Hardanger Maritime Museum

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Family friendly maritime museum emphasizing activities and open workshops. You will experience ropemaking, forging and wooden boat building. You can make wooden figures, make ropes, build small boats and learn about knots. Hire a traditional wooden rowing boat with life jackets and fishing gear. Exhibits, guided tours and maritime films. Cafe with homemade delicacies.

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Mark D
Los Angeles, California
Trip Type:
Couples
Traditional Wooden Boat Building - A Must See
Thursday, 2nd November 2017
We really stumbled upon this great museum. If you have a love for traditional wooden boat design you should find a way to visit. Demonstrations of collecting the wood, shaping and construction of... Read full review
380Roger
Bedford, United Kingdom
Trip Type:
Solo travel
A worthwhile venture
Tuesday, 8th August 2017
The museum is an active workplace where historic boats are restored. There are multilingual explanations and children's activities. Read full review
mnmom2016
Maplewood, Minnesota
Trip Type:
Family
Fantastic Boat Museum-perfect for kids
Thursday, 29th June 2017
We had a very rainy day and this was perfect for our kids. We spent at least 2 hours building our own toy wooden boats.(Our kids are ages 9 and 12) The workshop had very nice tools available. Our... Read full review

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Facilities

General facilities

built - 1995

Activities

boat available
deep-sea fishing
fjord sailing
rowing trips
sea fishing
sea sailing

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