Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand or simply Kristiansand Museum (formerly Vest-Agder Fylkesmuseum) was founded in 1903 and is located in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Kristiansand Museum consists of a main building with collections and 40 old buildings, grouped by where they previously stood.

Exhibits

*Setesdaltunet consists of buildings from

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and

Bykle Bykle is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bykle. Other villages in Bykle municipality include Berdalen, Bjåen, Breive ...

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

County, containing houses for living, stabbur,

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and

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s. The oldest buildings date from the middle of the 17th century. The farm shows how the housing and living conditions developed in

Setesdal Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley of ...

until 1920. *Vest-Agdertunet consists of

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, storehouse, barn/stable, barn and schoolhouse from

Eiken Eiken may refer to: Places Norway * Eiken, Norway, a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county * Eiken, Agder, a village in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county ** Eiken Church, a church in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county Swi ...

Hægebostad Hægebostad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, and S ...

municipality

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

County, originally built in the period 1859-1875 * Bygaden (the town street) consists of houses, taken from town centre Kvadraturen in Kristiansand. The collection includes general store,

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s and houses for living with interiors, time typical for the late 19th century. *Mini city is a miniature model of Kvadraturen, the city centre of Kristiansand, as the city appeared in the 1880s and 1890s. There is also a model of the former

Kristiansand Cathedral Kristiansand Cathedral ( no, Kristiansand domkirke) is a cathedral of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Kvadraturen area in the central part of the city of Kristiansand. It is the ch ...

which burned to the ground in 1880. "Mini-builders" is a group of enthusiasts who have built the model as a hobby. *Refugees cabin: Near the main building is a cabin that was used by

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on the run from

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during

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Vest-Agder-museet IKS

Kristiansand Museum forms part of Vest-Agder-museet IKS which was established as a result of a consolidation in 2006-07. Vest-Agder-museet IKS currently consists of several geographical departments: Flekkefjord museum, Lista museum, Sjølingstad Uldvarefabrik, Mandal museum, Kristiansand museum (formerly Vest-Agder Fylkesmuseum), Gimle Gård,

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, Kristians kanonmuseum and SS Hestmanden. Vest-Agder-museet IKS is organized as an inter-municipal company. All the municipalities in the former county of

county as well as Aust-Agder County Municipality share ownership.

Gallery

File:Setesdalstunet v-a-m.krs.jpg, Setesdalstunet File:Vest-Agder-tunet.jpg, Vest-Agdertunet File:Bygada.jpg, Bygaden File:Minibyen-krs.jpg, Mini city File:Hjemmefronthytta.v-a-m.krs.jpg, Refugees cabin

References

External links

Vest Agder Museum, Kristiansand official website

Vest-Agder-museet IKS official website
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