Maihaugen Open Air Museum

Maihaugen open-air museum tells the story of people in the Gudbrandsdalen Valley the last 300 years. Of life between the wars in the inland town of Lillehammer and of homes and domestic environments in the 20th century. The calm and spacious landscape of the museum provides insight and time for reflection.

It's a great opportunity to explore how people lived, how the arcitecture was and how the life has changed since the 1700's.

I had a blast walking around seeing the old buildings and how life used to be 300 years ago. This one farm was moved from Våga in Gudbrandsdalen Valley, and was buildt in 1732. It was placed in the exact same shape as it originally was. Amazing....

It's well worth a visit if you're in the Lillehammer area.

Maihaugen tells the history of how people have been living from the Middle Ages until today. The open air museum is devided into three parts, The Rural Collection, The Town, a typical inland town with a railwaystation (1900-1950), and The Residential Area with homes from the 1900s. For many turists this might be the closest they get to visiting a Norwegian home.