At the end of each year, I sort and save the photos from the
previous 12 months on the pc and a separate memory device, I think it’s smart
to save digital items in at least two separate places and naturally to print or
make albums out of the best photos.
It was while I was moving photos from my phone to the 2020
folder that I noticed I still had pics from the little visit we took to the
Drammen museum last summer, I had meant to share them on the blog but somehow never
got around to it.
So here they are, some photos taken during the summer. It
was a very interesting feeling to visit a museum during the pandemic as it was
practically empty, I think that apart for the people working there my husband
and I were the only people there at the time. In a way I kind of enjoyed that, it
felt a little like a VIP tour where you get the whole place just for yourself
without having to bump and nudge other visitors.
I can hardly wait until we return to a more ‘normal’ life with
the possibility to travel, explore again.
Info about the museum in English is found here: http://drammens.museum.no/english/about-the-museum#
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The Drammen museum
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The museum has quite a lot of different things to see, from
the usual collection of local antiques to modern Scandinavian furniture, an art
gallery, old buildings, a Japanese garden, vegetable plot and ‘wild meadow’. I
guess there is a little something for everyone and certainly worth a visit on a
nice sunny day.
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The 'meadow' near the older farm houses.
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A little Hardanger cushion.
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A little sampler, not dated but probably from the mid 1800’s
and unlikely from Scandinavia. Note the missing letter J
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Berlin woolwork embroidery - Again, I am not sure this was made in Norway.
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I love this painting, the light and shadows, the details, the storm approaching and the sun on the other side.
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