Amtmannsgården Steinberg

About the museum

Amtmannsgården Steinberg lies in Vestre Toten and is a preserved farm complex from the early 1800s. Here lived the Eidsvoll representative, sorenskriver (district judge) and amtmann (county governor) Lauritz Weidemann, together with his wife Ditlevine and their children. During the Weidemann family’s time many major improvements were made, and the forward-looking enhetslåven (unit barn) from 1836 was the last major change to the buildings.

The daughters Amalie, Nahyda and Ingeborg lived on the farm together with their brother Hannibal, all unmarried, until the last survivor, Amalie, sold the farm to farm manager Jens Stenberg in 1899. The Weidemann family is buried in the private burial site on the farm. The buildings were protected in 1924, and the whole farm was bought by Toten Museumslag (Toten Local History Society) in 1934. When the protection was extended in 2023, the entire property, with yard, park, burial site, farmland and forest, was secured for the future.

At Steinberg there is the original 1814 setting, which Eidsvollsbygningen has had to recreate. The yard, the houses and the park look as they did in the early 1800s. A guide from Mjøsmuseet gives insight into the lives of both the gentry and the working people in the home, and the museum offers separate tours for garden enthusiasts of the beautiful park from the time of Lauritz and Ditlevine Weidemann. Toten Historielag has its offices at the farm.

Highlights

• Original 1814 setting with yard, houses and park at the official’s farm
• Home of the Eidsvoll representative Lauritz Weidemann and his family
• The park from Weidemann’s time, with separate garden tours
• The unit barn (enhetslåven) from 1836
• The café Ditlevines utsikt, with views and food in historic surroundings

Permanent exhibition

• Amtmannsgården og parken – Original farmyard from the early 1800s with yard, houses, park and the Weidemann family’s burial site.

Operated by

Mjøsmuseet AS

Admission & discounts

Tickets for individual visits are bought from the guide on site, by card, Vipps or cash. Booked tours cost NOK 100 per person on weekdays (minimum price NOK 1,500) and NOK 110 per person at weekends and after 17:00 (minimum price NOK 1,650).

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Amenities & dining

• Café

The café Ditlevines utsikt; in autumn and winter open Friday to Sunday, 12:00–16:00.

Events & venue rental

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