Eastern Norway » Tinn Museum

Tinn Museum is a museum of rural life featuring culturally historic farm buildings that deal with the ancient farming community in our region. Here you can study building history from the 1000s up to 1900 and see the social divisions between farmer and crofter, and how people gradually improved their standard of living.

The museum offers guided tours of the old buildings, where you can see how farmers and crofters lived. Tinn Museum also houses a large collection of artefacts including stave church doorways, textiles, materiel from the Second World War, old prints and drawings. The museum also has a lot of equipment and furnishings from the old farming community.

Exhibit
"The Tinndøl knife" - The exhibit presents a large collection of knives made by blacksmiths in Tinn, who became widely known for their blacksmithing skills in the 1800s.

“Iron and Forging in Tinn” - Divided into three subjects, the first part covers the history of bog-iron production in Møsstrond and in the mountain valleys in Tinn. The second topic is charcoal burning. The exhibit also presents scythe smithing in Tinn.

"Through the lens of the local photographer" - This is a collection of photos from 1903 to 1910. The photos show scenes from everyday life in Tinn, exciting building traditions and the people who lived here.

"Permanent exhibition in Nedre Dal school" - Church doorways, furnishings, tools and other equipment from Tinn’s past.