Family fun at Bymuseet i Bergen

Take your children on a journey through time and space. FREE ordinary entrance to our museums for children under 18 years of age.
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Take your children on a journey through time and space! Follow in the footsteps of kings and queens. Experience medieval treasures, cannons, eerie dungeons. FREE entrance at ordinary visits to our museums for children under 18 years of age (children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult). Half price on guided tours. Events separate prices.

Explore the Rosenkrantz Tower!

Rosenkrantz Tower, Bymuseet i Bergen

Step inside the narrow stairways, discover room after room, see the cannons – and maybe you dare to go all the way down to the cellar, where something both special and a little spooky is waiting…

With fun questions and a quiz, you can explore the entire exciting building where kings and queens lived many hundreds of years ago.

You’ll get the “Search and Find” booklet at the reception when you arrive.

Location of the Rosenkrantz Tower

Old Bergen Museum

21. May – 14. September: Daily 10:00 – 16:00

In Old Bergen, the whole family can experience life in the “old days”. Here you can stroll and look in the houses, feed the birds, climb the trees and, not least, visit the Civil Servant´s family in 1826 and the Merchant’s family in 1886. On the square, short plays are played throughout the day, and in between it all the children can join in the fun and games. Coffe, ice cream and soft drinks are sold in the museum kiosk.

And not least, we look forward to welcoming you to our café on the square!

Take a stroll in the surrounding english park which is ideal for peacefullness, inspiration. Open to all visitors. Maybe it’s tempting to take a dip in seaside swimming facility at Elsesro (Sandviken Sjøbad)? Just remember that smoking, grilling and the use of open fire is prohibited in the museum area.

This beautiful area and surrondings can be visited all year round!

Buy your tickets to Old Bergen Museum
Location of Old Bergen Museum

Bryggens Museum

Bryggens Museum – Look what I found!

Bryggens Museum under ground

When you are visiting Bryggens Museum, you can solve puzzles and go on a treasure hunt in the exhibition Below Ground every day. Feel free to join our drawing competition! Free activity booklet and maybe a smaill prizereward for children.

Exhibition: Tales in Thread! The tapestry Series “Åsmund Frægdagjeva” by Ragna Breivik

The exhibition opens 5. June 2025

For the very first time, the “Åsmund Frægdagjeva” series are displayed at Bryggens Museum – ten magnificent tapestries created by Norwegian textile artist Ragna Breivik. The tapestries were woven over a period of more than 25 years and are based on the medieval ballad of Åsmund Frægdagjeva, who rescues Princess Ermelin from trolls in Trollebotn.

Museum Shop and Café

Location of Bryggens Museum
Buy your tickets to Bryggens Museum

Håkon’s Hall – The Hall of Kings!

Håkonshallen på Bergenhus Festning

Come and see the hall of the king himself! Hundreds of knights and royal dignitaries celebrated weddings and coronation ceremonies here for hundreds of years.

How high do you think the roof is? In the lower storey, we see where the king’s scribes sat writing with their quills, and the king once kept his treasure trove in the cellar!

Location of the King Håkon’s Hall