Lillesand Town- and Maritime Museum

Carl Knudsen-gården

Lillesand Town- and Maritime Museum (Norwegian: Lillesand by- og sjøfartsmuseum) is a museum of cultural history of Lillesand[1] in Aust-Agder County, Norway. The museum, established in 1970, was a time consolidated with AAKS, Aust-Agder historical center, but from 2012 back to the local government; Lillesand municipality. Anne Sophie Hoegh-Omdal has been employed as a museum director since 1 May 2010.[2]

The farm in the town is often called Carl Knudsen-gården (Carl Knudsen's house) after the last owner's father. Last owner was Thyra Mercedes Knudsen, who died childless in 1963. She let Lillesand municipality have right of first refusal to the buildings on the property and it was converted into a museum.

A separate department of the museum is a customs museum in the old customs house, located in the harbor nearby.

Carl Knudsen-gården

The museum is an old merchant's house from 1827.[3] In the backyard, the intact buildings were originally warehouses and a merchant store. It now houses the sailmakers and the smiths workshops, sailor`s house, forge, barn and stables and scullery room, as well as two car sheds. The museum has changing exhibitions in the annexe, behind the Museum Store.

The old customs house

The former customs house

The museum also contains an old customs house down at the harbor. Here is a customs museum, and in a separate part of the house is the studio and art exhibitions. In winter time, the whole house is a studio, disposed by local artist Erlend Larsen.

References

  1. ↑ "Visit Kristiansand Southern Norway | Official Travel Guide Kristiansand - Official Travel Guide to Norway". Visitkrs.no. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Om Museet - Lillesand By- Og Sjøfartsmuseum". Lillesandmuseet.com. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120406222549/http://www.kulturnett.no/institusjoner_og_kulturminner/institusjon_og_kulturminne.jsp?id=T396671. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Coordinates: 58°14′59″N 8°22′45″E / 58.249585°N 8.379242°E / 58.249585; 8.379242

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