Stavanger maritime museum

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ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The museum's exhibitions are located in Stavanger's best-preserved merchants’ buildings. The exhibitons convey the last 200 years of maritime history, craftmanship and trade and the general development of the city.

First floor:
Return trip to Stavanger art exhibition by Geir Egil Bergjord until 15 August 2021. This video installation is based on footage of several hundred ferry arrivals on the now-discontinued Stavanger-Tau route. The ferry dockings are filmed from narrow alleyways and houses near Stavanger’s harbour.

Second floor:
Working at the Docks, activity exhibition. The museum has recreated a quayside marketplace for children where they can act out life of late 1950s Stavanger. 

2nd floor: The general store, historic interior. The reconstructed shop dates back to around 1910, and is built using decor and objects from a variety of shops in the city.

3rd floor: Shipowner's office, historic interior. The office interior is authentic and belonged to the Monsen family company, which was in business from 1812 to 1977.

3rd floor: The merchant's apartment, historic interior. The apartment is a reconstruction and consists of living room, dining room, home office and kitchen with pantry. The decor shows how a merchant’s  apartment might have looked c. 1910. Through the windows, one of them fitted with sliding mirrors, there are views to the terraced gardens belonging to the properties Nedre Strandgate 17 & 19. Outside the street is also the Groom well, belonging to Nedre Strandgate 17, named after the company Groom & Son, who ran a firm exporting lobster from here.

4th floor: Sail loft, historic interior. At the very top of one of the warehouses is a fully equipped sail loft. The loft give a realistic impression of the working conditions of the town’s sail makers.