Hallingdal Museum

Hallingdal Museum is on the one hand an open air museum in Nesbyen, Nes municipality in Hallingdal in the Norwegian province Buskerud. It was founded in 1899 by the Agriculture Director Gudbrandsdølen Tandberggegründet as Hallingdal Folk Museum and is one of the oldest open-air museums in Norway.

The museum is located on the Rukkedøla waterfalls. It has 30 historic buildings and 30,000 artifacts from the region. Particularly noteworthy is a Staveloftet, ie a granary, about the year 1340. He is one of the best preserved secular wooden houses from the Middle Ages. Another rarity is an emigrant house, which was built in North Dakota in 1882 by emigrants Ole Svendsen Skrattegard. Next building in the outdoor area are a small school of 1871, the outhouse a former railway station and a mill

Since 1 April 2004, the Hallingdal Museum as central administration is also responsible for the following museums:

  • Bygdatun Hemsedal
  • Get Bygdemuseum
  • Dagali Museum
  • ål Bygdamuseum
  • Gol Bygdamuseum with the Alm Dokken Fjellgård in Sudndalen
Nes (Buskerud) Counties of Norway
370826
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