Norwegian Coastal Express Museum

An absolute must see - either if you have any interest at all in this essential part of Norway’s history, development and transportation OR if you just want to experience one of the most fantastic museum experiences! A ship in a bottle!! (Well in an amazing glass walled building!). One man’s dream has turned into one of the ‘must sees’ in Norway. Absolute superb presentation & information provision, with wonderfully passionate & helpful staff. What is also amazing about the museum is that 1 in 4 of the island’s population have annual tickets so it has also started to become the community hub, especially with it’s evocative coffee shop & cafe on board the ship itself. And no you can’t possibly do it justice if you only have 45 minutes in port! The last few reviews seem to miss the point. This would be a wonderful sight to see (a huge vessel in an amazing building) for even 5 minutes but you really need 2-3 hours to take in the whole story. And, to correct the last reviewer, every information board is in Norwegian, English AND German. It was an inspired move to encase this beautifully restored vessel in glass & huge thanks must be given to the dreamers & tenacious persisters who have made this possible - and the amazing team of volunteers who still turn up every day to keep everything ship shape. THANK YOU

Quick and impressive way to learn about Hurtigruten and coastal transport development. We particularly like cafe on board, and the backstory of how community effort fostered the museum. The furnishings are authentic and well preserved. There is no glass that restrict visitor access and you can enter most rooms and feel the vibes! Go around 1pm and you might spot active hurtigtruten ferries moor on the quay beside the museum. Glad to see such fabulous piece of local history be preserved so well.

Excellent museum and a must do when you are in Norway, even if you are not a ship person. We have sailed on the Hurtigruten new and the old ships, so to be able to go around all of the 1956 built ship was amazing. We even managed to find the cabin in 3rd class where we had our first trip. There is a lot of information available on the ship and part of the steam ship lounges from early 1900s. They also give the story of how they saved the Finnmarken ship and the long process to build the stunning glass building that surrounds it.

This is the Hurtigrute Museum in Stokmarknes, Norway. It's an amazing museum. It's as if the museum was built around the ship. What I like most about this ship is that you can go directly into different rooms instead of viewing through glass. Many rooms that you wouldn't ordinarily see are open. Highly recommend.

This museum is time travel at it's finest. Really takes you back to being a passenger on MS Finnmarken in it's glory days! You get to explore the ships exterior and interior in full detail without much restrictions, as sadly is the case with most other museums of this type. Full access to the most of the ship! Even the resturant in the ship serves the kind of traditional Norwegian food you would expect in 1956. Highly recommend a visit to anyone who would like to experience this Norwegian coastal liner the way it used to be!

Very nice museum. You could see both the outside and inside of the ship. It was very small inside so I would revomend not going if claustrophobic. Good sighs everywhere absolut the board history. You could read in norweigan, english and german.

Amazing! Went in on a rainy day but definetely worth visiting if you want to learn about one of the Norways most important mean of transportation - the coastal express. Interactive, informative and interesting. Better than the Amundsen museum in Oslo

The museum is unuseable for a visit with a 45-minute stop on a Hurtigruten ship. There should be a signposted tour with distance and progress information that one could follow quickly. Only then would you have a good sense of seeing a lot and of reaching the exit in a defined manner. There's a lot to see on and in the historic ship that I would have liked to examine more closely without having to wonder how to get there and back without ending up in a dead end.