Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter (Hardanger Maritime Museum)
Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter
Fee required
Cafe
Wheelchair accessible
A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.

📜 Living museum and ship-preservation facility in Norheimsund, Norway, dedicated to traditional boat building, ropemaking, and blacksmithing.
🔍 Established in 1984, it is recognized by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.

Why Go

🛠️ See skilled craftspeople at work, hear them, and smell tar, rope, and forged iron.
🛶 Try rowing a traditional wooden boat in the fjord.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly activities like making toy boats and ropes, with hands-on workshops and summer activities.
📚 Take courses in traditional crafts like rope making and wooden oar making.

Tips

🚶 5 min walk from Norheimsund terminal.
🗓️ Guided tours daily at 1 PM during high season, by appointment for groups.
🎟️ Summer Pass offers 50% discount at partner museums.

Cost

💰 Adults 125 NOK, Kids u. 18y/students 75 NOK, Family (2+3) 325 NOK.

Hours

🕒 Monday: Closed. Tuesday-Wednesday: 11am-2pm. Thursday-Friday: 11am-5pm. Saturday-Sunday: 11am-4pm. The museum offers free Wi-Fi, a café, a gift shop, and a baby-changing room, and is wheelchair accessible.

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