Oslo -- History Museums

A short ferry ride to Bygdoy today took us to several Norwegian history museums: the Norwegian Folk Museum and the Fram Museum.

(The ferry/bus that got us to the museums in Bygdoy and back again.)

Strolling the open-air folk museum felt like a stroll through the woods where we came upon old farm houses, churches, etc., along the way. There was another stave church here. This park/museum was begun in the 19th century by a king who wanted to preserve structures that depicted Norwegian history and culture. The buildings have all come from around the country.

(The interpreter at one of the farmhouses at the open-air museum.)

(The altar in the stave church.)

(Many of the old buildings, even old storage sheds, had decorative touches.)

The other museum was the Fram Museum, a fascinating history of Norwegian Arctic and Antarctic explorers. We could go through two of the actual ships used in exploration. Many people died trying to get to the North Pole. It did not, of course, mention people from other countries who tried -- people such as Robert Peary and Matthew Hanson from the U.S. According to the National Geographic, Henson, a Black American from Maryland, was the first person to stand at the actual geographical North Pole.

After all that museum time, we spent several hours wandering along the harbor before finding supper and drinks at a food hall, then heading back to our hotel.