10 Specialty Museums in Oppland That You Shouldn't Miss

Bagn Bygdesamling is an open air museum with 17 buildings, situated 5 km south of Bagn, in the municipality of Sor-Aurdal. This was originally a private farm museum in the 1920's with houses and articles from the people of the Islandmoen farm. However, they eventually began to collect articles from other areas of Bagn and when the collection was given to the village, the name changed to Bagn Bygdesamling (Bagn village collection).

A unique attraction for children of all ages - a place the whole family will enjoy. Meet the Phantom, visit Scrooge's office and make your own comic strips. Museum of Comic Art - Norway has about every comic strip that has been published in Norway. The collection comprizes over 150,000 objects. Originals of well known Norwegian and foreign artists are displayed.

This open-air museum offers a classic 19th century cultural landscape, a traditional farm, a cotter`s farm, a summer mountain farm and worker barracks.

Hadeland Mining Museum is dedicated to the mines, rocks and minerals of the area who is a classic mining district. The area is famous for its exciting rocks and mineral occurrences. Already in the early 16th century, iron ores mined at Grua were transported to a smelter in Hakadal a few miles south of Grua. Hadeland Mining Museum is situated at the old farmstead Braten who is located south of Grua railway station. The museum is open June-August. Guided tours to the old zink mine every day at 13.00 only in the summer. For guided tours please contact the museum. Alteratively visitors are welcome to register at the museum before the tour. Please note that the mines are located 2 km from the museum. The museum is only open in the summer.

A guided tour of Mustad’s fantastic industrial history! Gjovik is home to one of Norway’s most exciting industrial adventures, which began as early as 1832. Mustad has manufactured a wide range of products through the years, including horseshoe nails, nails, screws, paperclips, exclusive cast iron stoves, all kinds of needles, food products, line fishing equipment and last but not least, fishhooks, which is what most people associate Mustad with today. By visiting Mustad’s exciting industrial museum in Mustad Business Park you will gain a fascinating insight into the production of these goods. The museum is open to groups all year by appointment only. It also offers a guided tour of the present fishhook production plant. Mustad Opplevelser also provides lunch at Café Kroken as part of a package. The cost of the complete package is NOK 225 per person. Lunch can also be served at the venerable manor Brusveen Gard by appointment only. The museum is open to individual visitors during the summer season, 27 June – 5 August, Mon-Fri 11 – 14. Entry: Adults NOK 50, free for children under 16. Café Kroken, with its open-air terrace on the river Hunnselva, is also open to visitors.

The Norwegian Public Road Museum, is one of Norway's largest technical and industrial museum facilities. The museum consists of three museums and a large open air museum. The three museums are; the Norwegian Public Road Museum (NPRM), the Norwegian Rock Blasting Museum(NRBM) and the Norwegian Vehicle Museum (NVM). The museums have a total of almost 5,000 square meters of indoor and outdoor exhibitions. In the open air museum, you will find a number of buildings that have had an impact on daily life along the roads. Such as ; country stores, petrol station and road warden's residence. There are also exhibited machines that have been used for road construction and rock blasting.

Vitensenteret Innlandet is a Science Centre located in Gjøvik, a two hour train ride from Oslo. The centre is open for visitors during weekends and holidays, and offers a variety of activities and exhibitions related to mathematics, natural sciences and technology.

Lands Museum was established in 1927 to record and preserve the history of Nordre- and Sondre Land municipalities. Today it is a regional competence centre for cultural and natural history, and is especially active in heritage conservation and international wetlands work. The museum’s centre is in Dokka, where there are over 35 historic buildings. Here you can see the modest farm labourer’s house, and compare it with that of his employer, or take a stroll into the trees and bend down to come into the forest worker’s cabin. There are houses and buildings that take you from the Middle Ages and into the last century. In the house from the large farm Thomle are superb mid 18th century decorations painted by one of Norway’s foremost rococo artists, Peder Aadnes (1739 - 1792). The museum has extensive archive, artefact and photo collections, as well as comprehensive family researching materials. The archive is open Mondays and Tuesdays all year 8am. – 3.30 pm., and by agreement.

In Stein Center you will find a jewelery gallery and shops where we lay emphasis on jewelry, souvenirs and artifacts in Norwegian rock. We find most of råstein themselves, and most products are made by our own producers. In our museum you will find the largest exhibition of Norwegian mineral and gemstone in the country. Free entrance

The Energy Centre is an adventure centre for the Norwegian energy sector. We are located in Hunderfossen Familypark, 16 km north of Lillehammer. The centre aims at providing it's guests with knowledge about production and consumption of hydro power and other renewable energy sources, electrical safety, the climate changes and energy in general. We offer schools, groups, companies and families an «energetic» and educational adventure in our 2000m2 exhibition. In the summer we are a part of Hunderfossen Family Park. The rest of the year we are open just for booked groups.