Museum Stavanger: Stavanger museums connect generations in analogue experiences

Museum Stavanger (MUST) offers a distinctive combination of museums in and around the city, making it an ideal destination for a memorable day out. In 2025, visitors can look forward to a vibrant array of events and cultural experiences celebrating Stavanger’s 900-year anniversary.

Consisting of several diverse museums focused on a wide variety of disciplines such as art, natural history, cultural history, maritime and industrial history, MUST presents over 400 events every year. The team behind MUST is especially dedicated to activities for young people, and children and students can enjoy the museums for free.

Tour Kitty Kielland Exhibition. Photo: Oddbjørn/Erland/Aarstad

“We value making museum experiences and art accessible to as many people as possible, and inspiring engagement among kids and teens is important to us,” says Anja W. Fremo, strategy and marketing manager at Museum Stavanger. “These days, so many people spend a huge amount of time looking at screens. Going to the museum is a fantastic analogue experience and can help people connect across generations and facilitate interesting conversations around family history and Stavanger’s past.”

Exhibition Vår natur.

Mitt Stavanger (My Stavanger) is a fascinating exhibition developed for the city’s anniversary. Located at Stavanger Museum, the exhibition honours the city’s interesting history and looks ahead to its future. For the exhibition the museum team has collaborated with various contemporary artists who have created exhibition rooms representing each century, meaning they all have a distinct focus and atmosphere.

“We call Mitt Stavanger a journey through time over the course of 900 years,” Fremo says. “The concept revolves around travelling through the centuries, and each century is staged very differently, making the exhibition exciting and dynamic.”

Mitt Stavanger Exhibition. Photo: AWF

The exhibition Vår Natur (Our Nature) has also been developed with the anniversary in mind and can be found at Stavanger Museum. The exhibition focuses on local biodiversity, spreading the message that the beautiful nature around us is vulnerable and must be protected.

In honour of Stavanger’s 900-year anniversary, MUST has created a spectacular offer – a special anniversary card making it possible to visit 11 museums an unlimited number of times throughout 2025. “We hope the anniversary encourages people to get to know our rich local history,” Fremo says. “The anniversary card is a chance to explore the city’s varied museums at a great price.”

Children writing letters.

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MUST-museums:

- Stavanger Museum and Norwegian Children’s Museum
- Stavanger Art Museum
- Stavanger Maritime Museum
- Iddis - The Norwegian Printing Museum and The Norwegian Canning Museum
- Utstein Monastery
- Holmeegenes
- Breidablikk
- Ledaal

The anniversary card includes visits to the following additional museums:

- Museum of Archeology
- The Iron Age Farm
- The Norwegian Petroleum Museum