2019 FOLKEMUSEUM The Museum

DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM is a regional museum for Dalane, the southernmost part of the county , encompassing the municipalities , Lund, and .

The museum was founded in 1910. Its administration and main exhibitions are located at Slettebø in . Dalane Folkemuseum has several departments and buildings spread throughout the region.

Cover image: Helleren in Jøssingfjord. Left: The museum garden at Slettebø. Dalane Folkemuseum DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM  The main building houses is located in idyllic various exhibitions. The surroundings just outside three main living rooms Egersund. Built around 1850, through furnishing represent it was originally the location different centuries. There are of district judge Christian also two reconstructed rural Feyer’s country estate. The living rooms, examples of area later housed a German church art and a collection military encampment of cast iron stove plates. during 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. [email protected]

Egersund Fayancemuseum EGERSUND FAYANCEMUSEUM  factory the most important tells the story of Egersunds workplace in the city. Fayancefabrik, a factory that for 132 years provided pottery The museum is universally for the Norwegian people. designed. There is a special Different periods within art touch-gallery designed and fashion are mirrored in for the visually impaired. the extensive production. The museum hosts various activities for children, among The museum is housed in one them Play with Clay, where of the old factory buildings, they can make and fire their today the location of the own ceramic products. Amfi Eikunda shopping mall. This provides an opportunity to relive the rich history that made the

LOCATION: CONTACT INFORMATION: Fabrikkgaten 2 +47 51 49 26 40 4370 Egersund [email protected] 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 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 and Ualand mark the exit.

LOCATION: Mysingveien 4376 Helleland Maritime Museum THE MARITIME MUSEUM  stave and log construction, a is located in an old technique called reisverk, and boathouse, an attraction has three stories. It stands on in itself, in the idyllic and dry-stacked stone pillars and beautiful 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 AT 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. it consists of three millhouses All 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 Opening hours 2019 ALL YEAR SUMMER SEASON WINTER SEASON

Open by appointment THE BILSTAD HOUSE DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM EGERSUND outside of opening hours. Open by appointment. AT SLETTEBØ FAYANCEMUSEUM June 17 - August 11 January 1 - June 16 and ADMINISTRATION, SLETTEBØ SOGNDALSTRAND All days: 11-17 August 26 - December 31 Monday - Friday: 9-14 MARITIME MUSEUM 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 17 - August 25 warmly recommended. All days: 11-17 HELLEREN IN JØSSINGFJORD Always open.

THE MILLHOUSE COMPLEX AT FUGLESTAD Always open. Nærbø These are the locations: Vikeså 44 133 1 FUGLESTAD MILLHOUSE COMPLEX Bjerkreim 42 Vigrestad 1 2 DALANE FOLKEMUSEUM Brusand D Helleland A 5 E39 3 EGERSUND FAYANCEMUSEUM Sirevåg 42 L 2 4 THE BILSTAD HOUSE 3 A 4 Egersund N Moi 5 MYSINGHÅLÅ

44 E 6 SOGNDALSTRAND MARITIME MUSEUM Sokndal

7 HELLEREN IN JØSSINGFJORD 7 6 Sogndalstrand Jøssingfjord 44 Dalane Folkemuseum Museumsveien 20 4373 Egersund +47 51 46 14 10 dalanefolkemuseum.no