Lillehammer & AroundSights

Museum sights in Lillehammer & Around

  1. A

    Maihaugen Folk Museum

    Norway’s finest folk museum is the expansive, open-air Maihaugen Folk Museum. Rebuilt like a small village, the collection of around 180 buildings includes the transplanted Garmo stave church, traditional Gudbrandsdalen homes and shops, and 27 buildings from the farm Bjørnstad. The three main sections encompass rural and town architecture, with a further section on 20th-century architecture. The life’s work of local dentist Anders Sandvig, it also houses temporary exhibitions in the modern ­exhibition hall and a permanent exhibition ‘We made the road’, a fascinating journey through Norwegian history.

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  2. B

    Norwegian Olympic Museum

    The excellent Olympic museum is at the Håkons Hall ice-hockey venue. On the ground floor there is a well-presented display covering the ancient Olympic Games as well as all of the Olympic Games of the modern era, with a focus on the exploits of Norwegian athletes as well as the Lillehamer games. The exhibition is updated every two years.

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  3. C

    Lillehammer Art Museum

    This art museum is not only architecturally striking, it also covers Norwegian visual arts from the early 19th century to the present. Highlights of the permanent collection include some of Norway’s finest artists (including Edvard Munch) and some local painters.

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  4. D

    Norwegian Vehicle Museum

    Tucked away behind the stream in central Lillehammer, the Norwegian Vehicle Museum is for car buffs, featuring everything from sleighs to vintage cars and motorcycles.

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