Bautahaugen Samlinger (Bautahaugen collections) is a small museum in Hedalen,
Sør-Aurdal
Sør-Aurdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ba ...
municipality, Norway. The museum is a subsidiary of
Valdres Folkemuseum.
History
Bautahaugen was founded in 1902, by local trader Erik J. Bergsrud (1848–1915) and farmer Elling Goplerud (1864–1932). Bautahaugen Samlinger is located in the central part of Hedalen, in a small forest overlooking the valley and with the mountains framing the landscape.
Today there are 15 buildings and 2,500 individual objects in the museum. Bautahaugen consists of a collection of old buildings and objects from Hedalen, one of the oldest villages in Valdres. All of the buildings at the museum are from small local farms and include houses used for hunting and fishing in the nearby mountains and the valleys of
Vassfaret
Vassfaret is a forested mountain valley in southern Norway. The valley is located on the border of the municipalities of Flå, Nesbyen, and Ringerike in Buskerud county and Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county. The valley lies between t ...
and
Vidalen.
Hedal stave church is situated a bit further up in Hedalen.
See also
*
Bagn Bygdesamling
References
External links
Bautahaugen SamlingerBautahaugen Samlinger in Valdres MuseumHedalen website
Museums in Innlandet
Sør-Aurdal
Open-air museums in Norway
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