Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane

The Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane (Norwegian: Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane) is a cultural history museum located in Florø, Norway.

Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane
Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane
Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane is located in Vestland
Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane
Location within Vestland
Established1980
LocationFlorø, Norway
Coordinates61°35′21″N 5°2′33″E / 61.58917°N 5.04250°E / 61.58917; 5.04250
TypeFolk museum
Websitehttps://www.kyst.museum.no/

The museum was established in 1980 and is a division of Museums of Sogn og Fjordane.[1] The museum presents the natural and cultural conditions along the coast in the past and present. Its main buildings are located in a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) museum and recreation area, and consist of a typical fisherman's home, an exhibition on the development of the village of Florø, and a large boat collection,[2] which includes the Bakkejekta, a traditional mid-18th century sloop known as a jekt that was used as a coastal freighter.[3][4] There are plans to develop an area presenting the settlements from the outer islands and along the fjord. The museum also has a large exhibition called Snorre-ankeret that presents the oil business in the North Sea, focusing on the newly created Snorre oil field.[5][6] The museum also has smaller facilities in Gulen and Selje.

References edit

  1. ^ "Museet si historie". Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Oldeide, Erlend Blaalid; Gytri, Anna (March 5, 2014). "Slik har fiskebåten fått nytt liv". NRK. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Losnegård, Gaute. "Bakkejekta". Kulturhistorisk leksikon. Fylkesarkivet i Vestland. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Johansen, Arne Hjorth (September 24, 2017). "Avduka skulptur av Bakkejekta". Firdaposten. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Oljeutstillinga". Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Bruvik, Linda Regina (May 28, 2008). "Vann oljetevling". Firdaposten. Retrieved March 18, 2020.

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