We toured the Folk Museum after the Viking Ship Museum on our way back to downtown Oslo and could have spent the entire day here. There are indoor and outdoor exhibits that provide visual history of Norwegian and Sami life through the ages. It's so...More

This is a must do thing in Oslo. You just need to check the weather in advance, as this is an outdoor museum. I highly recommend to go on Sunday and check for a activities. I visited in May, so they had storytelling, people performing...More

The highlight for me of this museum was an outdoor permanent exhibition of historic Norwegian buildings that have all been preserved. I saw a Stave wooden Norwegian church. It was a massive, dark building. There were also helpful costumed staff who were only too happy...More

Lots to see and do especially if the weather is warm. Great for children as they have space to walk about freely and things to see touch and do. Spent four hours going back in time and to glean some thing of the Norwegian social...More

Stopped here on our way to see the Viking Ship museum. Hadn't been planning on visiting but we were really pleased we did. Lots of different Norwegian buildings from a variety of different ages and areas of Norway. Particularly enjoyed the apartment block with all...More

Yes the buildings are restored authentically but the layout of the whole place is a mess. No chronology to help you understand each building’s place in history or in relation to each other. You wander blindly forward and back in time as you go from...More

Unusual museem because it is open air. I visited it in april and it was pretty quiet. I suppose that during the summer there were more festival and events in museum. You can see old houses (in village and town), animals, gas station..