About the facilities
The industrial museum consists of more than 60 buildings with a floor area of approximately 8,000 metres.2, mines, internal roads, bridge and 437,000 m2 reason.
Blaafarveværket is an 8-kilometre-long museum with a blend of art, culture and nature - which together create peace, recreation and experiences for all generations. The museum can tempt you with
- New art exhibitions every year
- Six exciting museum shops with specialities
- Three cosy eateries where we serve homemade food
- Children's farm
- Guided mining tours in a 19th-century mining environment
- Hiking areas along mighty quarries with great viewpoints
- Mining museums showcasing technological developments in mining
- Large park areas in historic cultural landscapes
The museum is one of Norway's most visited tourist attractions.
The foundation has reached several milestones we are proud of. Here are some of them:
In the summer of 2018, we celebrated the museum's first 50 years! The anniversary year brought great honours to the museum:
- In April, we were named Museum of the Year 2018 by the Norwegian Museums Association.
- In June, Director Tone Sinding Steinsvik received the EU Cultural Heritage Prize / Europa Nostra Award 2018. Among the 29 award winners, Tone Sinding Steinsvik, as one of seven, was also awarded the prestigious "Grand Prix" award for special achievement. The award ceremony took place in Berlin.
- In the autumn of 2018, NRK showed the documentary "Blaafarveværket - Litt galskap - mye begeistring".
The blue colour mill will never be finished, there will always be something new happening here
Tone Sinding Steinsvik to Verdens Gang, 2 June 1984