Maihaugen

[1] The founder, Anders Sandvig, collected from old houses and farmyards within Gudbrandsdalen to provide a sample of Norwegian culture and history in a museum.

He first started in his backyard, but when his collection grew, in 1901, the town council offered him a permanent site for the museum.

People had met here to celebrate the Norwegian Constitution Day and to light bonfires for Midsummer eve.

Social institutions such as a church, school, post office, railway station, shops, prisons and military facilities are all represented at the museum.

[5] The open-air museum is divided into three primary sections, the Rural Collection, Historic Town, and the Residential Area.