Bagn Bydesamling is a small museum located in the hamlet of Dolven, south of

Bagn Bagn is the administrative centre of Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Begnadalen valley, about to the southeast of the town of Fagernes. The river Begna runs through the village on its way thr ...

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county Norway. The museum is situated in the traditional district of

Valdres Valdres () is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between the districts of Gudbrandsdalen and Hallingdal. The region of Valdres consists of the six municipalities of Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre S ...

and is run as a subsidiary of

Valdres Folkemuseum The Valdres Folkemuseum is a folk museum located at Storøya, Oppland, Storøya outside Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal in Innlandet county, Norway. Overview Valdres Folk Museum was founded in 1901. It is located in the traditional rural district of Va ...

History

The museum was founded in 1920 on the Islandsmoen farm. It includes the farm itself, a saw mill, a flour mill, and other furnished buildings. The museum consisting of 12 log buildings and a building for permanent displays. The collection was donated to the village in 1941 by Olaus Islandsmoen, a local politician and educator. Additionally, the museum has exhibition about composer

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and an exhibition about the author

Mikkjel Fønhus Mikkjel Fønhus (14 March 1894 – 28 October 1973) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist and short story writer. Fønhus' stories are often set in the wilderness, featuring animals and animal behaviour. Personal life Mikkel Arnesen Fønhus was ...

. The museum contains a preserved farm, a saw with water stream and a neighborhood school with an original interior. The museum has also displays at the small farms Sandviken and Bagnsbergatn. The last one is the site of a Norwegian

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memorial location. All the items in the museum are original and have been collected from various farms and other locations in the area. The permanent display consists of artifacts from both the

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and

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, textiles and clothing, furniture and kitchen items, and artifacts from the

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Collection

* ''Telthuset'' — regimental arsenal for Ytre Valdreske Kompagni * ''Prestgardsboligen'' — priest farm house * ''Stabelbygningen'' — building for tenant farmer living in Perstgarden * ''Seterbu'' — mountain farmhouse * ''Oppgangssag'' — sawmill * ''Bekkekvern (mølle)'' — watermill * ''Stabbur''— Storage houses * ''Smie'' — iron works with blast furnace * ''Koie (skogshusvære)'' — hut (forest shelter) * ''Båtnaust'' — boathouse * ''Badstue (korntørke)'' — sauna for corn drying

Gallery

Image:Telthuset, Bagn Bygdesamling.JPG, Telthuset, 1813 - 1850. Image:Stabbur Hølerseterbrøtin, Bagn Bygdesamling.JPG, Stabbur Hølerseterbrøtin. File:Bagnsbergatn gård, stua.jpg, Bagnsbergatn gård.

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Bagn Bygdesamling
Sør-Aurdal Open-air museums in Norway Museums in Innlandet {{Norway-museum-stub

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