Buekorps Museum, Youth organization museum in Bergen, Norway
The Buekorps Museum is a museum in Bergen dedicated to youth organizations and displays objects and photographs from their history. Visitors can see uniforms, equipment, and documents that show how these groups developed and operated.
The first youth groups formed around 1850 and started as neighborhood defense organizations for boys. The museum sits in a 16th-century building and documents how this tradition developed over more than a century.
These organizations developed as neighborhood associations for young people and shaped Bergen's identity across generations. The groups remain part of city life today, showing how young people keep traditional practices alive.
The museum can be visited on weekends and offers a good overview of the collections in a short visit. It is worth checking in advance how to get there, as access for people with mobility issues can be difficult.
The groups chose their leaders not by rank but by age and physical strength, which was unusual for the time. This selection system continues to this day and shows how old these traditions really are.
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