Vernacular arts and crafts

Sailing Sloops and Boat Building

Marine activities expanded greatly throughout the 19th century, and provided a livelihood for many people. Fishing and shipping were probably the subsidiary activities which had greatest economic significance throughout the century. Marine activities brought, literally speaking, wind into the sails of many rural districts in Hordaland during that period.

The Pine Forest, the Sash Saw and the Scots Trade

The Tourists, the Landscape and the Fantasy Hotels

Tourist travel in western Norway experienced its great breakthrough with the regular scheduled steamship traffic.

A True Gold Mine

The Wooden Boat

Craftsmanship through two thousand years