for updated information.

Guided tours Guided tours must be booked in advance. We offer tours in English and Norwegian, on special requests German. For other languages, use www.Guidecompaniet.no. Contact person 20 persons per guide. Name: Siri Vinje We recommend 1,5 hours for the tour, including the museum film “Oilkid”. Cancellation Position: Head of Dept. Public and Market policy: 48 hours upon arrival. Tours and visits are available after opening hours. Phone: (+47) 51 93 93 00 E-mail: [email protected] Prices, rack rate Complimentary admission 2019 Groups: 100 NOK Adults: 120 NOK for tour guide and driver. Facilities 2020 Groups: 100 NOK Adults: 120 NOK Discounts for seniors, students • Restaurant/café and children • Museum shop • Free Wi-Fi Opening hours • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities High season: June 01 – August 31 Hours: 10 AM – 7 PM • Coach parking Low season: September 01 – May 31 Mon – Sat 10 AM – 4 PM, Sun 10 AM – 6 PM Photo: NOM/Shadé Barka Martins (top left and right) Stig Håvard Dirdal/NOM (below) Awards • TripAdvisor: Certificate of Excellence No. 4 of 101 of things to do in Stavanger 2018

9 Jærmuseet

Address Jærmuseet – “the museum of the Jaeren region” is one of the best visited museums Please visit our website for addresses along the Norwegian coast. It is the museum for seven municipalities in the Stavanger to the various sites. region, as well as the regional science center for Southwest of Norway. Jærmuseet is a family of museums located at 12 different locations across the Jaeren Web region. The recent local history and the natural sciences are the two common themes www.jaermuseet.no of all the museums. Each museum offers a chance to learn about different ascpect of the Jæren region and how the local environment has shaped everyday life.

Main attractions/collections • Sola flyhistoriske museum “the Aviation museum” with one of Norway’s largest civil collections of aeroplanes • Vitengarden “the science farm” with an impressive collection of acricultural machinery and tractors. Lots of interactive exhibits. Popular with families. • Vitenfabrikken “the science factory” with exhibitions focusing on the rich history of Sandnes with collections from Figgjo (crokery) and DBS (bicycles) as well as a top modern Planetarium and interactive exhiits. Popular with families. • Garborgsenteret, Knudaheio og Garborgheimen – three locations which tells the story of the author Arne Garborg and his wife Hulda. Beautiful views of the region from his Contact person summer hut, Knudaheio. Name: Ingunn Aase Hovelsrud Position: Sales coordinator Guided tours Phone: (+47) 47 77 60 20 We offer guided tours in Norwegian and English at all of our museums, focusing on E-mail: [email protected] a range of different topics. At Vitengarden, Vitenfabrikken and Garborgsenteret the tours always include time to test and play in the interactive exhibitions. We offer guided Facilities tours before, during and after opening hour. A cancellation fee applies if tours are • Restaurant/café cancelled less than 48 hours prior to arrival. • Museum shop • Meetings/conferences Prices, rack rate • Free Wi-Fi 2019 Groups: 100 NOK Adults: 130 NOK • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities 2020 Groups: 100 NOK Adults: 130 NOK • Coach parking Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. Awards Fees vary by site. Please refer to our website or or get in touch. Museum of the Year award 2009 Winner of the European Micheletti Opening hours (2020 on request) Award 2009 Vitenfabrikken, Vitengarden and Garborgsenteret open all year. Vitengarden ranked as number 1 attraction in Bryne (Jaeren) on TripAdvisor

10 Hardanger and Voss Museum

Address Through our nine museums you will learn about the history, culture and art that Hardanger og Voss museum, characterize the people of Hardanger and Voss. The museums are versatile and Museumsvegen 36, 5778 Utne quite varied in theme and what they have to offer. Our activities are based upon the traditional knowledge of our district. You can bake with us, take a course in Web Hardanger embroidery, or watch craftspeople work. Several of our branches offer www.hardangerogvossmuseum.no art exhibits and concerts of the highest quality.

