Elvarheim Museum

About

Elvarheim museum is situated close to the old stone bridge in the center of Åmli in the beautiful community building from 1925. Here you also find the hiking track up to Trogfjell mountain and a nice bathing spot.

Elvarheim museum focuses on the utilization of the forest and human harvesting of natural ressources. At the museum you can see the four largest Scandinavian carnivores: bear, wolf, wolverine and lynx, as well as many other smaller predators and birds and beaver exhibition. You will also find traps, trapping equipment and other things that bear witness of human exploitation of nature in the past and present.

Open: June to mid-August, 11 am to 4 pm. Closed on Mondays. Open on Sundays in September.

Info about Elvarheim museum in English.