Top Things to do in Lillehammer Region
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The 6 Best Specialty Museums in Lillehammer Region, Eastern Norway
Discover the best top things to do in Lillehammer Region, Norway including Norwegian Road Museum, The Energy Center, Norwegian Olympic Museum, Norwegian Post Museum, Kittilbu Utmarksmuseum, Lesja Bygdemuseum.
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1. Norwegian Road Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 107 reviews
The Norwegian Public Road Museum, is one of Norway's largest technical and industrial museum facilities. The museum consists of three museums and a large open air museum. The three museums are; the Norwegian Public Road Museum (NPRM), the Norwegian Rock Blasting Museum(NRBM) and the Norwegian Vehicle Museum (NVM). The museums have a total of almost 5,000 square meters of indoor and outdoor exhibitions. In the open air museum, you will find a number of buildings that have had an impact on daily life along the roads. Such as ; country stores, petrol station and road warden's residence. There are also exhibited machines that have been used for road construction and rock blasting.
Reviewed By linetrip - Oslo, Norway
Thoroughly curated museum with both Norwegian and English information boards. Because of covid-19, the touch boards were not in use when we visited, but this is totally understandable. The mine museum was located inside a mine, which we really liked. There are benches and toilets placed around the park, and a nice café too. We recommend bringing a rain jacket in case of rain, because there will be walking from building to building.
2. The Energy Center
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4.5 based on 15 reviews
The Energy Centre is an adventure centre for the Norwegian energy sector. We are located in Hunderfossen Familypark, 16 km north of Lillehammer. The centre aims at providing it's guests with knowledge about production and consumption of hydro power and other renewable energy sources, electrical safety, the climate changes and energy in general. We offer schools, groups, companies and families an «energetic» and educational adventure in our 2000m2 exhibition. In the summer we are a part of Hunderfossen Family Park. The rest of the year we are open just for booked groups.
3. Norwegian Olympic Museum
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4.0 based on 65 reviews
The Norwegian Olympic museum in Lillehammer is a top modern and exciting museum. Be enchanted by unforgettable olympic moments made by athletes from all over the world, and experience olympic history from ancient times to the present day. The Winter Olympics that took place in Lillehammer in 1994 and Oslo in 1952 play a central role in the museum. See medals and other original objects and get carried away by great movies. Temporary exhibitions on different topics.
Reviewed By brmusicman - Chicago, United States
I enjoyed this little museum of Olympic history immensely. It was absolutely worth the price of admission. You can get a pretty comprehensive visit in within 2-3 hours. The museum focuses on the history of the modern Olympics, with focus on the winter games hosted in Norway (Oslo in the 1950s and Lillehammer 1994) and Norway's success with winter sport more generally. This was informative and a nice peek into a source of pride for the country we were visiting. Particularly great exhibits were the large video screens with images of opening ceremonies from olympics throughout the years, and a video monitor with short videos about dozens of olympic host cities and the games they hosted, going way back into the 1900s. Each video was well-produced and very informative, addressing not only the games but the political and historical context in which they played out. There were also some strong exhibits on what a city does to host the games--for instance, the design program for Lillehammer that led to the logos, posters, etc. I would have enjoyed seeing even more in this regard! The museum has a small gift shop, and the employee could not have been nicer or more helpful. Turns out, she worked with the olympic committee, and she provided some color on questions we had from the exhibit. My only complaint: accessing the museum was a bit tricky! We rode the train from Oslo to Lillehammer and were surprised that really the only way to reach the museum in a timely manner was by foot. It wasn't a terrible walk--about 20 minutes or so (though much of it uphill) from the train station--but more bus and/or taxi options, or even clearer signage along the path, would have made our visit to the town even better. That said, the museum itself was really enjoyable and worth our time.
4. Norwegian Post Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 28 reviews
The Norwegian Postal Museum at Maihaugen shows Norway’s exciting postal history. Learn how important the the postal service has been to develop our country – from the time when it took weeks to deliver a message up to today’s electronic communication. See post offices from the past, enter our old train with a postal coach and send a post card with Maihaugen’s own postmark.
5. Kittilbu Utmarksmuseum
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
Kittilbu Museum provides and insight into how the natural resources of Gausdal Vestfjell have been used from the Stone Age until modern times. The elk has been highly important to the area, and plays a central role in the museum’s exhibition displaying Stone Age and Iron Age hunting traditions as well as the medieval pitfall-trap system. As part of the modern-day display are mountain dairy farms, hunting traditions and forestry as well as National Parks and hydropower development. The museum enjoys a beautiful location in the picturesque hamlet of Kittilbu. It can be found along route 204 between Vestre Gausdal and Valdres, 12 km from Forset, and is surrounded by stunning marshland. Excellent fishing and hiking opportunities. Ormtjernkampen National Park, the smallest of its kind in Norway, is within easy reach. Guided trips to the national park are arranged on a weekly basis. A small café selling coffee, cakes and snacks and well as souvenirs and some local handicraft is also available. The exhibition is presented as text and images in combination with effect lighting. Artefacts are used to illustrate history and add to the museum experience.
6. Lesja Bygdemuseum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 3 reviews
Lesja open-air museum is where young and old come together to experience local culture and history through exhibitions and activities. During summer local vounteers fill our museum area with traditional baking and various traditional crafts. the museum is situated in the heart of the Norwegian mountains and national parks, and is a greate place for children to rund aruound.
