Lørenskog bygdemuseum

About the museum

Lørenskog bygdemuseum lies at Skårer farm, a green oasis between shopping centres and roads in central Lørenskog. The farm was probably cleared in the late Viking Age, and there has been more or less continuous farming at the site since then. From 1950, development in Lørenskog increased sharply, much of the land was expropriated, and farming on the farm was discontinued. Lørenskog municipality bought the farm and gradually converted it into a museum.

The farmhouse has roots going back to the second half of the 18th century. In 2023 the best room (finstua) and the bedroom (kammerset) were restored as historical exhibition rooms showing how such rooms could have looked on a farm in Nedre Romerike before 1940. In the converted cowshed, the exhibition “Kjøkkenveien” shows tools used to grow and process food through the ages, and there is also an exhibition on the barn bridge (låvebrua). The museum also includes Skulerud farm and Røykåshytta, a leisure cabin from the 1930s with authentic furnishings.

Today the museum functions as a green meeting place in an increasingly dense urban area. The school gardens (skolehagene) are based at the farm and receive several hundred pupils every year, and there are allotment gardens (parsellhager). The museum café in the farmhouse serves home-cooked food, and the small country store sells a selection of sustainable goods. Several volunteer groups, among them a handicraft society (husflidslag), a gardening society (hagelag), a local history society (historielag) and an ecology society (økolag), are based at the farm. The museum is a branch of MiA – Museene i Akershus.

Highlights

• Finstua and kammerset in the farmhouse, furnished as they were before 1940
• The exhibition “Kjøkkenveien” in the cowshed
• Museum café with home-cooked food
• Country store with sustainable goods
• School gardens and allotment gardens

Permanent exhibitions

• Kjøkkenveien – matens reise fra jord til bord – The exhibition in the converted cowshed shows tools used to grow and process food through the ages.
• Finstua og kammerset – Two rooms in the farmhouse are furnished as they could have looked on a farm in Nedre Romerike before 1940.

Operated by

MiA – Museene i Akershus

Admission & discounts

Tickets are bought at the café. With an annual pass, there is free admission during regular opening hours to all visitor sites of MiA, Oslo Museum, Østfoldmuseene, Vestfoldmuseene and Buskerudmuseene.

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 yard is flat and gravelled, and there is lawn over much of the garden. The main door of the farmhouse has two steps and a high threshold, but the kitchen entrance has a ramp that can be used with a rollator or wheelchair and gives direct access to the café. Cars can drive on the gravel road right up to the kitchen entrance. The other rooms of the farmhouse have high thresholds and somewhat uneven floors. The entrance to the exhibition “Kjøkkenveien” in the cowshed has a ramp, while the barn bridge is steep with an uneven surface. There is an accessible toilet (HC toilet) and a baby-changing room in the farmhouse, and two disabled parking spaces behind the barn. The museum accepts companion certificates.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Stroller-friendly
• Baby changing facilities
• Playground / play area

The café has a play corner, a baby-changing room and space for pushchairs and wheelchairs.

Getting there & parking

The museum consists of Skårer farm and Skulerud farm.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

The café in the farmhouse serves home-cooked food made from organic ingredients where possible, including open sandwiches (smørbrød), salads, cheesecake and waffles. The country store is open during events and when the café is open.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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