MUSEUM Introduction 02 Content 02 Map 03 g Vågsberget 04 g Anders Svor Museum 05 g Nordfjord Folk Museum 06 g Eikaas gallery 07 g Astruptunet 08 g Sunnfjord Museum 09 g Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Modern Art 10 g Sogn og Fjordane Coastal Museum 12 g Millstone Park 13 g Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism 14 Welcome to a fun and educational experience! g Sogn Folk Museum 15 g Sogn Fjord Museum 17 The Museums of Sogn og Fjordane at different points in history, meet the g Sogn Art Centre 18 comprise a total of 13 different sites, spread animals, bake your own bread, make your across the entire county. At our museums own jewellery, go on guided tours with our you’ll learn about the lives of the people talented guides or just enjoy some peace in Sogn og Fjordane through history, enjoy and quiet at our facilities. works of art by well-known local artists, and For those of you who are interested in Contact information learn about Norwegian history of tourism at visiting several museums, we also offer a Address: Gota 16, 6823 Sandane our museum in Balestrand. museum pass at an affordable price for all Phone: (+47) 990 94 777 The museums offer a variety of activities our museums. Email: [email protected] and events for the whole family. You can For more information, please visit our Website: misf.no learn about the way the local people lived website, or contact us by phone. 2 | Museums of Sogn og Fjordane E39 Hornindal Måløy 15 Breheimen 15 Olden Sandane E39 JostedalsbrJostedal Glaciereen JotunheimenJotunheimen National Park Florø 5 Skei Nasjonalpark Førde 5 55 57 E39 Balestrand Sogndal Hyllestad 55 Lærdal E16 57 13 E39 E16 Flåm Gudvangen 50 Graphic design: Innholdspartner. Photography: Espen Mills. Graphic design: Innholdspartner. Museums of Sogn og Fjordane | 3 Ticket prices Adults kr 50 Children (0-18 years) Free The ticket to Vågsberget trading post includes the exhibitions and a guided tour. Please visit kyst.museum.no/vaagsberget for more information and opening hours. Vågsberget /vaagsberget Vågsberget in the Municipality of Vågsøy guided tours of the historic buildings, exhibitions (near Måløy), was one of many trading posts and a café in the main building. and guest houses along the Norwegian coast. The owner of Vågsberget was granted trading Today, Vågsberget is one of the best preserved privileges by the king, including exclusive trading Contact information trading posts in Norway. rights for a wide range of goods. The local Address: Vågsvåg, 6700 Vågsøy The buildings at the site are from about people would often find themselves in debt to Telephone: (+47) 982 69 854 1800, but the trading post’s history goes all the the merchant, until these privileges were revoked Email: [email protected] way back to the 1600s. The Coastal Museum after the mid 1800`s. Website: kyst.museum.no/vaagsberget is open during the summer season, featuring 4 | Museums of Sogn og Fjordane Ticket prices Adults kr 50 Student/senior/group (+3) kr 35 Children (0-18 years) Free Guided tour kr 75 Please visit sfk.museum.no for more information and opening hours. Contact information Address: Grodås, 6761 Hornindal Telephone: (+47) 951 05 176 / (+47) 974 21 565 Email: [email protected] Website: sfk.museum.no Anders Svor Museum The Anders Svor Museum is an urban the simple, clean and natural. Svor was a natural worked as a wood carver at Brødrane Hals attraction in the small village of Hornindal. realist, heavily influenced by neo-romanticism. piano factory in Christiania, while studying at Renowned sculptor, Anders Svor (1864-1929), The gallery features sculptures in plaster, clay The Royal School of Art and Design. was born there. He was commissioned for and bronze. He made his artistic breakthrough in 1891, several public assignments and many of his In Hornindal, Anders Svor grew up as a winning the gold medal for his sculpture ”David” works are displayed in Oslo and elsewhere. farmer’s son, and even as a child he displayed at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin. Anders Svor’s artworks are characterised by exceptional wood carving skills. At 17, he Museums of Sogn og Fjordane | 5 Ticket prices Adults kr 70 Children (7-18 years) kr 40 Family kr 200 The guided tour of the open-air museum is available all summer at 13:00 and is included in the price of your ticket. Group tours can be arranged by appointment. Please visit nordfjord.museum.no for information about opening hours and activities. /nordfjordfolkemuseum #nordfjordfolkemuseum Nordfjord Folk Museum Nordfjord Folk Museum is situated in furnished in the style of the different epochs. Sandane. Here, you’ll learn about the local On the outskirts of Sandane, near the fjord, history of the region, with emphasis on the role of you’ll find Holvikejekta, an old marine vessel Contact information hydropower and traditional Norwegian cargo- built in 1881. The 20m long boat is the last Address: Gota 16, 6823 Sandane ships («jekt»). remaining preserved example of the sail boats Telephone: (+47) 57 88 45 40 The open-air museum features old buildings that transported goods between Nordfjord Email: [email protected] and stories about life in Nordfjord from the and Bergen. There is also a gift shop and a café Website: nordfjord.museum.no 1600s onwards. Several of the houses are at the museum. 