Bagn Bydesamling is a small museum located in the hamlet of Dolven, south of Bagn

Bagn

Bagn is the administrative centre of Sør-Aurdal municipality, Norway. Its population is 607.Attractions include the Valdrestunet mall as well as Bagn Bygdesamling....

 in Sør-Aurdal

Sør-Aurdal

Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn....

, Norway.

History

The museum was founded in 1920 on the Islandsmoen farm. It includes the farm itself, a saw mill, a flour mill and other furnished buildings. The museum consisting of 12 log buildings and a building for permanent displays. The collection was donated to the village in 1941 by Olaus Islandsmoen

Olaus Islandsmoen

Olaus Islandsmoen was a Norwegian educator, museologist and politician.He was headmaster at Vestoppland Folk High School from 1906 to 1939. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1916 to 1918. He was a chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1917 to 1921. He co-founded of the organization Norske...

, a local politician and educator. Additionally, the museum has exhibition about composer Sigurd Islandsmoen

Sigurd Islandsmoen

Sigurd Islandsmoen was a Norwegian composer. Sigurd Islandsmoen made significant contributions to the music of the Church of Norway. In all he wrote some 70 opus, among these five feature-length works for orchestra, choir and soloists. He is perhaps best known for his composition Requiem written...

 and an exhibition about the author Mikkjel Fønhus

Mikkjel Fønhus

Mikkjel Fønhus was a Norwegian journalist, novelist and short story writer. Fønhus' stories are often set in the wilderness, featuring animals and animal behavior.-Personal life:...

. Today the museum is run as a subsidiary of Valdres Folkemuseum

Valdres Folkemuseum

The Valdres Folkemuseum, founded 1901, is located at Storøya outside Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal, Norway.The museum is on a small ridge reaching out into Strandefjorden, with the larger buildings closest to the entrance and with smaller farm houses up on the slightly higher area reaching out into the...

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The museum contains a preserved farm, a saw with water stream and a neighborhood school with an original interior. The museum has also displays at the small farms Sandviken and Bagnsbergatn. The last one is the site of a Norwegian World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 memorial location. All the items in the museum are original and have been collected from various farms and other locations in the area. The permanent display consists of artifacts from both the Stone Age

Stone Age

The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...

 and Iron Age

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...

, textiles and clothing, furniture and kitchen items and artifacts from the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...

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Collection

• Telthuset — regimental arsenal for Ytre Valdreske Kompagni
• Prestgardsboligen — priest farm house
• Stabelbygningen — building for tenant farmer living in Perstgarden
• Seterbu — mountain farmhouse
• Oppgangssag — sawmill
• Bekkekvern (mølle) — watermill
• Stabbur— Storage houses
• Smie — iron works with blast furnace
• Koie (skogshusvære) — hut (forest shelter)
• Båtnaust — boathouse
• Badstue (korntørke) — sauna for corn drying

External links

• Bagn Bygdesamling