Main attractions/collections • Hardanger folkemuseum; Contains national costumes, Hardanger fiddles, Hardanger embroidery and old traditional houses. • Agatunet; Original farm village, unique examle of Norwegian buidling traditions. • Kabuso and Ingebrigt Vik museum; Kabuso offers concerts and changing exhibitions. Ingebrigt Vik is considered to be one of the most gifted sculptors in Norwegian art history. • Hardanger Skyspace, by James Turrell. • Hardanger fartøyvernsenter; Maritim museum where you can smell wood, tar and sea. You can see craftsmen restore vessels and you may rent a rowboat. • Voss folkemuseum; Mølstertunet is a farmyard, a unique example of the architectural Contact person styles and way of life of earlier times. Name: Hege Vedvik Position: Marketing Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Phone: (+47) 40 43 41 00 • Hardanger folkemuseum: Exhibition of cloths of traditional costumes, E-mail: [email protected] May 6, 2018 – November 2019 • Hardanger fartøyvernsenter: “Norwegian landscape – the coast” Facilities Photographs by Knud Knudsen (1832 –1915) All year. • Restaurant/café • Kabuso: Westcoast-exhibition, paintings from 30 artists May 4 – June 02, • Museum shop Arvid Pettersen/Gabriel Johan Kvendseth “Seen already”, paintings, sculptures • Meetings/conferences and installations. June 15 – September 08. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Guided tours For guided tours and groups, please contact us at [email protected].

Prices, rack rate Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. Fees vary by site. Please refer to our website or get in touch.

Opening hours Please refer to our website or get in touch.

11 Bymuseet i Bergen

Address We invite you to visit a number of Bergen’s acclaimed tourist sights and important Bymuseet i Bergen, P.O. Box cultural monuments. 4052 Sandviken, 5835 Bergen, Norway Main attractions/collections Web • Old Bergen Museum: Open air museum with historical houses saved during www.bymuseet.no the modernisation with “Living Museum”. • The King Håkon’s Hall: Royal banquet hall dating from the Middle Ages. • The Rosenkrantz Tower: Regarded as the most important Renaissance monument in Norway. Parts of the tower from the 1270s. • Bryggens Museum: Archeological remains of Bergen’s settlement from the 1000s. UNESCO World Heritage Site. • Bergen School Museum: One of the country’s oldest school buildings. • The Leprosy Museum: Cultural monument with strong stories set in it’s walls. The two last leprosy patients died in 1946. • Damsgård Country Mansion: Most important example of Rococo architecture in Norway. • Alvøen Manor: Alvøen is one of Norway’s oldest industrial communities and Alvøen Manor was one of Bergen’s grandest private homes, now open to the public. • Hordamuseet: Collection of traditional houses, boats, tools and textiles. Contact person Separate exhibition of old boats from the west coast. Name: Elin Johannessen-Lyras Position: Information Adviser Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Phone: (+47) 47 97 32 42 Changing exhibitions, see our website. (+47) 55 30 80 30 E-mail: [email protected], Guided tours [email protected] Bryggen Guiding – on foot: Bergen’s history begins at Bryggen. Church and Royal Power in the Middle Ages – on foot. Join our walking tour and learn Facilities more about the church and the kings of medieval Bergen. • Restaurant/café • Museum shop Prices, rack rate • Free Wi-Fi Prices from 100-200 NOK see www.bymuseet.no/en Children u/16 free of Charge. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Fees vary by sites. Please refer to our website or get in touch. • Coach parking Opening hours Facilities vary in the various museums. Opening hours and dates vary. Visit our website for further information.

Awards • Cerificate of excellence • Trip Advisor several times.

12 Edvard Grieg’s Troldhaugen & KODE art museums

Address The sound of Norway – a concert experience at Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen. Troldhaugveien 65, Troldsalen concert hall is situated right next to Grieg’s villa Troldhaugen and is 5232 Paradis – Bergen, Norway constructed particularly with chamber music in mind. In the concert hall you can listen to Edvard Grieg’s music while enjoying the very scenery that once inspired Web him in his work. Through the large window that adorns the stage you can see www.kodebergen.no the little cabin where many of Grieg’s pieces were composed.

Main attractions/collections A visit to Edvard Grieg’s villa from 1885 is included.

Exhibitions and events 2018/2019 Daily concerts at 1 PM from May 01 – September 30.

Guided tours Tours available in Norwegian, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish and Italian. Private concerts can be arranged any time throughout the year.

