Lillesand Town- And Maritime Museum
The museum includes The farm in the town which is often called Carl Knudsen-gården (Carl Knudsen's farm) after the last owner's father. The last owner was Thyra Mercedes Knudsen, who died childless in 1963. She let Lillesand municipality have right of first refusal to the buildings on the property and it was converted into a museum.
A separate department of the museum is a customs museum in the old customs house, located in the harbor nearby.
Carl Knudsen-gården
The museum is an old merchant's house from 1827. In the backyard, the intact buildings were originally warehouses and a merchant store. It now houses the sailmakers and the smiths workshops, sailor's house, forge, barn and stables, scullery room, and two car sheds. The museum has changing exhibitions in the annexe, behind the Museum Store.
Old customs house
The museum also contains an old customs house down at the harbor. Here is a customs museum, and in a separate part of the house is the studio and art exhibitions. In winter time, the whole house is a studio, disposed by local artist Erlend Larsen.
References
- ^ "Visit Kristiansand Southern Norway | Official Travel Guide Kristiansand - Official Travel Guide to Norway". Visitkrs.no. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Om Museet - Lillesand By- Og Sjøfartsmuseum". Lillesandmuseet.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Lillesand By- og Sjøfartsmuseum" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.