After a visit to the Viking Ship Museum we headed north along the main street, and after a few minutes of walking we reached the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. It is a museum with 155 buildings from the period 1600–1970. Historic buildings were moved here from the Norwegian towns and villages. There are also a few older buildings, like the historic Gol Stave Church from 1212.
The buildings are grouped into regions and between them is a path. Each building is described so we could read what it was used for. There are both residential and outbuildings. Some of these places seems to be still alive – in a bakery for example bread was baked. Most of the huts can be accessed or at least we could look through the window or door.
For kids who might get bored after a while of walking, there is a playground.
You should visit this place in good weather – all the exhibits are outdoors. Regular tickets cost NOK 120 for an adult, children aged 6 and over enter for 40 NOK, younger free.
See our video of the museum visit:
In front of the museum entrance is a bus stop. We could take a bus to get to the main harbor of the peninsula – Bygdøynes. The next museums awaited us there.