Lantbruksmuseet Ljusfallshammar

About the museum

The Lantbruksmuseet (Farming Museum) in Ljusfallshammar came about in two stages. The initiator was Karl Hellmark from Tjällmo, who had collected objects from the Östergötland countryside and wanted to preserve part of the cultural heritage. The museum was meant to be in Tjällmo but ended up in Ljusfallshammar in Hällestad parish, and was therefore named Tjällmo-Hällestad Skogs- och Lantbruksmuseum (Tjällmo-Hällestad Forestry and Farming Museum). Construction started in 1991, and in 1993 the first part was opened, with two exhibition halls, a sawmill building and a small meeting room.

In the second stage the museum received a large collection from Karl-Harry Nilsson in Björnö, with machines and vehicles from farming and forestry, but also objects from the home, craftspeople, the village shop and the school. For this, an exhibition hall measuring 23 by 60 metres with a gallery, in which different settings are built up, was constructed in 2003–2005. The museum was inaugurated in 2005 by the county governor (landshövding) and today has about 3,000 square metres under roof on a plot of about 40,000 square metres.

In the sawmill building there is a bonnsåg, a circular saw driven by a hot-bulb engine, which turns logs into planks and boards. The museum is run by a voluntary association, and during the season events include Museets dag (Museum Day), Bondgården förr (Farm Life in the Past), community singing (allsång) and a Christmas market.

Highlights

• Exhibition halls of about 3,000 square metres with thousands of objects
• Reconstructed settings such as Mor Kristina’s kitchen
• Bonnsåg driven by a hot-bulb engine in the sawmill
• Collections on the home, craftspeople, the village shop and the school
• Events such as Museum Day and Farm Life in the Past

Permanent exhibitions

• Utställningshallar med lantbrukets föremål och miljöer – Machines and vehicles from farming and forestry, plus built-up settings from the home, craftspeople, the village shop and the school.
• Mor Kristinas kök – Reconstructed farmhouse kitchen showing how self-sufficiency worked on a farm.

Founded

1993

Operated by

Lantbruksmuseet Ljusfallshammar (ideell förening)

Admission & discounts

The entrance price for regular opening hours is not stated on the website. Admission is free at the Christmas market in November and on Walpurgis Eve (Valborgsmässoafton). Community singing at the museum costs SEK 150 including fika.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• 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 whole museum is accessible, with a lift to the upper floor, among other things.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

The museum describes itself as a place for the whole family, with discoveries for children among animals, machines and old tools.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in Ljusfallshammar in northern Östergötland, along road 51, two mil (Swedish miles) north of Finspång, five mil north of Norrköping and six mil south of Örebro. Signs are placed opposite the department store Europamöbler. GPS: Hyttsjövägen 30, 612 73 Ljusfallshammar.

Amenities & dining

Coffee service and food for groups (fika, landgång or ostkaka, Swedish cheesecake, with jam and cream, pre-ordered); a flea-market stall is on the site.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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