Trysil Engerdal Museum is a cultural history museum made up of numerous museum types located in several locations across this mountainous region. There's tons to explore and many locations to visit as Trysil Engerdal Museum is divided into nearly 100 antiquarian buildings, reconstructions, and other buildings, as well as a significant collection of antiquarian objects, photographs, and archival material. Your journey across the numerous locations should begin with the museum's main attractions including Blokkodden Wilderness Museum and Trysil Bygdetun. Trysil Bygdetun is situated above and east of the town center, with beautiful views of Trysilfjellet mountain. The museum is open every day throughout the summer season.
Blokkodden Wilderness Museum
The Blokkodden Museum shows how people worked and lived in this outlying area from the 1600s to present day. Reserve plenty of time to explore buildings and artifacts from the southern Sami culture, forestry, hunting, and fishing collections.
Norway's oldest rural museum
Trysil is a typical forest and mountain village, which sits along the hillside. The Trysil Engerdal Museum includes farmhouses, farm buildings, and construction from outlying fields totaling 21 buildings which reflect how the locals lived in Trysil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The contrast between eastern and western influence contributes to the distinctive character of the architectural tradition. The museum collection includes the three most common types of farmhouses: the three-room cottage, the two-story cottage, and the Akershus-styled cottage (which has a similar ground plan to the three-room cottage).
Host your next event here
Gammelskula is in the main section of Trysil where you'll find the offices of Trysil Engerdal Museum. The 1st floor has large bright rooms available for exhibitions, trade fairs, and other events including a café which can be rented out in connection with your event. The 2nd floor of the museum has an additional room available for meetings.
Fløtningsanlegget Støa Channel
Støa channel was originally a fully operational timber transport plant from 1859 to 1901. It now stands as a part of the Trysil Engerdal Museum. The canal and stone walls date back to the original construction of the facility. Guided tours for groups can be booked throughout the dryland season.
Digital museum
If you do not have enough time to see everything on your visit, the Norwegian Culture Council created a digital platform for people to see the entirety of the museum's collections. Today you can search around 800,000 objects and photographs from more than half of the country's state-supported cultural history museums.