Prices, rack rate Contact person 2019 Groups: 120 NOK Adults: 160 NOK Comment: For concert + entrance Name: John Hovland (for other options, see website) Position: Sales Manager Opening hours Phone: (+47) 55 92 29 92 High season: May 01– September 30 Hours: 9 AM – 6 PM E-mail: [email protected] Low season: October 01– April 30 Hours: 10 AM – 4 PM

Facilities Valid for 2019 and 2020 seasons. • Restaurant/café • Museum shop • Free Wi-Fi • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking

Awards 2017 Traveler’s Choice

13 Museum Vest

Address Our 8 historical sights and attractions will reveal important and intriguing chapters in Sandviksboder 20, 5035 Bergen, Norway Norwegian history, covering themes such as Hanseatic history and international trade, coastal culture and Norwegian maritime history, aquaculture including fish farming as well Web as World War II. Please refer to our website for more information: www.museumvest.no www.museumvest.no Main attractions/collections • The Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene takes you on a time travel through the history of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Bryggen. Learn about 400 years of history and trade and the evolution of Bergen as an international maritime city. • The picturesque Norwegian Fisheries Museum, just five minutes from the city center has modern exhibitions in authentic stockfish warehouses as old as Bryggen. Activities in the harbour. NEW in autum 2019: visit a fish farm facility by RIB boat and learn about aquaculture in Norway and globally. • Bergen Maritime Museum presents Norwegian maritime history and the evolution of seafaring from the earliest times until the present day. • The Coastal Museum of Øygarden. Visitors are given an insight into how people on the coast have lived and worked through the ages. Visit the fish farm by RIB Contact person boat or the oil and gas facilities at Kollsnes by bus. Name: Chantal Couillault Nilsen Position: Sales and Marketing Manager Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Phone: (+47) 41 14 82 94 • Coastal Museum of Øygarden: Guided tours to the fish farm and oil and gas facility E-mail: [email protected] at Kollsnes • The Norwegian Fisheries Museum: Visit the aqua cultural center and fish farm Facilities with departures from Bergen • Restaurant/café • Hanseatic Museum: New exhibitions and guided trail at Bryggen and Schøtstuene • Museum shop (replacement for today’s Hanseatic Museum during a total restoration process • Free Wi-Fi expected to last for 6 years). • Apps for guided trails • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Prices, rack rate • Coach and car parking Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. • Fish farm, beach, kayak and canoe hire Fees vary by site. Please refer to our website or get in touch. • Venue hire • Veteran Boat trip • Museum Bus shuttle

Awards Trip Advisor: CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene. Top 2 museums in Bergen. The Norwegian Fisheries Museum awarded number 8 of museums in Bergen Bergen Maritime Museum awarded number 9 of museums in Bergen

14 Museums of Sogn og Fjordane

Address The Museums of Sogn og Fjordane comprises a total of 13 various museums at different Musea i Sogn og Fjordane locations in Sogn og Fjordane. With us you will learn about the history, culture and famous Gota 16, 6823 Sandane artists from the area.

Web We offer various activities, exhibitions and events. We have local guides, and offer guided www.misf.no tours on request for groups. During summer season several of our museums also offer guided tours for individuals.

For FiTS we offer a museum pass, a ticket that includes entry to all of our 13 unique museums for only 179 NOK.

Main attractions/collections • Astruptunet – The home of Nikolai Astrup • Open-air Museums and family friendly activities • Modern Art by famous painters, illustrators and graphic designers from the area • Varied exhibitions • The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism

Contact person Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Name: Torunn Skarstad • May – September: Exhibition “Farm garden” Astruptunet Position: Marketing consultant • June 19 – August 14: Every Wednesday “Familyday” at Sogn Folkmuseum Phone: (+ 47) 990 94 777 • June 22: Millstone Market, Millstone Park [email protected] • June 23 – Winter 2020 Exhibition: “All good things made of wood” E-mail:[email protected] at Nordfjord Folkmuseum • August 25: “A day at the mountain pasture” at Nordfjord Folkmueum • 2020: June 20: Millstone Market at Millstone Park Other events/exhibitions will be announced at our webpage.

Guided tours We offer guided tours for groups in English and Norwegian at all 13 museums. Environmental certifications Other languages may be available on request. Guided tours outside opening hours Nordfjord Folkmuseum is certified on request. Cancellation policy: up to 48 hours before the event. Some of our museums Eco-lighthouse also offer guided tours for individuals/small groups or scheduled guiding.

Facilities Prices and Opening hours Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. • Restaurant/café Fees and Opening hours vary by locations. Please refer to our website or get in touch • Museum shop for information about your museum of choice. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities

• Coach parking Photo: Espen Mills (top left and right below)

Facilities vary according to location. Please visit www.misf.no for further information.

