Steigen bygdetun

About the museum

Steigen bygdetun lies on Engeløya, just down the avenue from Steigen prestegård (rectory). Here visitors can experience how people in Steigen lived and worked from the late 1800s. The farmstead is surrounded by trees, and visitors can go into all the houses.

The main house, Breidablikk, is the old Doktorgården (doctor's farm). There the doctor's office and the working conditions of the district doctor around 1900 are shown; the doctor's surgery was in operation from 1877 to 1962. The rooms are furnished as they might have looked in the doctor's family home. On the second floor, underwear and handicrafts from the collection are displayed, often supplemented by changing exhibitions.

In Fridastua, a husmannsstue (cotter's cottage) from around 1900, you can get a sense of how most people lived more than a hundred years ago. The smithy has the tools the blacksmith used, and the old general store has shelves filled with goods from earlier times. In the summer season Doktorfruens kafé (the doctor's wife's café) is run. The farmstead is run by Nordlandsmuseet.

Highlights

• Doktorgården Breidablikk with a doctor's surgery from 1877–1962
• Fridastua, a cotter's cottage from around 1900
• Smithy and old general store
• Doktorfruens kafé in the summer season
• Batterie Dietl is 12 km away

Permanent exhibition

• Doktorgården og bygdetunet – Guided tour of Doktorgården, Fridastua, the smithy and the general store, with insight into the doctor's work and the lives of fisher-farmers and cotters around 1900.

Operated by

Nordlandsmuseet

Admission & discounts

Tickets are bought on arrival at the museum. Separate prices apply for visits outside the normal opening hours.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• 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 houses are difficult to access for people with limited mobility, with steps up to most of the houses. The main entrance has handrails.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Hands-on stations

Visitors can try old-fashioned games on the farmstead.

Getting there & parking

Leave the E6 at Tømmerneset and drive through the Steigentunnelen; it is about 50 km to the Engeløy bridge (Engeløybrua). On the island turn left and drive 8 km to Laskestad. In front of the rectory the road goes down to the farmstead.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Doktorfruens kafé is open in the summer season. Toilet on the farmstead.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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