Maihaugen
Maihaugen (De Sandvigske Samlinger på Maihaugen, Lillehammer) is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Lillehammer, Norway. Maihaugen, with close to 200 buildings, is one of Northern Europe's largest open-air museums and is one of the largest cultural facilities in Norway.[1]
History
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Maihaugen tells the history of how people have been living in the Gudbrandsdalen from the Middle Ages until today. Social Institutions such as a church, school, post office, railway station, shops, prisons and military facilities are all represented at the museum. The museum has a rich collection of artifacts, furniture, tools and ornaments, ranging in age from the Middle Ages.[3]
Garmo Stave Church is one of the main attractions. In 1882, the church was disassembled and sold to Anders Sandvig, who brought it to Lillehammer, where it was re-erected at Maihaugen in 1920–1921.[4]
Maihaugen also includes a large photography archive and an indoor museum. Constructed in 1959, they were extended in preparation for the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics. Maihaugsalen concert hall, with over 700 seats and a large exhibition space, was opened in September 1967.[5]
Sections
The open-air museum is divided into three primary sections, the Rural Collection, Historic Town, and the Residential Area.
- Rural Collection – from the villages in Lillehammer, focusing on the period 1700–1850 but also houses dating back to the 15th century
- Historic Town – collection of buildings from Lillehammer between early 19th century until around 1920
- Residential Area – consists of the time typical single-family homes from nearly all decades of the 20th century
Related sites
The following additional institutions are also under the administration of De Sandvigske Samlinger:
- Nobel Laureate, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson[6]
- Nobel Laureate, Sigrid Undset[7]
- Norwegian Olympic Museum – Represents all Olympic Games since 1896.[8]
- Norwegian Post Museum – Norway's special museum for mail and philately.[9]
Gallery
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Old town street at Maihaugen Museum -
Assembly Hall of the Temperance Movement -
Maihaugen Station -
Maihaugen Post Office -
Nordre pond at Maihaugen -
Typical Norwegian house from the 1950s
References
- ^ Anne-Sofie Hjemdahl Maihaugen (Store norske leksikon) Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Maihaugen Museum(visitnorway)". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Maihaugen Museums (Norgate Online AS)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Garmo Church (stavkirke.org) Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lillehammer (Frommer's Norway, 3rd Edition)". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Aulestad – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons Hjem". Stiftelsen Lillehammer museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Bjerkebek – Sigrid Undsets Hjem". Stiftelsen Lillehammer museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Norges Olympiske Museum". lillehammer.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Norges Postmuseum". Stiftelsen Lillehammer museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
Related reading
- Buggeland, Tord Maihaugen: De Sandvigske samlinger 100 ar (Cappelen. 1987) ISBN 8202108284
- Hauglid, Anders Ole Maihaugen: The Sandvig Collections guide (Lillehammer: 1994) ISBN 8290241232
- Valen-Sendstad, Fartein The Sandvig collections: Guide to the open air museum (Mariendal. 1968)
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