Nordfjord Folk Museum

The Nordfjord Folk Museum (Norwegian: Nordfjord folkemuseum) is a regional museum for Nordfjord, Norway and is a division of Museums of Sogn og Fjordane.[1] The museum is located in the Jølet area of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen.[2][3]

Nordfjord Folk Museum
Nordfjord Folkemuseum
Location within Vestland
Established1920
LocationSandane, Norway
Coordinates61°46′22″N 6°13′16″E
TypeFolk museum
Websitehttps://www.nordfjord.museum.no/

Holdings

The museum's collection includes 45 old buildings from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.[2] These include cottages and storehouses, an outdoor kitchen, barns and stables, a stall and milking building, a doghouse, a chicken coop, a school room, and a dye-house. The museum has approximately 25,000 items from the outer coastal settlements to the innermost agricultural settlements in Nordfjord. The museum covers hydropower in Sogn and Fjordane, and functioning rotary mills, stamping mills, sawmills, and water wheel houses are located along a river connected to ponds and streams. In the administration and exhibition building there are permanent and changing exhibitions, a museum shop, and a café.

Events

The rock festival Glopperock has regularly been held at the open-air museum.[4][5][6]

History

The Nordfjord Folk Museum was founded by the Nordfjord Historical Society (Nordfjord Sogelag) in 1920. It was first located in Åsen just outside of Sandane before the museum was relocated to Jølet in 1960.[3] In 1995, a new fireproof building was opened at a cost of approximately NOK 20 million and a total area of approximately 1,800 square meters (19,000 sq ft). This building houses the museum's administration and indoor exhibition premises. In 2009, the Nordfjord Folk Museum became part of the Museums of Sogn and Fjordane Foundation (Stiftinga Musea i Sogn og Fjordane, MISF), which is the consolidated museum for Sogn and Fjordane.[3] The former owners of the museums have transferred professional, administrative, and financial responsibility to the new museum.

Directors

The Nordfjord Folk Museum has been headed by:

  • Aslaug Nesje Bjørlo (from 1995 to 2016)
  • Anne Kristin Moe (since 2016)

References
  1. "Museums of Sogn and Fjordane". Musea i Sogn og Fjordane. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. Evensberget, Snorre (2018). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 189.
  3. "The Museum's History". Nordfjord Folkemuseum. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. "Glopprock". Lyden av Hordaland og Sogn og Fjordane: 28. 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  5. "Program for våren og sommaren". Nordfjord Folkemuseum. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  6. "Glopperock 2020". Nordfjord.no. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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