The venerable Melbo Manor shows where entrepreneur Christian Frederiksen and his family lived. A guide will take guests into the house and tell the story. A 12 minute picture game gives a mood and an overview of the activity that was at Melbu at the beginning of the 20th century.
It was Christian Frederiksen, a 17-year-old from Melbu, who started what we might call the industrial revolution in mini format at Melbu. Over a 30-year period, in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century, Melbu was transformed from a large farm to the region’s largest industrial centre. The population increased from 77 inhabitants in 1891 to about 1000 in 1920. Christian Frederiksen’s philosophy was to exploit the local raw material and process it as much as possible himself.
The garden was designed in english landscape style in 1890, and today there is an assortment of old perennials collected from Vesterålen and Lofoten. Footpaths wind from the garden and further into the idyllic park.
Address
Maren Frederiksens allé 1,
8445 Melbu
Opening Hours
23.06.–16.08.
Tuesday–Sunday 11–16
Also open on request outside of opening hours.
Admission Prices
Adult kr 90
Child under 16 years free
Studenter, senior kr 75
Gruppe p.p. kr 75 (min. 10 pers.)
The manor
Join us in the beautiful Manor, the preserved home of industrial pioneer Christian Frederiksen
The garden
Maren and Christian Frederiksen had a truly magnificent garden in English landscape style, something you will hardly find anywhere else so far north in the country
The park
Between bridges and streams you will find Melbu’s true gem
Sign hunting in the museum garden
Learn about the flora and cultural historical elements in the museum garden on your own. Can you find them all?
Guided tour of the manor
We offer guided tours of stately Melbo Manor
Guided tour of the museum garden
Interested in historical gardens? We offer guided tours of the beautiful, historic garden at Melbo Manor
Gifts
Our Friend’s association
Related Stories
Museum Garden
Melbo Manor's museum garden was designed in the English landscape style in 1890, and today there is a range of old perennials collected from Vesterålen and Lofoten.
The herring girl’s strike at Melbu harbour
The herring girls of Melbu harbour went on spontanious strike in 1915
The Bruun family on Børøya
Meet the family behind one of our most exciting collections.
Related Exhibits
The Women’s saddle from Kvitnes
Take a look at the woman's hall of the housewife at Kvitnes farm in Hadsel.
Dorothea’s doll
For her twelve-year birthday in 1882, little Dorothea Bruun received perhaps the finest present she could've imagined.
The silver lace ribbon
The silver lace ribbon, and the child that never wore it
