Gagnefs Minnesstuga

About the museum

Gagnefs Minnesstuga is the oldest homestead museum (hembygdsgård) in Dalarna. The initiative for an old farmstead was taken by the artist and writer Ottilia Adelborg, who settled in Gagnef in 1903. Between 1904 and 1906 she and her friends collected money and objects, and in 1909 the farm was handed over to the people of the district by a deed of gift. The donors were Ottilia Adelborg, the sisters Anna and Lotten Falk, and Clara Wahlström.

The Minnesstuga today consists of 22 buildings from 1580 onward, including a parstuga (double house), several härbren (storehouses), stables, a cattle barn, a skvaltkvarn (simple water-powered mill) with a flume and dam, a smithy, a sauna, a bokstuga (traditional small building) that is now a shoemaker's workshop, a fäbodstuga (summer pasture cabin) and a fäbodlada (summer pasture barn). The oldest building is a parhärbre (double storehouse) from Blixtgården in Gagnefsbyn, dating from the 1590s. Some houses are furnished as a home from the late 1800s. The site lies beautifully, with views of the flottbron (log-floating bridge), the Österdalälven river and the church.

The farm is run by Stiftelsen Gagnefs Minnesstuga (Gagnefs Minnesstuga Foundation), which also manages the museum's collection of about 4,000 objects and is responsible for the Skolmuseet i Djurmo (Djurmo School Museum). The collections are shown, among other places, in the Ottilia Adelborgmuseet.

Highlights

• Dalarna's oldest homestead museum, donated in 1909
• 22 buildings from 1580 onward
• Double storehouse from the 1590s, from Blixtgården
• Skvaltkvarn, smithy, sauna and shoemaker's workshop
• View of the Österdalälven river and the church

Permanent exhibition

• Minnestugans byggnader – 22 buildings from 1580 onward, partly furnished as a home from the late 1800s, showing the building traditions and way of life of earlier times in the Gagnef area.

Founded

1909

Operated by

Stiftelsen Gagnefs Minnesstuga

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The Minnesstuga lies on a rise above the Österdalälven river, on Adelborgsvägen in Gagnef's church village.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

The tun (farmyard) can be borrowed free of charge for baptisms and weddings; contact the foundation well in advance to avoid double bookings.

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