Rygnestadtunet

Rygnestadtunet
View of the Rygnestadloftet
Rygnestadtunet is located in Aust-Agder
Rygnestadtunet
Location of the museum
Rygnestadtunet is located in Norway
Rygnestadtunet
Rygnestadtunet (Norway)
Established1940 (1940)
Coordinates59°15′46″N 7°29′23″E / 59.2629°N 07.4896°E / 59.2629; 07.4896
TypeOpen-air museum
OwnerSetesdal Museum
Websitesetesdalsmuseet.no

Rygnestadtunet is an open-air museum at Nordigard farm in northern Rygnestad in the municipality of Valle in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Setesdal region of Norway, near the junction of the Norwegian National Road 9 and Norwegian County Road 45, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the village of Valle. The farm museum today looks exactly as it did when it was deserted in 1919. The farm was legally protected in 1923, it was purchased by the Setesdal Museum in 1938, and it was opened to the public as a museum in 1940. Excavations in the area indicate that the site has been populated since at least 900 AD.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Rygnestadtunet" (in Norwegian). SetesdalsWiki.no. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. ^ "Rygnestadtunet". VisitNorway.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Rygnestad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-04-15.