Top 10 Museums in Akershus, Eastern Norway

BÆRUMS VERK In 1610, Paul Smelter was given the King’s commission to set up a melting house, and the first smelting furnace in the country was built here. During the ironwork’s heyday, everything from cannon balls and cannons to bar iron were produced. Later items, such as ovens, hardware and machine parts gradually became the mainstays of production. Amongst others, Bærums Verk was owned by Norwegians first Prime Minister, Peder Anker, and the Works proved quite important for Norway during the Nordic war. Today we welcome you to these unique surroundings from the 1600’s industrial era. We offer you about 50 shops, craftsmen, workshops, galleries and eating establishments. Shopping, craftsmanship, history and culture are intertwined to give you exciting cultural and social experiences. We offer glassblowing, blacksmiths, galleries, handmade-designs, a museum that houses a unique collection of antique cast-iron ovens, contemporary sculptures and a modern mall. WELCOME TO BÆRUMS VERK

The centre consists of typical buildings, including a bookshop and goldsmith, and its own harbours with an exhibition of old working and leisure boats from the Oslo Fjord. Guided tours, varied activities and exhibitions are available.

Gamle Hvam museum er et friluftsmuseum på Romerike som hovedsakelig består av den tidligere storgården Store Hvam. De fleste bygningene på tunet står på sin opprinnelige plass. Svalgangbygningen fra 1728 er museets eldste bygning. Museet har ulike utstillinger om gården og området rundt, jordbrukshistorie, andre verdenskrig og verkstedsutstillinger. Museet har også en stor samling av gamle hageplanter fra østnorske hager. Om sommeren er kaféen åpen, barna kan leke i den 140 meter lange hinderløypen og hilse på en rekke husdyr.

Vitenparken is developing a new, green science center. We host exhibitions and showcase interesting new research within the fields food, climate, environment. There is a coffeeshop and conference facilities, and a dairy museum. Vitenparkens three ground pillars is foodenyement, green knowledge, and the green transistion. Foodenjoyment includes the pleasure of tasting, mastering, and understanding opportunities based on Norwegian ingredients, and the enjoyemnt of sharing a meal, as well as joy and reflection on the food's culture and history trends. Green knowledge based is on the research communities at Campus As, internationally, and with our partners. The green transistion shows examples on specific solutions and opportunities, and new technology, thus inspiring faster development forftomorrow's solutions. At Vitenparken you can get a guided tour between 1 one and two hours arround campus. The fascilities of Vitenparken can be rented for private events. Fascilites: Vitenparken Cafe: Vitenparken Cafe is open during Vitenparkens opening hours. Besides our regular cafe, our summermenu consist of: Sand Witch / Cheese Sandwich: Cheese Sandwich. Three Norwegian cheeses (varies) melted between slices of homemade foccaciabrød. Served with Nordic Kimchi. Chicken sandwich on roasted sourdough bread with heart salad, tomato, bacon and urteaioli. NOK 120, - Soup: Cauliflower soup with herb oil, spring onions, crispy bacon and cauliflower. NOK 94- Salads: Blue Monday. Mixed salad with blue mandag, roasted walnuts, apples and strawberries. Salad with chicken confection, Norwegian tomatoes, pickled red onions and honey / mustard vinaigrette. NOK 125- Dessert: Waffles with cream and stir raspberry from Bringebærlandet (a la minute serving). Norwegian strawberries and vanilla icecream. NOK 49, -

SAS museum presents the history of Scandinavian Airlines System and the airline’s parent companies. The SAS Museum, officially opened in 2003. The majority of the staff is SAS pensioners. In the museum you can follow the history of SAS since its start in 1946. The consortium was the first of its kind in the world of aviation. The exhibits comprise models of all SAS-owned aircrafts. One section of the museum includes a complete collection of SAS uniforms. In the library you can find more than 700 volumes of aviation literature, complete magazines and much more. The museum has a comprehensive archive containing documents, manuals and printed material available for study and research purposes. The museum is closed during December - opens 10 of january 2012.