Top 10 History Museums in Hordaland, Western Norway

Sunnhordlandstunet, a part of the Sunnhordland Museum, is an open-air museum situated a few minutes walk up the hill from the city center of Leirvik. It consists of eleven old buildings in peaceful surroundings, which, in addition to all the farming houses, includes a school and a small everyday shop from the 19th century. The museum proudly presents indoor exhibitions of local agriculture and fishing industries, and seasonal presentations on various aspects of the local history. Among our main attractions you will find the (possibly) oldest bicycle in Norway!

This wooden building is furnished in 18th-century style and gives visitors a feel of what Bergen was like in its medieval trading days. During a couple of years now, the City of Bergen is implementing a major restoration work. We tell you the Hanseatic story from Schøtstuene and Bryggen. Join us at Schøtstuene!

In the 1800s Bergen was Europe’s biggest wooden city, a distinctive city environment with closely spaced wooden buildings, busy streets, markets and alleys. At old Bergen open air Museum you can experience some of this atmosphere, with houses from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. What did it look like? What did people talk about? In beautiful natural surroundings you can meet both masters and servants from the past. Museumshop. 40 min walk, 15 min by bicycle, 7 min by bus.

Moelstertunet is a picturesque farmstead, with sixteen buildings surrounding an open farmyard. All of the buildings are still standing right where they were when the last family moved out in 1927. Walking through the farmstead will give you a unique insight in building traditions and living conditions in older times. The oldest building on the farmstead, an open-hearth log house, dates from the early 1500s. In the nearby exhibition hall a comprehensive exhibition will tell you more about how people lived and worked in Voss in older times. The museum also displays temporary exhibitions throughout the year. Voss folkemuseum has a huge collection of artifacts, folk art, tools and other objects. There is also a big archive, a small library, and one of the biggest museum collection of photos in Hordaland. From Moelster you have a wonderful view of Vossevangen and the Vangsvatnet lake. At the entrance you will also find a small cafe With a great view and a Museum shop. May 18th - August 31st: open daily 10-17 September 1st - May 16th: Mondays-Fridays 10-15 Sundays 12-15

The Barony Rosendal offers guided tours, art exhibitions, concerts, theatre in the Court Yard and lectures. A guided tour at Baroniet Rosendal is a tour through different epochs. The rooms are influenced by owners over 250 years, and the manor is preserved as a home – the way it was when the last owners left in 1927. The surrounding Rosendal Gardens is a 300 year old renaissance garden with roses in abundance. Romantic landscaped garden from 1850 with viewpoints overlooking the fjord, mountains and waterfalls. The tennant's farm Treo gives an impression of everyday life with farm animals and activities. Kitchen & Herb Garden with herbs, flowers, vegetables & fruits. Cafés with home made cakes and lunch with ingredients from local suppliers and fresh ingredients from the Kitchen & Herb Garden. Accommodation in B&B at the Home Farm Avlsgården 300 metres from the Manor.

Alvoen is one of Norway’s oldest industrial communities, with workers' cottages, production buildings and the mansion itself, which was the home of the owners, the Fasmer family. When King Haakon VII visited Alvoen in 1921, the legend says that Henrik Jansen Fasmer greeted him with the words: Welcome, Your Majesty, to my kingdom! Here the Fasmer family had created a small and successful industrial community, with a school, a savings bank, a library and a community hall for the workers. Alvoen Manor was also one of Bergen’s grandest private homes, and it has now been opened to the public. Here you will encounter the family history, industrial history, social history and art history, presented in a way that provides an exciting and picturesque glimpse of Norwegian social structures in the past.

The Military Museum in Bergen and the Western part of Norway. Free entrance, and facilitated for disabled people. Exhibitions: The Resistance Movement in and around Bergen 1940-1945. Newspapers in Bergen / The Underground Press 1940-1945. The history of Bergenhus Fortress. Women's Contribution to the Armed Forces. Norwegian Forces abroad (peacekeeping operations etc.). Enigma.