15 Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature

Address The Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature owns and operates the Ivar Aasen Indrehovdevegen 176, Centre for Language and Literature in Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal and the Olav H. Hauge N-6160 Hovdebygda, Norway Centre for Poetry in Ulvik, Hordaland.

Web Main attractions/collections www.aasentunet.no IVAR AASEN CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE AND WRITTEN CULTURE www.haugesenteret.no With an unbroken history from 1898, the Aasen Centre in Ørsta is the oldest language museum in the world. The museum opened as a memory place at the homestead for the Norwegian language researcher and poet Ivar Aasen (1813–1896), who changed the future of Norwegian language history. The outstanding Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn created the new Ivar Aasen Centre in 2000, with a design inviting guests to walk along the road of language, interacted with the landscape and the historical surroundings.

OLAV H. HAUGE CENTRE FOR POETRY Olav H. Hauge (1908–1994) was one of Norway’s most prominent poets in the post-war period. His poems are translated into twenty-five languages and he has also published several collections of translated poetry from English, French and German. The museum, beautifully located by the Ulvik fjord, is dealing with poetry of all kinds across the Contact person boarders of language, from the poems of Homer to Goethe’s classics and contemporary Name: Laila Walseth Lid song lyrics. Position: Communication Advisor Phone: (+ 47) 70 04 75 82 Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 E-mail:[email protected] www.aasentunet.no and www.haugesenteret.no

Environmental certifications Guided tours Olav H. Hauge Centre: Cittaslow certification Guided tours are available all year in both museums. Ivar Aasen Centre: Fair Trade certification Price Facilities Fees by sites. Please refer to our websites or get in touch. • Restaurant/café • Museum shop Opening hours • Meetings/conferences Please refer to our website or get in touch. • Free wi-fi • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities

• Coach parking Photo: left) Ingvil Skeie Ljones (right and left) Kib & Morits (below

Awards, Trip Advisor ranks etc Museum of the Year 2015, The Best in Heritage Excellence Club 2016, A.C. Houens Funds Diploma for Architecture 2008

16 Maihaugen

Address Maihaugen is one of Norways largest outdoor museums with more than 200 buildings Maihaugvegen 1, 2609 Lillehammer, from the 12th century until today. The museum shows life in different periods. You will Norway get a good insight into Norwegian culture, history and heritage. The museum also communicates the development of the 1900’s and shows houses from each decade Web of this century. Several exhibitions both indoor and outdoor. At Maihaugen you will www.maihaugen.no also find The Norwegian Postal Museum that is open during summer season, and is included in the entrance fee. The Norwegian Olympic Museum is located at Maihaugen. Separate tickets at this museum.

Main attractions/collections • The old farms and the stave church.

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 See: https://eng.maihaugen.no/Daily-programme

Guided tours Guide on request at extra charge. We also have guides and actors in many of our houses, included in the entrance fee. Contact person Name: Siv N. Skansen Prices, rack rate Position: Sales and marketing consultant 2019 Groups: 115 NOK Adults: 175 NOK Tour operators have Phone: (+47) 934 11 821 2020 Groups: 115 NOK Adults: 175 NOK their own net prices. E-mail: [email protected] Fees vary by sites. Please refer to our website or get in touch: Facilities http://ol.museum.no, https://bjerkebek.no, https://aulestad.no, • Restaurant/café https://lillehammerartmuseum.com/ • Museum shop Please note that tour operators have special prices to all our museums. Please contact us. • Free Wi-Fi • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Opening hours • Coach parking High season: June 01 – August 31 Hours: 10 AM – 5 PM Please refer Low season: September 01 – May 31 Hours: 11 AM – 4 PM to our website. Awards • Cerificate of excellence Trip Advisor Groups can order guided tours outside of opening hours. several times Photo: right) Mark Purnell (below

17 Gudbrandsdalsmusea

Address Gudbrandsdalsmusea make the valley’s cultural heritage come alive through exhibitions, Dale-Gudbrands Gard, Hundorpgeilen demonstrations and storytelling. In central locations throughout Gudbrandsdalen, from 10, 2647 Sør-Fron, Norway Ringebu in the south to Lesja in the north, you can visit one of Gudbrandsdalsmusea’s many locations. Among our collections, you find open air museums, with guided tours, Web demonstration of craft- and baking techniques and storytelling. We also have one of www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no Gudbrandsdalens largest collections of war memorials from the second world war. For further information visit www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no

