Anno Museum, department: The Glomdal Museum

The Glomdal Museum was established in 1911 as a regional folk museum for the Glomdalen valley, It is located 2 hrs north of Oslo, in Elverum, by the river Glomma. It consists of a large open air museum (folk museum) representing the pre-industrial farming period. Although conventional in style, the folk museum represents dwellings from forest fins (one of five national minorities in Norway), and the southern sami culture (indigenous group). The museum expanded its focus on cultural diversity after 2005, and opened a significant exhibition representing the history of the Norwegian travelers. Since then, cultural diversity has been dealt with through several initiatives, and is reflected in current exhibitions, archive and past and ongoing projects. Much of our work on cultural diversity relates to practices of Intangible cultural heritage. Our regional musical archive is a key asset in this work. The GM is a part of Anno museum, a larger museum consortium in the region consisting of seven departments in the Inland county. Much of the museum activities are executed through combining competencies and resources accross the whole organisation. Located nearby GM, is a new regional collections preservation centre, the Forest Museum, and the consortium's administration centre.