Stavanger Museum
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Stavanger Museum is a museum of natural and cultural history established in 1877, located in the Norwegian city Stavanger
. The museum's collections consist of several departments: the department of zoology, the department for cultural history (which also includes custodianship of the royal residence Ledaal
).
Departments include the Stavanger Museum of Natural History, Stavanger Maritime Museum, Norwegian Children's Museum, Norwegian Printing Museum, Stavanger School Museum, Stavanger Art Museum, and Norwegian Canning Museum.
. The museum got its own building, Muségata 3, in 1893, designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
. The building was extended in 1930, and again in 1964. A major restoration and technical upgrade was performed in 1995. Ledaal
, the summer house of the Kielland family built by Gabriel Schanche Kielland
, was bought by Stavanger Museum in 1936, and opened as a royal residence in 1949. The archeological department was split out in 1975, as the new institution Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger. The Maritime Museum was included in 1979. The Graphical museum was established in 1991, and included in Stavanger Museum in 2006. The Children's Museum was established in 2000, and incorporated as a department of Stavanger Museum in 2007. The school museum was established in 1925, and incorporated into Stavanger Museum in 2008. The museum's cultural collections include the royal residence Ledaal
from around 1800, and the villa Breidablikk, situated on Eiganes
in Stavanger. Breidablikk villa is a well-preserved mansion which was built in 1881-1882 for the merchant and ship owner Lars Berentsen. The villa was designed by architect Henrik Nissen
. The department also incorporates Den Kombinerede Indretning, a collection of local medical history established in 1989, and a part of Stavanger Museum from 2006. A yearbook has been published annually since 1890.
at the point of land Revtangen in Klepp
was established in 1937, and is operated by the museum.
in Stavanger, and is housed in an old canning stock dating from 1913. The premises are renovated and restored to original condition. Norwegian Printing Museum was officially opened on 23 October 1993.
. The museum which opened in 1925, covers the history of the school in Rogaland. There is a curriculum with role play and dressing up in the school's historic environment.
constitutes a center of gravity, with more than 70 watercolors and oil paintings. Other Norwegian artists from 1800 - and 1900's are represented Kitty Kielland, Edvard Munch
, Christian Krogh, Eilif Petersen, Knut Baade, Olaf Lange
, Carl Sundt-Hansen and Harriet Backer
.
, Øvre Strandgate 88 and 90. The oldest parts of the building are from 1841; canning production here lasted from 1916 to mid 1950s. The exhibitions show machinery, tools, photographs, labels and commercials from the canning industry.
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
. The museum's collections consist of several departments: the department of zoology, the department for cultural history (which also includes custodianship of the royal residence Ledaal
Ledaal
- History :The main building was built between 1799 and 1803. It was then owned by the merchant Gabriel Schanche Kielland. He gave the estate its present name after the last letters of his and his wife's names: Gabriel Schanche Kielland, Johanna Margaretha Bull. Ledaal was bought by Stavanger...
).
Departments include the Stavanger Museum of Natural History, Stavanger Maritime Museum, Norwegian Children's Museum, Norwegian Printing Museum, Stavanger School Museum, Stavanger Art Museum, and Norwegian Canning Museum.
History
Stavanger Museum was founded in 1877, and was first located in a small wooden house in Gamle StavangerGamle Stavanger
Gamle Stavanger is an area of the city of Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway, and is believed to be Europe’s largest collection of wooden buildings. The area includes the Norwegian Canning museum which displays a typical factory from the 1920's.In the years after World War II, a new city...
. The museum got its own building, Muségata 3, in 1893, designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff was a Norwegian architect.He took his education at the Technical University of Munich, and opened an architect's office in Stavanger in 1881. He was assigned to design several important city buildings; the first was Rogaland Teater, erected in 1883...
. The building was extended in 1930, and again in 1964. A major restoration and technical upgrade was performed in 1995. Ledaal
Ledaal
- History :The main building was built between 1799 and 1803. It was then owned by the merchant Gabriel Schanche Kielland. He gave the estate its present name after the last letters of his and his wife's names: Gabriel Schanche Kielland, Johanna Margaretha Bull. Ledaal was bought by Stavanger...
, the summer house of the Kielland family built by Gabriel Schanche Kielland
Gabriel Schanche Kielland
Gabriel Schanche Kielland was a Norwegian businessman and ship owner. He managed the Stavanger company Jacob Kielland & Søn from 1790, and became one of the most wealthy and prominent persons in the city. He let construct the large country house Ledaal around 1800, which has later become a royal...
