Bagn Bygdesamling

**Bagn Bygdesamling**
	; Bagn ygdesamling - Stabelbygningen 1808.
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place	Skiptvet, Norway
Art	open air museum
opening	1920

Bagn Bygdesamling is a small open-air museum , opened in 1944, south of Bagn in the Norwegian municipality of Sør-Aurdal ( Fylke Innlandet ).

Today the museum is a branch of the Valdres Folk Museum .

description

The museum consists of a courtyard, a water- powered sawmill and a school with original furnishings. The museum consists of twelve log houses and a main building that is used for a permanent exhibition. The museum also has two small farms from Sandviken and Bagnsbergatn. The latter contains a memorial to the Second World War . All museum exhibits are originals and have been collected from various farms in the vicinity of the museum.

The museum's permanent exhibition consists of finds from the Stone Age, Iron Age finds, textile work, clothing, furniture and kitchen utensils. A large part of the collection was donated in 1941 by the local politician Olaus Islandsmoen . The museum also has an exhibition on the composer Sigurd Islandsmoen and the writer Mikkjel Fønhus .