Husantunet
Protected farmyard in Alvdal with eighteen buildings from the 1600s to 1850, one of the country's best preserved antiquarian farmyards, open as a museum in the summer.
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About the museum
Husantunet lies on a ledge above the Glomma river, north of the village of Alvdal, with a view over the district. The buildings on the Nordre Husan farm were protected in 1941, and after a long restoration Husantunet opened as a museum in 1958. According to architect Halvor Vreim of Riksantikvaren (the Directorate for Cultural Heritage), it is one of the country's best preserved antiquarian farmyards.
The farmyard is a clear example of a two-courtyard layout (to-tun), a type of farmyard that dominated in Nord-Østerdalen until around 1850, before the square courtyard took over. In total there are eighteen buildings, each with its own function, and buildings with similar uses stand close together: the living house and brewhouse are grouped near the water source, while the outbuildings, each with a high hay barn for one kind of animal, lie further north. The farm had both a summer living room and a winter living room, since housekeeping was simpler in summer.
The collection belongs to Alvdal municipality and is managed together with Anno Musea i Nord-Østerdalen. Today the farmyard is a gathering point in Alvdal with events in the summer. Visitors can use the digital guide KulturPunkt, with audio clips, text and pictures about life on the farm.
Highlights
- Eighteen buildings on a protected two-courtyard farm from the 1600s to 1850
- Summer living room and winter living room on the same farm
- View over the Glomma and Alvdal from the farmyard
- Digital guide KulturPunkt with audio, text and pictures
- Guided tours by booking
Permanent exhibition
- Husantunet – A protected two-courtyard farm with eighteen buildings, showing farm management and building traditions in Nord-Østerdalen.
- Founded
- 1958
- Operated by
- Alvdal kommune
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| Good to know | Digital guide KulturPunkt (app and web) with stories about the farm. Guided tours are booked with Alvdal municipality. |