, was bought by Stavanger Museum in 1936, and opened as a royal residence in 1949. The archeological department was split out in 1975, as the new institution Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger. The Maritime Museum was included in 1979. The Graphical museum was established in 1991, and included in Stavanger Museum in 2006. The Children's Museum was established in 2000, and incorporated as a department of Stavanger Museum in 2007. The school museum was established in 1925, and incorporated into Stavanger Museum in 2008. The museum's cultural collections include the royal residence Ledaal
Ledaal
- History :The main building was built between 1799 and 1803. It was then owned by the merchant Gabriel Schanche Kielland. He gave the estate its present name after the last letters of his and his wife's names: Gabriel Schanche Kielland, Johanna Margaretha Bull. Ledaal was bought by Stavanger...
from around 1800, and the villa Breidablikk, situated on Eiganes
Eiganes
Eiganes is a neighborhood in the borough Eiganes og Våland in Stavanger, Norway.The neighborhood has a population of 3,853, distributed on an area of 0.95 km2....
in Stavanger. Breidablikk villa is a well-preserved mansion which was built in 1881-1882 for the merchant and ship owner Lars Berentsen. The villa was designed by architect Henrik Nissen
Henrik Nissen
Johannes Henrik Nissen was a Norwegian architect.-Biography:After his final exams in 1866, Nissen was a student at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania. He studied architecture at the Bauakademie in Berlin 1869–74...
. The department also incorporates Den Kombinerede Indretning, a collection of local medical history established in 1989, and a part of Stavanger Museum from 2006. A yearbook has been published annually since 1890.
Stavanger Museum of Natural History
Stavanger Museum of Natural History (Stavanger naturhistoriske museum) was formerly the Department of Zoology at the Stavanger Museum. The department of zoology was central to the establishing of the museum in 1877, assigned the task of collecting local fauna, and also "exotic" mammals and birds donated by sailors and travellers. From 1918 the museum specialized in ornithological research. An ornithological station for bird ringingBird ringing
Bird ringing or bird banding is a technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird's life can be studied by the ability to re-find the same individual later...
at the point of land Revtangen in Klepp
Klepp
Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The parish of Klep was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
was established in 1937, and is operated by the museum.
Stavanger Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum was established in 1926 and included as a department of Stavanger Museum from 1979. Until 1984 the exhibitions were at Stavanger Museum's main building in Muségata 16, and were moved to historical locations at the port of Stavanger (Nedre Strandgate 17 and 19) in 1985. The buildings are from the period 1770 to 1840. The exhibition displays the development of the shipping and fishing industry over the last 200 years. The museum owns and operates two older sailboats, Anna af Sand from 1848 and Wyvern from 1896.Norwegian Children's Museum
Norwegian Children's Museum (Norsk Barnemuseum) began as a private foundation and opened doors to the public 24 November 2001. The museum is located in the Stavanger Cultural Centre on Arneageren.Norwegian Printing Museum
Norwegian Printing Museum (Norsk Grafisk Museum) was established in 1991. Stavanger has always been a center of gravity in the Norwegian printing industry. The museum is located on BjergstedBjergsted
Until 1 January 2007, Bjergsted was a municipality in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality included the islands of Sejrø and Nekselø, and covered an area of 138.62 km². It had a total population of 8,047...
in Stavanger, and is housed in an old canning stock dating from 1913. The premises are renovated and restored to original condition. Norwegian Printing Museum was officially opened on 23 October 1993.
Stavanger School Museum
Stavanger School Museum (Stavanger skolemuseum) was formerly the Vestlandske Skolemuseum. The museum school is located in a schoolhouse from the 1920s in HillevågHillevåg
Hillevåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway. It was a part of Hetland municipality, which was incorporated into Stavanger in 1965.-Neighbourhoods:...
. The museum which opened in 1925, covers the history of the school in Rogaland. There is a curriculum with role play and dressing up in the school's historic environment.
Stavanger Art Museum
Stavanger Art Museum (Stavanger kunstmuseum) was formerly the Rogaland Art Museum. The museum is located on the west side of the lake at Tjensvoll in Stavanger. Stavanger Art Museum opened in 1991. The museum has an extensive collection of more than two thousand works by Norwegian and international art from the 1800s to the present day. Works by Lars HertervigLars Hertervig
Lars Hertervig was a Norwegian painter. His semi-fantastical work with motives from the coastal landscape in the traditional district of Ryfylke is regarded as one of the peaks of Norwegian painting.-Background:...
constitutes a center of gravity, with more than 70 watercolors and oil paintings. Other Norwegian artists from 1800 - and 1900's are represented Kitty Kielland, Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
, Christian Krogh, Eilif Petersen, Knut Baade, Olaf Lange
Olaf Lange
Olaf Helliesen Lange was a Norwegian painter and graphic designer.Olaf Lange was born in Stavanger, in the county of Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of doctor Emil Lange and Marie Helliesen . He studied in Paris and Oslo, while living in Munich. Friends with textile artist Frida Hansen,...
, Carl Sundt-Hansen and Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally...
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Norwegian Canning Museum
The Norwegian Canning Museum (Norsk Hermetikkmuseum )was established in 1975, and is located in a preserved cannery in Gamle StavangerGamle Stavanger
Gamle Stavanger is an area of the city of Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway, and is believed to be Europe’s largest collection of wooden buildings. The area includes the Norwegian Canning museum which displays a typical factory from the 1920's.In the years after World War II, a new city...
, Øvre Strandgate 88 and 90. The oldest parts of the building are from 1841; canning production here lasted from 1916 to mid 1950s. The exhibitions show machinery, tools, photographs, labels and commercials from the canning industry.