Photo: Camilla Damgård/Maihaugen
Look through the doors to historical houses
From
14 October
To
22 May
All day
All year you find open doors to some of Maihaugen's historical houses. You can not enter, but may have a peek through the door.
A walk around the open-air museum is a travel back in time. Both the Rural collection, the Town and the Residential area have some houses with open doors you can look through.
There are also some open exhibitions in the open-air museum.
More activities in the Daily programme calendar.
The Rural collection
- Mytting. Beautiful wall paintings and interior from the 1700s.
- The School. Experience school around 1866.
The Town
- The pharmasist's appartment. See how the town bourgeoisie lived around the turn of the century 1900.
- Hage. A historic country estate for the bourgeoisie near Lillehammer.
Handicraft environments
- Brass Foundry. The brass founder made metal objects in various copper alloys. The workshop once belonged to Lars Knutrud, a highly skilled brass founder. One of his specialities was door handles shaped like animals. You may have seen some of them in Sigrid Undset’s home, Bjerkebæk.
- Shoemaker. The shoemaker made and repaired shoes for people in the local community. In the workshop, you can see tools and equipment used from the late 19th century up until the Second World War.
The Residential area
- The house from the 1920s. The colorful walls inside this log building are typical for the 1920s.
- The house from the 1950s. A modern home with teak furniture and practical solutions
Inside the house from the 1920s. Photo: Audbjørn Rønning/Maihaugen
