Norsk vegmuseum
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s museum at Hunderfossen, with a museum park, a vehicle collection, a rock-blasting tunnel and free admission.
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About the museum
Norsk vegmuseum opened in 1992 as the agency museum of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) and tells the story of roads and the road administration in Norway. The museum is at Hunderfossen in Fåberg, a short drive north of Lillehammer. It grew up around a park with road structures, installations, machinery and older buildings that were once of great importance to life along the road, including a coaching station (skysstasjon), an inn (gjestgiveri), a road station with forge and workshop, a general store from the 1950s and a Mobil petrol station from the 1960s.
Today the site consists of several parts: Norsk vegmuseum, Norsk kjøretøyhistorisk museum (Norwegian Vehicle History Museum), Norsk fjellsprengningsmuseum (Norwegian Rock Blasting Museum) and Trafikksikkerhetssenteret (Traffic Safety Centre). The vehicle museum opened in summer 2019 and shows cars, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles. In 2021 the museum received a Lincoln K that the opera singer Kirsten Flagstad had been given in 1937. The rock-blasting museum has a tunnel of over 200 metres that tells the history of blasting in Norway.
Indoors the museum has several thousand square metres of exhibition space, and the museum park outside is always open. The museum also has storage, archives, a photo archive, a specialist library and a workshop. As a national museum it also works to survey, restore and manage old roads and bridges together with Riksantikvaren (the Directorate for Cultural Heritage), counties, municipalities and private owners, and it manages collections in several places in the country.
Highlights
- Museum park with a coaching station, village store and petrol station
- Norsk kjøretøyhistorisk museum with cars, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles
- Tunnel of over 200 metres in Norsk fjellsprengningsmuseum
- Lincoln K that Kirsten Flagstad received in 1937
- Free admission and free parking
Permanent exhibitions
- På hjul i Norge – The main exhibition in Norsk kjøretøyhistorisk museum shows Norwegian vehicle history with cars, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles.
- Tunnelen – A tunnel of over 200 metres in Norsk fjellsprengningsmuseum tells the history of blasting in Norway.
- Museumsparken – Outdoor area with buildings and machinery from the history of the road, including a coaching station, road station, village store and petrol station.
- Founded
- 1992
- Operated by
- Statens vegvesen
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission to the museum park and the exhibitions, including Norsk kjøretøyhistorisk museum and Norsk fjellsprengningsmuseum. Guided groups pay separate prices by arrangement.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Hunderfossen stasjon
Train to Hunderfossen station; the Hafjellbussen runs in the winter and summer seasons. Check Entur for departures.
By car
Free parking
Large car park for cars and buses. Four electric car charging points by Norsk kjøretøyhistorisk museum.
From Hunderfossen station it is a 10–15 minute walk to the museum. By car, leave the E6 at Hunderfossen/Øyer town centre and follow the signs; the museum is about two kilometres south of the bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen, on county road 316.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Summer café at Lysaker gjestgiveri (Lysaker Inn), which also hosts events and groups. Museum shop on site. Dogs are allowed in the museum park but not in the buildings.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours must be booked in advance and require at least 10 participants: “Norsk historie om køyretøy” (Norwegian history of vehicles, about 45 minutes), “Glimt frå den dramatiske fjellsprengningshistorien i Norge” (Glimpses of the dramatic history of rock blasting in Norway, about 60 minutes, indoors and outdoors) and “Trafikksikkerhet – fart, rus og bilbelte” (Traffic safety – speed, intoxication and seatbelts, about 45 minutes). All groups check in at reception on arrival. In the museum park it is not allowed to climb on the machines, and barbecuing is only permitted in the gazebo (gapahuk) and at marked grill and fire sites. |
