Stavanger Maritime Museum

The Stavanger Maritime Museum is a fascinating journey back in time, housed in beautifully preserved 18th and 19th-century warehouses. Unlike modern museums, this place feels incredibly authentic, with creaking floorboards and the faint scent of tar and salt. I loved exploring the reconstructed general store from 1910 and seeing the intricate ship models that tell the story of Norway’s seafaring heritage. The location right on the waterfront is perfect, and if you're lucky, you might see their historic sailing ships docked outside. It offers a wonderful, quiet escape from the busy harbor and provides great context for how Stavanger grew from a small fishing town into a major maritime hub. A must-visit for history lovers!

This is such a cute place. There's so much to learn here. There's a lush play area for kids to use with built in features like a ship and a wooden shop with lots of play items. The museum is reasonably priced for a family, and allows re-entry into the museum. Very useful for the play area for kids! I would pop here again

I found this museum a bit boring. Probably I have seen a lot of maritime museums across Europe, and I did not explore something new here. I have visited this museum only because the ticket to canning museum was also valid for this one. It works other way too - by buying ticket in maritime you may go to canning. The exposition is relatively big, there are some interesting things, but, again, nothing special and nothing new in comparison to many maritime museums in other cities.

Entry here is super affordable and you get a coupon for other nearby museums which is very generous. The museum is accessible and disability friendly with elevators that take you to the higher floors. There's a fair bit to look at here with some interesting model ships, trivia, and facts scattered throughout. Definitely worth checking out if you are in Stavanger.

Really interested museum. The downstairs exhibition gave a good overview of the history and people of Stravanger. The upstairs consisted of a children's playroom including shop, boat and dress up equipment. The third floor was a mock-up on how the building would have been used with the kitchen, office, living room, etc. Price was really reasonable, as ticket also gives access to 4 other Stravanger museums.

We liked it here! The first part of the museum gives you a good idea of the city maritime history. On the second floor is a beautifully made children area. On the third floor you get a notion about the life and work conditions of the workers there. The ticket price was affordable and gives you access to other museums. The kids get free access to.

A fascinating museum spread across multiple floors and properties. Adapted as much as possible to make it accessible. Very welcoming and information available in different languages Part of the Stavanger Museums scheme which meant we only paid one price and could visit the others in the area on the same ticket if we wished

The Stavanger Maritime Museum established in 1926 and finally located at its current premises in the port of Stavanger in 1985 and the buildings are believed to be 250 years old The development of the harbours are dealt with in detail and have enclosed the photographs of the plates so that the review is kept short The other highlight is the Tide Predicting Machine which picture could not be taken as there were reflections from glass enclosure..and the the tide prediction is now from 1975 onwards done by digital computing.This machine has 30 tidal harmonic constituents and built in 1947 by Chadburn Liverpool The technique used is described in the descriptive photo of machine and enclosed The importance of tide Predicting Machine is the use shortened the error prone and long manual process apart enhancing accuracy on hour to hour day to day for a year or so ahead ensuring the safety of ships seeking berth in harbour There are other facts like the long cruises 93 days 21 ports and covering a number of countries travelling on the ship Sagaford.These cruises lost out to aircrafts cutting down time drastically.. There are model ships of the earliest sail boats and these have great topical interest specially early sail boats with 7 sails with model on display A Museum truly worth visiting and spending time There is a cafeteria in the front part oof the museum and a video is included showing the waterfront and the colorful houses in the harbour area of Stavanger.