Stories - Museum Nord

Discover Museum Nord’s stories. On this page you will find a rich selection of stories from our museums.

A hero’s saga at sea

The Norwegian lifeboats have a saw and nimbus that is respected. For over 100 years, they have assisted casualties, gone out to sea when others struggled to get to shore, braved storms and storms to save others.

History of Lofoten

Lofoten’s history is a story about fish. The population has harvested resources from the sea all year round, while many have also run small farms. But it is the seasonal fishing for skrei that has had the greatest impact on life here along the coast.

The Ofotbanen Railway

The 43 kilometre long railway line from Narvik to riksgrensen is a continuous series of cultural-historical treats interspersed with beautiful scenery and dizzying views.

The Quartz at Keiploftet

Perhaps one of the most complete of abandoned mining facilities in Ofoten is the quartz quarry at Keiploftet.

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.

Lofoten Raid

The first raid of any magnitude in World War II was the Lofoten Raid on 4 March 1941. It happens in the darkest hour of war when Churchill desperately needed a victory and a bright spot.

Museum artifacts

You can also explore museum objects from our exhibitions. Below is a selection from some museums. At digitaltmuseum.no there are several museum objects.

Featured exhibits

Boat model of a five-rower

Boat model of a five-rower with hay/stick, ladle, boat hook and 13 oars.

Desk from Fygle

Table with sealable lid, on display at Fygle Museum.

Marine Radar

Marine radar type Furuno 2.3 cm. The instrument is mounted in a wooden rack. Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.

Ship model of DS Lofoten

Ship model 1:16 in glass display case of the Hurtigruten ship DS Lofoten.

Uniform telegraphist

Black uniform jacket and trousers for telegraphist. The uniform is part of the Hurtigruten Museum’s collection.

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Featured Stories

A hero’s saga at sea

History of Lofoten

The Ofotbanen Railway

The Quartz at Keiploftet

Museum Garden

Lofoten Raid

More stories

A/S Bjørkaasen gruber

Andenes Lighthouse

Boat grave at Lofotr Viking museum

Boathouse at Lofotr Viking museum

Copper mines in Melkedalen

Depopulation of The OUTER SIDE OF LOFOTODDEN

Depth gauge from M/S Skogøy

Fishing and sea capture in the viking age

Gold and precious glassware

Have you planted the potato?

House on the rock

Hundholmen Granite Quarry

Life in Rombaksbotn

LKAB’s digging bar

Opening of the Ofotbanen railway

Copy of the tapestry fragments from the Oseberg ship grave

Sinklia in Ballangen

Ski train

Skrei Fisheries in Lofoten

SKREI Stories: A HISTORY OF CONNECTEDNESS

Stories from Lofoten War Memorial Museum

The Chieftain’s port – Innerpollen, Lofotr Viking Museum

The feldspar at Hundholmen

The last classic Hurtigruten ship

The locomotive Ofoten

The Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement, a Rescuer Is Honored

The Norddalsbrua

Water Tower at Rombak

Different interpretation proposals on The Chieftain’s Reconstruction

The chieftain’s house at borg

Factory ship Hamburg

This is where Northern Norway’s first workers’ struggle was fought

URSA in Svolvær

Museum artifacts

Featured exhibits

Boat model of a five-rower

Desk from Fygle

Marine Radar

Ship model of DS Lofoten

Uniform telegraphist

More exhibits

Alarm horn

Carbide lantern

Narvik Municipal Photo Collection

17 May 1904

Casting model

Catheter from Fygle

Leather case

Millstone

Mining hammer

Neptune Herring Oil Factory from the Seaside

Ole W. Lund

Perssons Café

Playful children, the Monument of Freedom, the 4th Corner

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