Museums and galleries in Kristiansand

Museums and galleries in Kristiansand

1. See

   Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden

   and Gimle Gård are two museums, located at Gimle, east of river Otra. In the natural history museum and botanical garden you will find a collections of flora, examples of the fauna and minerals of South Norway in very lifelike exhibitions and rich minerals deposits. Gimle gård is a former mansion, now a museum.

2. See

   Arkivet

   Foundation with museum exhibition

   This former Gestapo headquarters is a centre for peace and human rights. The building has a creepy history. During World War II, the local headquarters of Gestapo was located there. Many Norwegian opponents of the Nazi regime were imprisoned there and were subjected to cruel torture, some were sent on to concentration camps and many lost their lives in the struggle for resistance. The museum exhibition takes you back to the crime scene of the 1940s.

   Mon-Sat 10:00-15:00·Adults 80 kr, children 40 kr, families 200 kr

3. See

   Kristiansand Cannon Museum

   Batterie Vara

   Here you will find the world's second largest cannon mounted on land. It was mounted by the occupying German forces in 1940 to guard the shipping lanes of the Skagerrak. Here you can ride the narrow-gauge railway that once was used to draw very heavy grenades.

   3 Feb-11 May: Sun 12:00-16:00, 18 May-11 Jun: Mon-Wed 11:00-15:00, Thu-Sun 11:00-17:00, 12 Jun-17 Aug: daily 11:00-18:00, 18 Aug-28 Sep: Mon-Wed 11:00-15:00, Thu-Sun 11:00-17:00, 5 Oct-30 Nov: Sun 12:00-16:00

4. See

   Odderøya Museumshavn

   The maritime museum and port at Odderøya marks the long traditions of Kristiansand as a seafaring city. On the hill behind are some ocher and red buildings that have history as a fortress and as a plague hospital.

5. See

   Sørlandet's Art Museum (SKMU)

   2 minutes walk from the cathedral

   An art gallery with permanent and changing exhibitions. Varied works of art, own children's club.

6. See

   Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand

   An open-air-museum that consists of a mainbuilding and about 40 other buildings, collected from the counties of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder and Kvaderaturen, Kristiansand's old town. In the museum, you will also find miniature models of Kristiansand from late 19th century and a cafè.

7. See Not mapped

   DS Hestmanden

   A merchant steamship that sailed during two world wars and is Norway's memorial to the efforts of seafarers. Kristiansand is a home port. Exhibition on board.

8. Buy

   Galleri Bi-Z

   Art gallery, exhibitions, sales and own framing workshop

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Kristiansand (CC BY-SA 4.0).