Tours take you through the open-air museum where you learn about the museum and experience firsthand what life was like for people living in Sunnfjord in the 1800-1900s.

We offer tours to suit the high season (May-August) and the off season (February- April and September-December). The tours cover traditional architecture and building techniques, clothing and textile traditions, food traditions, folk beliefs and lifestyles.

Tours are customized according to the interest, age, and timeframe of the visitors. Tours therefore suit people with various interest levels, and also fit well for children and youth. A tour typically takes 45 minutes. Tours are always available in English, and limited print material is also available in German.

Summer/high season tours (May-September)
From May to September, we offer tours which visit five historic buildings: a traditional homestead built around 1500 (Østenstadstova), a lofted storage building, a food storage building, a schoolhouse, and a tenant farmer residence. The buildings are furnished with artifacts which tell stories about how the people who occupied them lived and worked. In the schoolhouse, you can try writing with pen and ink as schoolchildren would have done in the 1800-1900s.

Tours in the off season (February-April and October- November)
We visit a selection of historic buildings which make up a traditional Sunnfjord farmstead. Guests learn about village life and the seasonal cycles which determined work and play in the pre-industrial peasant communities. Much of the tour is outdoors, so dress according to the weather!

Christmas at the museum
From the end of November through the week before Christmas, we offer a seasonal tour in the Østenstadstova homestead and in the tenant farmer residence. In these two homes, guests experience how Christmastime might have looked at the start of and then at the end of the 1800s.

Exhibit Hall

An exhibit hall is located in the main visitor center as you enter the museum site. Here we present a shifting array of exhibits, some produced in-house and others visiting us as traveling exhibits from elsewhere. If desired, we can provide a tour of the current exhibit.

Custom and group tours

Is there a topic you have a particular interest in? Contact us to arrange a custom tour.

Do you want to schedule a visit for a school group? Email museum educator Nina Renate Brendsdal at ninbre@misf.no to arrange a day at the museum.

Are you planning to visit with a group of 10 people or more? Please contact us in advance so we can arrange to welcome you to the museum.