Studio: international art (57.1913)

Open-Air Museums in Norway

BYGDO OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, CHRISTIANIA : THE ROLSTAD LOFT-HOUSE FROM
GU DBRAN DSDALE

attained at Maihaugen have inspired others to
follow in M. Sandvig’s steps, and in several

Norwegian towns open-air museums have been

formed, as at Lillehammer, with a local limitation.
At Hamar the first move was made some ten years
ago, several gentlemen forming a committee,
amongst them M. Didrik Gronvald, who is now the
leader of the museum

which in due course

sprang into existence, he,
like the other gentlemen,
doing all the work gra-
tuitously. Through con-
tributions from different
quarters, the State even-
tually assisting with a very
modest grant, it became
possible to purchase
several old buildings, of
which the museum now
boasts seven, and a
society, comprising some
two hundred members,
has in the meantime been
formed in the interest ot
the collections. A striking
house with eight large
rooms, dating from the
latter part of the seven-
teenth century, has re-
cently been acquired, but

not yet erected, and
articles of interest are con-
stantly being added to the
museum.

Another open-air
museum, the scope of
which is to be principally
devoted to the Glomdale,
was opened last year at
Elverum, and was formed
on the initiative, and
thanks to the munificance
of, some private gentlemen
in the town. The plan is
to bring together typical
old houses from the
different parts of the Glom
valley, and to equip them
in such a manner that
they give a reliable picture
of the life of the people
through the ages. Five
houses are already in
various stages of completion, but the programme
is quite a comprehensive one. A large site has
been given by the municipality, facing the Glommen
and the Prastfos waterfalls, which form a highly
picturesque frame round the museum grounds.
M. O. Bull Aakrann is chairman of the committee,
but a society representative of the different localities

STABUR” OR STORE'

BYGDO OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, CHRISTIANIA : THE GRIMSGAARD
HOUSE FROM HALLINGDALE

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