Aust-Agder Museum
Aust-Agder Museum
- Address
- Parkveien 16
- Website
- Phone
- 37 07 35 00
- Price
- adult/child Nkr30/15
- Hours
- 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, noon-5pm Sat mid-Jun–mid-Aug, shorter hrs rest-of-year
Lonely Planet review for Aust-Agder Museum
The Aust-Agder Museum was first conceived in 1832, when the town authorities asked their globetrotting sailors to be on the lookout for items that may be of interest back home. The results are housed in the county museum, along with relics of Arendal’s shipbuilding, timber and import-export trades. The most interesting exhibits are those covering the ill-fated final journey of the slave ship Fredensborg, which went down off Tromøy in 1768; sadly those African slaves who survived were rewarded by being sold in the Caribbean.
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