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| Location | Drammen, Buskerud, Norway |
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| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
The Drammen Museum of Art and Cultural History (Drammens Museum for kunst og kulturhistorie) is a museum in Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. [1] [2]
The Drammen Museum of Art and Cultural History operates as a foundation created in 1996. The Foundation consists of the former Drammen Museum, founded in 1908, Drammen Art Society, founded in 1867 and Gulskogen Manor, which was established as a museum in 1959. The museum's main buildings are centered on Marienlyst manor (Marienlyst gård) which dates from approximately 1770. Other properties include the a museum building from 1930 containing the museum's administration, permanent exhibitions and collections, as well as Lyche pavilion from 1990 with the gallery, temporary exhibitions and museum café, Halling yard, together with other historic buildings, the oldest of which dating back to 1760s. The museum also includes the two largest preserved farms in Drammen: Gulskogen (Gulskogen gård) and Austad (Austad gård). [3] [4] [5]
Drammen Museum is located in the center of Drammen, on the southern side of the Drammen River. In years past, this was an area of country homes and manor houses in an area known as Marienlyst. In the main building are the rose-painted wooden chests and cabinets from Hallingdal and Numedal, Norwegian Baroque silver from the 1700s, together with Norwegian and Northern European art glass. The museum's collections come from throughout Buskerud, and covers areas such as folk art and handicrafts, commerce, transport, agriculture, art, costumes and traditional dresses, church art and industry. The museum has a large library, photographic collection and archives covering the history of both Drammen and Buskerud. [6]
Drammen Museum has collected historic houses from around Buskerud and rebuilt them in an area just behind the Spiraltoppen recreation area. Here is the development of a cultural landscape that gives the impression of earlier architectural. In summer, several of the buildings are open to the public. The Fine Art Collection consists primarily of Norwegian art and contains masterpieces from the 1800s. Featured artists include Johan Christian Dahl, Peder Balke, Eilif Peterssen and Theodor Kittelsen. [7]
Information boards are presented solely in Norwegian. The museum website can be accessed in English. [8]
Buskerud is a county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration was in modern times located in Drammen. Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Østfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020. On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger. Due to this, Buskerud was re-established in 2024.
Drammen is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konnerud, Svelvik, Mjøndalen and Skoger.
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-owned radio and television broadcasting company.
Solbergelva is a village in Drammen municipality in Buskerud, Norway. The village lies north of Drammenselva, approx. 5 miles west of Bragernes square, between Åssiden in the east and Krokstadelva in the west with Solbergfjellet north. It is part of Drammen municipality and has about 6.000 inhabitants in 2017.
Eastern Norway is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Oslo, Akershus, Vestfold, Østfold, Buskerud, Telemark, and Innlandet.
Peter Nicolai Arbo was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in portraits and allegorical scenes from Norwegian history and the Norse mythology. He is most noted for The Wild Hunt of Odin, a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and Valkyrie, which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology.
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Drammenselva is a river in Buskerud county, southeastern Norway.
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Gulskogen is a borough in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway. Gulskogen has a population of 3,856 inhabitants (2005). Strømsgodset was the name of the parish from early times. Strømsgodset was a separate municipality which in 1964 became part of Drammen. The district takes its name from the historic Gulskogen Manor.
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Drammens Tidende is a Norwegian Bokmål language newspaper published in Drammen, Norway.
Cappelen is a Norwegian family of German origin. Johan von Cappelen immigrated to Norway in 1653 and became bailiff in Lier. A number of his descendants were businessmen, land owners, civil servants and politicians. The family is especially known for the former publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag, one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway. Variants of the name Cappelen are also used throughout Germany by many other families.
Gulskogen Manor is a manor house and landscape park which forms part of Drammen Museum in Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway. The manor house is filled with historic furnishings and reproduction works of art.
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The University of South-Eastern Norway, commonly known as USN, is a Norwegian state university. It has campuses in Bø in Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg and Horten. USN is a continuation of the three former university colleges, Telemark University College, Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College, which merged between 2014 and 2016 to form the University College of South-Eastern Norway. The institution was granted the status of a full university by the King-in-Council on 4 May 2018.
Holmen, formerly also Møllerholmen, is an 0.6 km2 island at the mouth of the river Drammenselva in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway, and the only remaining island in downtown Drammen.
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