Top 10 Museums in Oppland, Eastern Norway

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 art gallery is located in a heritage-listed building in beautiful surroundings right at the boundary between the districts of Oppland and Hedmark. Gallery Fjordheim organises a wide variety of sales exhibits featuring both contemporary art and craft art. The unique gallery is the venue for creative exhibits during the summer months. The gallery is located next to Lake Mjosa, and visitors arriving by boat can moor at the gallery’s own private pier.

Galleri Svae plays a central role in the exhibition of paintings and handicrafts in the county of Oppland. The gallery’s exhibitions reflect a multitude of artistic expressions and Norwegian contemporary art. The gallery is working to promote art as a natural part of human existence – as a means of strengthening our identity and sense of belonging. Galleri Svae also has a show room in Bygdoy Allé in Oslo, which is open to visitors by appointment only.

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.

On the 9th of April 1940, German troops landed in Norway. We were at war, and the battle to avoid invasion lasted for two months. The german army reached Gudbrandsdalen 21st of April 1940 with the battle of Tretten and Gausdal. On the 25th and 26th of April, Kvam in Gudbrandsdalen became the centre of one of the most serious battles in southern Norway. During this bitter fight between German and British troops, some 70 buildings were burned to the ground and among them was the church in Kvam. Gudbrandsdalen 1940 was the first ground battle between German and British forces in WW2. The Battle of Kringen on the 26th of August 1612, involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. George Sinclair was ambushed by Norwegian militia along with 300 of his men while marching through Norway to join the army of the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. Sinclair, riding at the head of the column and wearing a plumed helmet, was the first to fall; he was shot by Sjelstad, a Norwegian militiaman. The officers, including the expedition leader, Colonel Ramsey, were ransomed while the remaining 15 survivors were conscripted into the Danish army. These are the historic events on which the Gudbrandsdal War Memorial Exhibition is based. The exhibition opened on the 5th of May 1995, and provides a unique insight into the acts of war, occupation and defence in Gudbrandsdalen.

Maihaugen offers activities and experiences for the whole family. Enjoy the idyllic surroundings and experience life like in the old days. The museum has more than 200 historic houses from as far back as the 13th Century to homes of the different decades of the 1900s, including Queen Sonja’s childhood home. Grazing animals in the open-air museum. All year you can look into historical houses and visit great exhibitions, the museum shop and café. Don't miss our popular Christmas Market in November/December.

The museum is one of the nation's leading art museums, and houses a collection consisting of approx. 1500 works by Norwegian artists dating from the 1800s and until today. The museum also organises several separate exhibitions a year, featuring both historical art and modern art.

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.