The 5 Best Specialty Museums in Bryne, Western Norway

Knudaheio is the author Arne Garborg’s Summer house. It was built at 1899 and is situated near Undheim, Jæren. The site has a marvellous view. The author himself came in the Summers to write, and this is where he wrote his autobiographical work Knudaheibrev (letters from Knudaheio).After Garborg’s death in 1924, his widow, Hulda Garborg, donated the building to Time municipality. Both of them are buried in a mound in the garden. At the author’s 150 years jubilee in 2001, a big rock sculpture of his famous mustached face was placed near the Summer house site.

Vitengarden is both a farm, a museum and a science center. Yoe are invited to participate actively and explore the natural sciences and local history. The museum building has an exciting architecture and holds exhibitions on themes like food, houses and energy. In addition, there’s a major collection of farming machines and veteran tractors.There is a vast outdoor area with more than 70 visible cultural sites originating from different times.

The Garborg Centre (Norwegian: "Nasjonalt Garborgsenter") is an educational centre dedicated to the author couple Arne Garborg and Hulda Garborg. It is situated near Arne's childhood home Garborg, in the town of Bryne, Time municipality, Rogaland county in Norway. The centre aims to encourage people’s interest for the ideas and visions of the two important authors and members of society in Norwegian history. The centre will also encourage visitors to take a more active part in today’s society, and inspire them to read and develop their own creativity.

Garborgheimen literally means the home of Garborg, and was the childhood home of author Arne Garborg. It was built in 1849 and is one of the best preserved buildings in the local architectural style jærhus. The house is described in several of his works, among them “The Making of Daniel Braut”, “Peace” and “Haugtussa”. Here you can find the blue chest where he hid his non-christian books from his pietous father.Arne Garborg (1851-1924) championed the language of nynorsk new norwegian) and was Norway’s most important intellectual from mid 1890s.

This was the childhood home of author Arne Garborg (1851-1924), built by his parents Ane Oline and Eivind Aadneson Garborg in 1848. They sold it in 1869. Since 1940 it has been owned by the Municipality of Time. On the centennial celebration of Arne Garborg's birth in 1951, the Garborg House was inaugurated as a museum. It is a well-preserved Jaeren house, with furnishings from the 1850s that provide an accurate impression of the author's cultural and social background. Several of Garborg's works have plots that focus on events in this house. Today it is a preserved historical building, located by Rv505 between Bryne and Varhaug. Open: Sundays and holidays 12-5pm, from Easter until September. Summers: Open every day from July 1st-August 14th, 12-17.