The museum project
Frolands Verk
We play and learn, and bit by bit we create a rich and lively museum!
OPEN IN SUMMER 2025
We are running a trial season
July 2 – August 10, 2025
Opening hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 12-4 pm
Free admission
Guided tour of the Main House
at 13 and 15 - NOK. NOK 75 (under 18 and pupils/students free)
A museum on the way
The Frolands Verk museum project is working to establish full museum operations in the cultural and historical facility Frolands Verk in Froland municipality, Agder. The main elements are:
• The ironworks history of Frolands Verk
• Niels Henrik Abel
• The history of the invention of the electric arc
Photo: Geir Eliassen
The experimental station and Abel's universe
While Frolands Verk has a lot to offer in every nook and cranny today, this is one of the new things we are working on putting in place going forward:
The facility of Sam Eyde and Kristian Birkeland at Vassmoen in Froland was called an experimental station, and this
We will continue to spin the name in the interactive exhibition we are planning in Stallen/Vognskulet. The concept is inspired by science center pedagogy, where the audience must be active in solving tasks or testing things out.
We also want to give our guests a very special film experience - "Abel's Universe" - on several surfaces in black box rooms in the Carriage Shed. More than conveying information about Abel, the film will give the audience an experience of Abel's both stormy and brilliant inner life. The more traditional telling of Abel's story takes the form of a tour of the Main House, with the Bukkerommet as the highlight.