Activities for children at Maihaugen in the summer
Experience life in the old days! At Maihaugen, you meet both rural life and town life like it was a hundred years ago.
The whole family will have an educational and exciting day in unique surroundings. Indoors you can explore exciting exhibitions.
Enjoy a snack or a meal at Maihaugen's spacious café or feel free to bring a picnic lunch if the weather is nice.
For the whole family at Maihaugen
Open with host from 21 May
Queen Sonja's childhood home
Welcome inside!
All year.
Facts about houses and farms
Use the QR-codes for more information..
All year
Forest trail
The woods as a resource and workplace.
The museum shop
Quality products and good design.
Refreshments
Café with a view.
Every day 17 June to 18 August
Property Viewing!
Meet our actors.
Every day 1 June to 18 August
Town life in Olsengården
Meet someone at home.
Every day 17 June to 18 August
Farm life at Øygarden
Meet someone at home.
Every day 17 Juni to 18 August
Summer at the mountain farm Øygardssetra
Meet the dairymaid.
Every day 17 June to 18 August
Open houses with hosts or guides.
Meet our hosts and guides.
Exhibitions at Maihaugen
Exhibition
Impulses
Treasures from the collection.
Exhibition
We won the land
Experience Norway's great history.
Exhibition
How many tons?
An exhibition on melting of the glaciers.
Exhibition
Anders Sandvig's dental office
A dental practice around 1880-1900.
Exhibition
The rural district as an interconnected whole
The creation of the open-air museum.
Exhibition 21 May–13 October
Traditional fishing
Photo exhibition about fishing in Gudbrandsdalen.
Exhibition 21 May–13 October
The Lillehammer painter Alf Lundeby's atelier
Exhibitions
Workshops
In the Town in the open-air museum.
Exhibition 18 May–15 October
Mail en route
Norway's postal history.
Exhibition 18 May–15 October
The Post Office's uniforms
More fun for children
In Lillehammer and Gudbrandsdalen lots of activities and experiences awaits the family all year round.