Trip to Blaafarveværket - Modum, Norway August 12, 2002

A trip around Blaafarveværket includes many different historical sites, and it is one of the ten most visited museums in Norway. The Glass Works itself currently form the heart of Blaafarveværket Museum. This is where the annual art exhibitions are held, as well as the permanent exhibition ‘From Cobalt Ore to Blue Pigment’ in the Glass Works. The Children’s Farm is also located here, along with the Bødtker Cafés [Old Coopers’ Inns] where you can enjoy a meal, and the Mill which houses ‘The Blue Shop’ (souvenirs). In the Wheel House there is an exhibition about the history of Blaafarveværket. There is a bathing spot and a large park with tables and benches along the bank of the Simoa river, and the Tourist Information Office for Modum, Sigdal and Eggedal is also at the Works.

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norway049 263.07 Kb the Mill which houses ‘The Blue Shop’ where you can buy the blue glass.	norway050 211.73 Kb The Mill which houses ‘The Blue Shop’ (seen here, where you can buy souvenirs.	norway051 289.80 Kb From Cobalt Ore to Blue Pigment in the Glass Works
norway052 273.29 Kb Blaafarveværket Museum includes many different historical sites, especially the "glass works".	norway053 153.64 Kb Bob and Knut in the museum for the "glass works".	norway054 222.85 Kb Examples of the cobalt dye
norway055 198.23 Kb Sludgepots and sedimentation basins for the finely ground blue glass.	norway056 231.32 Kb The plan of the glass smeltery at the Royal Cobalt-Works, 1790.	norway057 225.07 Kb Blaafarvevaerket - Pengekiste -- Old trunk. In the Wheel House there is an exhibition about the history of Blaafarveværket.

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