Trysil/Engerdal Museum is a cultural history museum with museum buildings located in several different locations in Trysil and Engerdal municipalities. The administration building is located in Trysil town center. Trysil/Engerdal Museum curates about 100 antiquarian buildings, reconstructions and other buildings, in addition to a significant collection of antiquarian objects, photographs and archival material. Trysil/Engerdal Museum’s main attractions are Blokkodden Villmarksmuseum, Trysil Bygdetun and Støa kanal.
Blokkodden Villmarksmuseum near Drevsjø in Engerdal municipality is an open-air museum showing how people have utilized the natural resources in the area from the 17th century and up until today. Coal burning, fishing, hunting and farming were important basics way of life. During the 20th century forestry was a major industry. Engerdal is the southernmost area in Norway with Sami population and a living Sami tradition with reindeer herding. A reconstructed southern Sami winter camp shows the traditional Sami way of life in the area.
Open during the summer, from late June/early July to mid August.
We accept bookings for guided tours for groups throughout the snow-free season. Guided tours must be booked well in advance. For more information please contact us.
Trysil Bygdetun, situated in the hill just above Trysil town centre, is an open-air museum with a collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century’s buildings from all over Trysil. The museum consists of farmhouses, outbuildings and mountain farm buildings - 21 historical buildings in all. Examples of decorative painting show the influence from Sweden and Østerdalen.
Open during the summer, from late June/early July to mid August.
We accept bookings for guided tours for groups throughout the snow-free season. Guided tours must be booked well in advance. For more information please contact us.
Støa kanal, located in Støa in Eastern Trysil, is a timber floating canal built in the 19th century, designed to carry timber from the forests in Ljørdalen in Trysil to the sawmills in Karlstad, Sweden. In order to manage the hight difference between the Ljøra River and the Flersjøen Lake, two large wooden constructions with waterdriven weels, powering wagons to lift the timber, were built. The canal was in use from 1858 to 1901, after this the canal became overgrown and the wooden constructions decayed. In the 1990s one of the two wooden constructions was reconstructed and large parts of the canal made more accessible for the public.
Støa kanal can be visited free of charge. There are information boards at the site.
We accept bookings for guided tours for groups throughout the snow-free season. Guided tours must be booked well in advance. For more information please contact us.