Main attractions/collections Lesja open air museum, Presthaugen open air museum in and The Norwegian mountain center in Lom, Gudbrandsdalen war memorial collection in Kvam

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 “Spellbound” – The Norwegian mountain center, “Timber floating” – Lesja open air museum, “Kess – a story from Grini” – Gudbrandsdalen war memorial

Guided tours We offer guided tours at all our locations in English and Norwegian. The guided tours Contact person can be on specific topics and exhibitions or general tours on our locations. We also Name: Benedicte Friis Furulund offer tours for smaller groups and families. It is possible to book guided tours outside our Position: Marketing manager official opening hours. To book a guided tour visit www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no or contact Phone: (+ 47) 95 97 62 53 us on [email protected]. Canselation policy: up to 48 hours in advance. E-mail: [email protected] Prices, rack rate Please refer to our website www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no or get in touch. Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver

Opening hours Environmental certifications Opening hours and dates vary from locations. Visit www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no The Norwegian Mountain Center for further information. Please refer to our website or get in touch. is certified Eco-lighthous

Facilities • Restaurant/café • Museum shop • Meetings/conferences • Free Wi-Fi • Audio guides • Guide apps • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking

Facilities vary according to location. Please visit www.gudbrandsdalsmusea.no for further information.

18 Helgeland Museum

Address Helgeland Museum is the regional museum in the southern part of Nordland county. Helgeland Museum, Sjøgata 23E, The natural and cultural history and heritage of Helgeland is told through research, 8656 Mosjøen, Norway documentation, exhibitions and diverse activities. You can find us in 18 locations all over the Helgeland region where the visit can be combined with local food and Web beverages. Please consult our website for more information and booking: www.helgelandmuseum.no www.helgelandmuseum.no Please refer to our website. See each museum. Main attractions/collections • Petter Dass museum • Grønsvik Kystfort • Vefsn Museum and Sjøgata • Rana Museum, Fjordsenteret

Exhibitions and events 2019 • April 9 – 2019: Opening of the Traitor (Grønsvik Kystfort) • June 19 – 2019: Opening of the new Rana Museum

Guided tours Please refer to our website for each of the museums: www.helgelandmuseum.no and www.petterdass-museet.no Contact person Name: Janicke Kernland Prices, rack rate Position: Head of Dept. Public and Market Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. Phone: (+47) 46 92 13 01 Please refer to our website. See each museum. The departments may have different E-mail: [email protected] hours of operation

Facilities Opening hours • Restaurant/café June 15 – August 15. Please refer to our website. • Museum shop • Meetings/conferences • Free Wi-Fi on some locations • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities on some locations • Coach parking

19 The Norwegian Aviation Museum

Address Let’s fly!Experience the thrilling history of aviation up close. Aviation played a major Olav V gate, 8004 Bodø, Norway role in shaping Norway as a nation; it has influenced our people, our landscape and our (P.O. Box 1124, 8001 Bodø, Norway) way of life. See famous and even some infamous planes, including the Spitfire, the Focke Wulf 190 and the Starfighter, or faithful work horses and passenger aircraft, including Web the Ju52 and the Twin Otter. The Museum’s collection includes over 40 historically www.luftfartsmuseum.no significant aircrafts in a building shaped like a giant propeller.The Norwegian Aviation Museum is among the largest Aviation museums in Europe and opened in 1994.

Main attractions/collections • Collection of historically significant aircrafts and helicopters. • Civil and Military galleries, and a traffic control tower from the old airport, which gives a 360 degree view of the city and the airfield. • Explore the important efforts of airplanes from the Norwegian aircraft pioneer Roald Amundsen to World War II and the Cold war • Museum shop and Café Gidsken.

