The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Vest-Agder, Southern Norway

Lindesnes Kulturtorv opened in 2009 and contains a museum, gallery, library and a cafe.The museum exhibition have a collection of old textiles and clothes, a wood carving collection, a coastal exhibition and a lot of old photographs.The Gallery Gustav Vigeland is situated on the second floor and has woodcuts and busts and sketches made by Vigeland.The library has free wireless network, and there is also a museum store with local products located here

ARKIVET Peace and Human Rights Centre is an education and documentation centre based in Kristiansand in the southern part of Norway. During the Second World War the building was the headquarters of Gestapo in southern Norway. Today ARKIVET studies how the retelling of our local history from World War II can help create attitudes, knowledge, and understanding in order to secure the basis for peace and democracy. The history from ARKIVET is conveyed through our permanent exhibition, temporary and virtual exhibitions.

Open-air museum with approx. 40 Antiquated buildings. Bygaden (old town street), Vest-Agder tunet (old yard) and Setesdalstunet. Miniature model town based on old buildings in Kristiansand. Walk down the old town street, allow the children to play with old-fashioned toys or run around in peaceful surroundings. Eat your sandwiches on a bench or enjoy a cup of coffee and a waffle at Consul Morch's Pavilion. Opening hours: Please check our web site.

Folk Museum with local history. Open on certain Sundays in summer (check the daily newspaper) or otherwise by special appointment.

The town museum is located in a magnificent merchant’s house built in 1805. The museum is home to southern Norway’s largest exhibition on fish, which shows how techniques and equipment have developed over time in the area. The museum also has its own art collection, including Norway’s largest public collection of works by Amaldus Nielsen, probably the most famous artist from southern Norway. There are also works by other local artists such as Adolph Tidemand, Olaf Isaachsen and Gustav Vigeland. You may also vistit the childhood home of the artists Gustav and Emanuel Vigeland at Vigeland Hus in Mandal, only some minutes walk from Mandal museum. The museum houses a worksohop and a small sculpture garden.

Setesdalsbanen is a narrow-gauge railway between Grovane and Røyknes in Vennesla. The line operates during the summer season (June, July and August) running steam trains with old wooden coaches. The line runs through beautiful scenery parallel to the river Otra. At Grovane station it is possible to buy light refreshments and souvenirs.

The factory was built in 1894, and has been designated a national monument to the textile industry in Norway. Today the factory is a living museum with its own power station, dye house, spinning mill, weaving mill and finishing plant. If you go on a guided tour, you will be able to see the various machines and production prosesses in action. In the summer season, from 15.6-20.8 Guided tours of the factory starts at 11 a.M., 1 And 3 pm. Wool workshop for children starts at 2 pm. Our shop, with products produced at the factory, is open Monday to Friday 11-15.

Odderøya museumshavn tilbyr maritime aktiviteter og har et spesielt fokus på plastbåtens historie og småbåtliv etter andre verdenskrig. Aktivitetshuset er åpent om sommeren, i andre skoleferier og under spesielle arrangementer. Vi tilbyr barneaktiviteter av ulike slag og viser en utstilling om gründeren Roald Skibsrud og plastbåtens fremmarsj på Sørlandet. I verkstedet gis publikum et innblikk i hvordan plastbåter støpes. Kafeen "Kabyssen" selger nystekte vafler i museets åpningstider, og bak aktivitetshuset er en lekeplass som kan brukes hele året. Sommerstid kan publikum låne robåt, bruke vannkikkert, lage krabbesnøre, barkbåter, spille på verdens eneste «dobbofon» og mye mer. På «Sommerøya» på odden kan man slenge seg i en strandstol og lytte til folks sommerminner. Hver sommer siden 2011 har det vært flytende båtutstilling med klassiske plastbåter i samarbeid med private eiere. Denne videreføres hvert år, og nå er også fine, blanke trebåter del av den flytende utstillingen.