Western Norwegian Emigration Center

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Brampton Luther Church
Village view

The West Norwegian Emigration Center is an open-air and migration museum in Sletta on the island of Radøy in Vestland .

The museum consists of several buildings that have been brought to Sletta from Minnesota and North Dakota . These buildings of Norwegian immigration, characteristic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, form a prairie village and are:

  • Brampton Church , reopened in 1997
  • Pioneer House by Underwood
  • Marboe Village School
  • Brampton Teachers' House
  • Doctor's office of Dr. Serkland
  • Elizabeth Prison and Community Hall

See also

Web link

Commons : Western Norway Emigration Center  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Western Norway Emigration Center . Official homepage, accessed November 26, 2019.

Coordinates: 60 ° 41 '15.7 "  N , 5 ° 3' 6.8"  E