Hurdal museum Hulderhaugen

About the museum

Hurdal museum is housed at Hulderhaugen, the former doctor's house in central Hurdal. The house was built in the interwar years by the master builder Axel Bjørnstad from Feiring, is an example of neoclassical architecture, and housed the village doctor's surgery until well into the 1970s. Later the building was a nursery school. The museum is run by Hurdal historielag and has no permanent staff; it is a department of MiA – Museene i Akershus.

Hurdal historielag owns a collection of objects that has been built up over many decades and covers important aspects of the village's history: agriculture, timber felling, glassworks industry, skiing, school history, religious life, war history, Finnish immigration and emigration to America. The collection was previously exhibited in three houses in Garsjøen. In 2019 work began on renovating and converting Hulderhaugen into a museum, and it could open in 2022.

The exhibition “Hurdal – skauen og folket” (Hurdal – The Forest and the People) tells of archaeological finds, the Forest Finns (skogfinnene), Hurdal glassworks and food production (matauk). Hulderhaugen consists of several houses: the doctor's house with exhibition rooms, café, meeting room and storage, Drengestua and the barn (Låven). In four open storerooms on the first floor, the objects stand on shelves so that volunteers can easily find them for mediation, and visitors are welcome to see them.

Highlights

• The exhibition “Hurdal – skauen og folket” (Hurdal – The Forest and the People)
• Four open storerooms on the first floor of the doctor's house
• The history of Hurdal glassworks and the Forest Finns
• Neoclassical doctor's house from the interwar period

Permanent exhibition

• Hurdal – skauen og folket – The exhibition deals with archaeological finds, Finnish immigration, Hurdal glassworks and food production (matauk).

Operated by

Hurdal historielag / MiA – Museene i Akershus

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum consists of three buildings with varying accessibility. The main building is best adapted: the terrain is flat, a fixed wide ramp leads to the main entrance, the ground floor has low door thresholds and linoleum floors, and there is an accessible toilet on the ground floor. It is possible to park close to the entrance. The first floor of the main building is not accessible for wheelchair users. The Stabburet/Drengestua has sloping terrain, a narrow entrance and a low stone staircase, and the barn has high door frames in the cowshed and a steep, slippery barn ramp (låvebru).

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café

There is a café on the ground floor of the main building.

Events & venue rental

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