Guided tours We offer guided tours of the exhibitions for groups up to 25 people during high season. Contact person We also offer private tours either before, during or after the museum’s opening hours. Name: Gunn-Anita Tiurdal Languages: English, Norwegian, German. Position: Booking Book a guided tour at [email protected]. Phone: (+47) 75 50 78 50 E-mail: [email protected] Prices, rack rate 2019 Groups: 140 NOK Adults: 175 NOK Facilities 2020 Groups: 140 NOK Adults: 175 NOK • Museum shop and café • Meetings/conferences Complimentary admission for tour guide and driver. • Free Wi-Fi Fees vary by site. Please refer to our website or get in touch. • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities • Coach parking Opening hours High season: June 01 – August 31 Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM Awards Low season: September 01 – May 31 Mon – Fri 10 AM – 4 PM, Sat – Sun 11 AM – 5 PM Trip Advisor: number 2 of things to do in Bodø in 2018 Please see our website for special opening hours for January, Easter, May and Christmas. Photo: (Top Futurasec and (Top left and below) right) Martin Losvik

20 Nordlandsmuseet

Address Nordlandsmuseet is an union of 19 truly unique museums based along the coastline Nordlandsmuseet, Torvgt 8B, of the Salten region in Nordland. The city of Bodø is the administrative centre of 8005 Bodø, Norway Nordland. Bodø provides you with easy access to all our museums, irrespective of how you travel here. Web www.nordlandsmuseet.no Main attractions/collections www.kjerringoyhandelssted.no THE KNUT HAMSUN CENTRE www.hamsunsenteret.no The Knut Hamsun Centre is a literary museum for the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun www.jektefart.no (1859 – 1952), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. The unique award-winning building is placed in grand scenery in Hamarøy, Nordland, in the north of Norway. It is designed by the renowned American architect Steven Holl. The Hamsun Centre offers adventures and cultural experiences all year round for all kinds of visitors.

KJERRINGØY TRADING POST A visit to northern Norway’s best preserved trading post is a journey back in time. Here you can feel the past, with “jektefart” and fish trading, herring and the daily life in northern Norway coastal communities in the 19th century. The Kjerringøy Trading Post is a unique example of coastal heritage set in magnificent scenery. It consists of 15 old buildings retaining muchof their original contents. It is one of the country’s most important collections of buildings from the nineteenth century.

NORWEGIAN JEKT TRADE MUSEUM. New! Contact Bodø’s new attraction opens 22. June 2019. Here we’ll take you onboard for a journey Phone: (+47) 75 50 35 00 into history you will never forget. The history of trade in circumpolar Norway is E-mail: extraordinary. The open square sailed ship called Jekt sailed the Norwegian coast [email protected] from medieval times to modern day. Onboard it carried stock fish and cod-liver oil. [email protected] The coastal communities in northern Norway depended on this trade. A uniquely preserved jekt is the center of the exhibition. Facilities In the museum café you can enjoy the view, while having a snack or taste some • Restaurant/café stockfish cuisine. The Norwegian Jekt trade museum is situated just a few minutes • Museum shop from Bodøs hotels and airport. • Free Wi-Fi • Disabled access, incl. toilet facilities Prices and opening hours Please refer to our website or get in touch.

21 Museum Nord (Lofoten, Vesterålen, Ofoten)

Address Museum Nord is operating 21 different museum units in the regions of Lofoten, Museum Nord, P.O. Box 104, Vesterålen and Ofoten. Learn about various history from the Stone Age until today. 8459 Melbu, Norway Many of our museums offer active experiences, for example: sail a Viking ship, join a Viking feast, enjoy cinnamon rolls from an old stone oven bakery (1844), meet the Web otters in the aquarium, ascend the lighthouse, visit the landlocked Hurtigruten ship www.museumnord.no from 1956, experience a concert in a huge fish oil tank, learn about the spectacular Ofoten railway, and more!

Main attractions/collections • Lofoten: Lofotr Vikingmuseum, Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, War Memorial Museum • SKREI: Lofoten Aquarium, Espolin Art Gallery, Lofoten Museum • Vesterålen: Hurtigruten Museum, The lighthouse and museum of Andenes • Ofoten: The Ofoten railway and the city’s industrial heritage at Narvik Museum

Exhibitions and events 2019/2020 Various permanent and changing exhibitions at all museums For complete overview see event calendar at www.museumnord.no Contact person Name: Hege Anita Eilertsen Guided tours Position: Marketing director Guided tours for groups in multiple languages at most museums. Phone: (+47) 95 92 30 86 Private guides for smaller groups also available. E-mail: Museums may also be available outside regular opening hours. [email protected] Some museums also have scheduled guidings and/or audio guides.

Prices, rack rate and opening hours Fees vary by site. Please refer to our website or get in touch.

Environmental certifications All the museums are certified Eco-lighthouse.

Facilities • Restaurant/café • Museum shop • Coach parking • Guided tours all year

Awards CERIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Trip Advisor several times Photo: Rebeca Franco /Lofotr Vikingmuseum

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