Our object collection tells about our material culture and everyday life in the walley of Gudbrandsdalen from the 1600 century through the present day
When Maihaugen opened in 1904, there were 5,000 objects in the collection. Today, almost one hundred years later the collection has grown to over 100 000 objects, and it still grows.
In our storage, in exhibitions and in buildings in the open air museum are several types of objects:
- Folkart
- Farming tools
- Crafts, tools, tools
- Textiles, shoes, hats
- Weapons
- Glass and ceramics
- Umbrellas, walking stick
- Smokingpipes
- Musical instruments
- Bridal wear
- Toys, games
- jewelry, silverware
Maihaugens collections is for the public. The museum collects artifacts, photographs, books and archives to document and disseminate knowledge about society and how culture has developed from 1500 through the present day. Collections can be used in research, exhibitions and in other contexts.
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Over 40 crafts and their workshops from around the country are gathered by the museum. In the exhibition "The Old Worshops" there are 20 different crafts on display. They are mainly from the period 1840ties to around 1900.
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Maihaugen has one of the country's biggest and best weapons collections. In the collection there are weapons back to 1500, as the world's oldest revolver from 1597, and other weapons right up to our own time.
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Maihaugen has an extensive collection of folk art objects from Gudbrandsdalen. This was objects in daily use, and with rich decorations that are typical of the valley.
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Maihaugens textile collection includes clothing and house textiles of all kinds from the 1600s through the present day.
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