Sunnmøre Museum
Located in Ålesund, Norway
Description
Sunnmøre Open Air Museum
“Sunnmøre museum tells the story of the way of life in the old farming community.
In the idyllic open-air museum, we have a large collection of buildings from all over Sunnmøre. Here you get to know how people lived in the pre-modern Sunnmøre society.
In the boat hall, we tell the story of boat development and travel at sea from the Viking Age until motorboats took over.
In the main building, we show both permanent and temporary exhibitions.”
Contact and information
Location: Museumsvegen 12, 6015 Ålesund
Tel: (+47) 70 23 90 00
Email: post@vitimusea.no
Chip’s Notes
Sunnmøre harkens back to the Norway of the past. It's the site of the old Borgundkaupangen trading centre which was active from the 11th to 16th centuries. We walked through the indoor museum first which showed off nice little touches from the past: a wooden chest, examples of clothing the tough Norwegian weather required when working by ship or in the fields, a handmade chair for children built to change as they grow.
The farther we walked the more we seemed to step back in time. Suddenly the clouds lifted and the sun burst across the rich green hill and we were in a different place. There was a Great Grandma's Garden, a shoemaker's workshop; fisherman Ole Dyb's house that survived the 1904 fire that destroyed most of Ålesund; the Flydal Smithy; a schoolhouse built in 1743 (complete with books and handheld chalkboards); and a large farmhouse called Sletterreitstova.
There’s a lot more in the Vagabond Journal about our visit to Sunnmøre Museum (Day 615) . We’d also love to hear your own story. Have you been to Sunnmøre Museum or to Ålesund? Please share below.