Hamsunstugu, Literary museum in Garmo, Lom, Norway.
Hamsunstugu is a museum housed in a restored 19th-century Norwegian residence that contains original furnishings and personal objects from a family's daily life. The building preserves the rooms and their arrangement as they existed during that period.
The house served as a home from 1859 to 1862 for a family whose son later became a Nobel Prize-winning author. After that period, the building was converted to a smithy at Hesthagen before being restored in recent times.
The house reveals how a family lived in rural Norway during the 1800s, connecting everyday objects to the early years of a writer who became internationally known. Visitors get a sense of what domestic life looked like in that era.
The museum operates during the summer months, and it is best to contact the location ahead of time to confirm visiting hours. The house sits about 13 kilometers east of Lom center along route 15.
Many of the objects inside the house come directly from the family who lived there, not from other sources, which makes the collection especially genuine. These personal items connect visitors directly to the actual lives of the people who inhabited the space.
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