[1] The museum is located in the Jølet area of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen.

[2] These include cottages and storehouses, an outdoor kitchen, barns and stables, a stall and milking building, a doghouse, a chicken coop, a school room, and a dye-house.

The museum covers hydropower in Sogn and Fjordane, and functioning rotary mills, stamping mills, sawmills, and water wheel houses are located along a river connected to ponds and streams.

The rock festival Glopperock has regularly been held at the open-air museum.

This building houses the museum's administration and indoor exhibition premises.