Norsk Folkemuseum has exhibits in the Open Air Museum as well as in the indoor exhibition buildings around the square. These exhibits feature daily life and living conditions in Norway from the 1500s to the present.

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A Journey through Rooms of the Past

Home and Abroad. Norwegian upper class life in the 1700 and 1800s


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Domestic Technology

New exhibit on how technological developments in the home 1865 to 1999 changed our every day life.


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Folk Dress – The Artist's View

Paintings and drawings by Johannes Flintoe, Adolph Tidemand og Joachim Frich.


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Living in the City

A House and it's People.
In the Apartment Building.


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Norwegian Church Art

The exhibition contains Norwegian church art from the period after the Reformation in 1536-37 and up to about 1800.


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Norwegian Folk Art

The exhibition contains a selection of Norwegian folk art from the Middle Ages up to about 1900, and also describes what has happened up to our time.


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Norwegian Folk Dress

The exhibit shows traditional rural folk dress in pre-industrial Norway..


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The Dentist Exhibition

The exhibition shows the great improvements that have taken place in dental health over the past 100 years.


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The Painter and Decorator

This exhibition presents the painter and decorator of private homes, his work and his clients between 1865 and 1999.


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The Sámi Exhibit

The exhibit shows both Sámi way of life in the pre-modern era, and Sámi dailylife and culture today.


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Toys

The exhibition features a broad selection of toys from the 1600s till the end of the 1900s.


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Weapons in the Rural Community

Hunter, soldier and gunmaker.
An exhibit of  weapons from rural Norway 1600–1850.


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The Old Town

contains mostly buildings from Christiania (Oslo).

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The Countyrside

contains buildings from many parts of rural Norway.


Hours, Fees and Directions

Norsk Folkemuseum is open every day all year around,
except on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.