6 | Museums of Sogn og Fjordane Ticket prices Adults kr 50 Children (0-18 years) Free Guided tour kr 75 Student/senior/group (+3) kr 35 Please visit sfk.museum.no for information and opening hours. Contact information Address: Ålhus, 6847 Jølster Telephone: (+47) 992 02 676 Email: [email protected] Website: sfk.museum.no The Eikaas Gallery The Eikaas Gallery is a modern art gallery The graphic artist, painter, illustrator, sculptor first sculptor to make use of rigid plastics. situated at Ålhus in Jølster, by the E39. The and art professor is perhaps best known for his He is represented at 10 Norwegian art art museum exhibits art from its permanent distinctive portraits and self-portraits, which often museums, in addition to museums in Copen- collection and travelling exhibitions. feature surprising and humorous elements. hagen, New York, Paris and Florence. The Ludvig Eikaas (1920-2010) was an abstract Ludvig Eikaas’ style was experimental and Eikaas collection comprises over 850 works art pioneer, and his artworks are displayed in spontaneous, never settling on one specific created using a variety of techniques. multiple museums in Norway and abroad. technique or form of expression. He was the Café and access to nearby beaches. Museums of Sogn og Fjordane | 7 Ticket prices 1 Ticket/Tour kr 100 Children (0-18 years) Free To book a guided tour outside ordinary opening hours: tel. (+47) 992 02 676 Minimum price outside normal opening hours is kr 400 Please visit sfk.museum.no for more information and opening hours. Contact information Address: Sandal, 6847 Vassenden Telephone: (+47) 992 02 676 Astruptunet Email: [email protected] Website: sfk.museum.no Astruptunet is situated in idyllic surroundings approach, sometimes working on the wood- on the south side of Jølstravatnet Lake. This is cuts as he went along, and sometimes colouring the home of the painter, illustrator and graphic the print by hand after printing. farm, as well as in his paintings, we can clearly artist, Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928), one of After completing his studies, he moved detect his love for the local landscape. Norway’s most acclaimed artists. back home in order to portray the nature and The Astrup collection contains most of the Astrup experimented with woodcutting, people of Jølster. Astruptunet is more than just woodcuts and prints he used, and a number making him something of an innovator in the artist’s home, it’s also an important part of of paintings. Astrup’s art was launched inter- graph art techniques. He often varied his his life’s work. In Astrup’s surroundings at the nationally in 2016. Café. 8 | Museums of Sogn og Fjordane Ticket prices Adults kr 60 Children (0-18 years) Free Please visit sunnfjord.museum.no for more information and opening hours. /sunnfjordmuseum Sunnfjord Museum #sunnfjordmuseum Driving eastwards along the E39 from Førde, The buildings at the open-air museum you will find Sunnfjord Museum on the banks come from all over Sunnfjord, representing of Movatnet. This museum of cultural history architectural traditions spanning from 1500 to features collections and exhibitions reflecting around 1900. The museum is surrounded by the daily lives of ordinary people in Sunnfjord beautiful nature. There are several walking paths Contact information through the years. with information boards containing details Address: Movika, 6819 Førde The open-air museum consists of an original about the local nature and cultural history. Telephone: (+47) 57 72 12 20 smallholding and a reconstructed cluster of We offer guided tours for all guests at the Email: [email protected] farm buildings comprising a herb garden, a open-air museum. Gift shop and kiosk. Website: sunnfjord.museum.no mountain farm and a cultivated landscape. Museums of Sogn og Fjordane | 9 Ticket prices excluding guide Adults kr 50 Student/senior/group (+3) kr 35 Children (0-18 years) Free Ticket prices including guide Guided tour kr 75 Please visit sfk.museum.no for more information and opening hours. /sognogfjordanekunstmuseum #sognogfjordanekunstmuseum Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Modern Art The Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum is and handicrafts from the 1900s to the present, located is situated in Førde town centre, in a with emphasis on the period after 1970. building that won an international award for On warm summer days you can enjoy life Contact information its distinctive architecture.