Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane

Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane

Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane
Location within Vestland
Established	1980
Location	Florø, Norway
Coordinates	61°35′21″N 5°2′33″E / 61.58917°N 5.04250°E / 61.58917; 5.04250
Type	Folk museum
Website	https://www.kyst.museum.no/

The Coastal Museum in Sogn og Fjordane (Norwegian: Kystmuseet i Sogn og Fjordane) is a cultural history museum located in Florø, Norway.

The museum was established in 1980 and is a division of Museums of Sogn og Fjordane.^[1] The museum presents the natural and cultural conditions along the coast in the past and present. Its main buildings are located in a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) museum and recreation area, and consist of a typical fisherman's home, an exhibition on the development of the village of Florø, and a large boat collection,^[2] which includes the Bakkejekta, a traditional mid-18th century sloop known as a jekt that was used as a coastal freighter.^[3][4] There are plans to develop an area presenting the settlements from the outer islands and along the fjord. The museum also has a large exhibition called Snorre-ankeret that presents the oil business in the North Sea, focusing on the newly created Snorre oil field.^[5][6] The museum also has smaller facilities in Gulen and Selje.

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• Museum website