Stavanger Museum

The museum got its own building, Muségata 3, in 1893, designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff.

Breidablikk villa is a well-preserved mansion which was built in 1881-1882 for the merchant and ship owner Lars Berentsen (1838-1896) .

The department also incorporates Den Kombinerede Indretning, a collection of local medical history established in 1989, and a part of Stavanger Museum from 2006.

The department of zoology was central to the establishing of the museum in 1877, assigned the task of collecting local fauna, and also "exotic" mammals and birds donated by sailors and travelers.

The museum owns and operates two older sailboats, Anna af Sand from 1848 and Wyvern from 1896.

[6] Norwegian Children's Museum (Norsk Barnemuseum) began as a private foundation and opened doors to the public 24 November 2001.

The museum has an extensive collection of more than two thousand works by Norwegian and international art from the 1800s to the present day.

Other Norwegian artists from 1800 - and 1900s are represented Kitty Kielland, Edvard Munch, Christian Krogh, Eilif Petersen, Knut Baade, Olaf Lange, Carl Sundt-Hansen and Harriet Backer.

The Norwegian Canning Museum (Norsk Hermetikkmuseum) was established in 1975, and is located in a preserved cannery in Gamle Stavanger, Øvre Strandgate 88 and 90.

The exhibitions show machinery, tools, photographs, labels and commercials from the canning industry.