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The atmosphere of Kragerø is an attraction in itself. You can view exhibitions of art at one of our many galleries and then pick up a charming antique at a shop right next door. Or go for the latest fashions at a specialist clothing store.
Theodor Kittelsen, Norway’s beloved illustrator of fairy tales, was born here in Kragerø. His childhood home, Kittelsen House, is now a museum located in the centre of town. Annual exhibitions are held there in honour of the artist.
The Compagniet group of applied artists have their workshops near the harbour on Ytre Strandgate. You can visit them there and watch as they produce hand-blown glass, ceramics and textiles.
The history of the coastal fort on Gunnarsholmen goes back to when enemy warships and pirates threatened the town. The island is now a park with excellent bathing facilities. The fort’s cannons are fired whenever a major event is celebrated, like our national holiday on 17 May. Then the three- and four-hundred-year-old cannons mark the occasion with a bang!
Kittelsenhuset
Kittelsenhuset is a part of Berg-Kragerø Museum. It is situated in the centre of Kragerø, among charming narrow streets and lanes - the way it also was 151 years ago when Theodor Kittelsen was born in this house 27th of April in 1857.
In the last year as an anniversary, Kittelsenhuset opened the door to a new and modernised exhibition, which functions as a frame for annually changeable exhibitions of paintings. The anniversary exhibition showed the environment he was grown up in Kragerø, and his visits of this town as a mature artist for his artistic work throughout all his life, both as painter and author, and as merciless satirist. This is a permanent exhibition and art exhibitions will be changed every year.
In the last year, the museum published a booklet with illustration in both Norwegian and English. It can be ordered from the museum.
Contact
| Address: | Th. Kittelsensvei 5, 3770 Kragerø |
Other contact information
| Phone: | 35 98 14 53 |
| Fax: | 35 98 24 90 |
| E-mail: | post@kragero-museum.no |
Schedule
| 12:00 - 16:00 | 18/06/2011 - 14/08/2011 | Mon - Sat | Place: Kittelsenhuset |
Facilities
| General facilities | other times open by arrangement, toilet |
| Museums, Galleries and crafts | exhibition, museum shop |
| Season | summer |