Sunnmøre Museum

Living History in a Lovely and Peaceful Setting To visit Sunnmore Open-Air Museum you’ll need to make your way up to charming Alesund, a worthwhile stop for many reasons! The museum boasts a truly wonderful presentation of Norwegian history, and was to us much more enjoyable than the thorough but somewhat overwhelming Folk Museum in Oslo. The grounds at Sunnmore are meticulously kept. The strategic layout of the historic buildings plus thoughtful landscaping takes full advantage of the sun and lakes, offering endless back-lit, dreamy Norwegian vistas from every angle. The nearby mountains were still snow-capped during our visit, adding to the folktale atmosphere. Be sure to walk over to the church, but be respectful that this is a cemetery still in use. Note: there is handicapped parking close to the museum. Alesund is easily reached by air from anywhere in Norway. Rent a car at the small and efficient airport and begin exploring. There are many fantastic towns like Andalsnes within easy driving distance of Alesund. This region is worth far more exploring than one stop on a cruise ship itinerary can ever give you.

Over 50 old timber farmhouses with their sod roofs have been assembled at the open-air Sunnmøre Museum five km east of Ålesund, Norway. A replica of the Borgund Knarr, a 10th century Viking cargo vessel, is on display. Some of the buildings of the museum are reflected in a brackish pond.

Beautiful outdoor museum. Very cute little houses, you can see how people lived there. A lot of interesting history of Norwegian life. There is an exhibition of small and large boats. You can easily spend an hour or two there walking outside, watching the lake and flowers.

This place is really nice and peaceful. You should totally visit and see those old buildings. It'll give you a good glimpse into the history of Ålesund. It's like a big open-air museum. My wife and I had a great time taking cute pictures there on a bright sunny day.

I went in the weekdays and it’s really relaxing for leisure walk/ hike. The park itself doesn’t have much guide but the paths are clear enough to lead you to all the key areas. The exhibits/ houses well displayed and demonstrated how the Norwegian live in the past. Quite an interesting place to explore.

Excellent museum demonstrating life in Alesund Norway with a recreation of houses and buildings along with a wonderful boat museum including Viking longboats. We came on an excursion from the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship and it was very informative and enjoyable.

Lovely place. We spent around 1.5 hours walking around the outside area. Accessible by car/bus, ~15-20 mins from Ålesund city center.

Went here as part of trip from our Norwegian fjords cruise. It was a wet sleety day and very cold. There were very few other visitors there that day. It was nice to look around and get a rough idea of how things used to be. Good information on the signs around the site. I found the boat museum very interesting. Our tour guide was not the best (nothing to do with the museum). I would like to visit again in the summer when there’s more happening. And it would be lots better.