Bø Bygdemuseum

Bø Bygdemuseum is a History Museum at Fjærvoll, 8470 Bø i Vesterålen, Norway

Bø Bygdemuseum is the local heritage museum for the district of Bø, on the island of Langøya in Vesterålen, in northern Norway. It keeps the old ways alive. Set among traditional timber buildings at Fjærvoll on the coast, it tells the story of Bø through objects and exhibitions of coastal culture, with a boathouse and a rorbu, the simple cabins in which visiting fishermen once lived. One display is devoted to Regine Normann, the pioneering author and folk-tale collector who was born here, and there is a fairytale forest laid out for children. Nearby stands one of the sculptures of Artscape Nordland, the county-wide outdoor art project, its figure known as the Man from the Sea gazing out over the water, alongside an open-air gallery. There is a gift shop too. Bø lies at around 69°N on the outer edge of Vesterålen, well within the auroral zone, in a region increasingly visited for its dark winter skies and the northern lights over the sea.