Sommarläger,guidning och aktiviteter på Norrbyskär

Norrbyskär is an island group with about 70 islands that has a fascinating history, located in the archipelago of Västerbotten, 40 kilometres south of Umeå. At the end of the 19th century Europe’s biggest sawmill was created here at Norrbyskär. Thousands of people lived and worked at the unique model community.

Today it is a vacation island with lots of memories of the ideal community that was once built around the steam saw. On the island you will find a museum, an inn, a kiosk, a church and an YMCA-camp. Outside of the museum we have Little Norrbyskär for the children; a culture historical learn- and playground with an environment from the old community.
A ferry with many trips each day during the summer will take you to the island from Norrbyn. The boat trip takes about 10-12 minutes.

Norrbyskärs Museum

The museum of Norrbyskär
This is where you live you back to Norrbyskärs heyday as the largest sawmill prospered and Frans Kempe created a unique model community.
We offer daily guided tours around the beautiful island, an interesting exhibition on the life of Norrbyskär, art exhibitions, craft shop, Little Norrbyskär for the kids and good food and refreshments in our restaurant

Open daily for 2012
11th of June- 17th of June 10:00-15:00 pm
18th of June - 11th of August 10:00-17:00 pm.
Contact and booking: museum@norrbyskar.se or +46 (0)90-18 57 10

Prices entrance 2012
Children 0-5 years: Free
Single ticket (1 person) 50, -
Double Ticket (2 people) 90, -
Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) 150, -
The price includes admission to the museum's exhibition and the shell model and the entrance to the Little Norrbyskär

This is what we offers you at Norrbyskärs Museum

Restaurant
In our restaurant at the museum we serve daily a delicious lunch buffet from 11:00 to 14:00. If you want something simpler, there are also sandwiches and various pastries and cakes. A sunny day you can enjoy our lovely outdoor seating.

Little Norrbyskär
In the park at the museum, we have recreated Norrbyskär as it looked in the 1920s at a scale of 1:3. Here can children experience Norrbyskärs history through play and exciting adventures.

Art Exhibition
Every year we are pleased to present different artists and sculptors who exhibit with us. Soon we will be able to present the 2012 exhibitors here.

Exhibition of the history of Norrbyskär and scale model
The museum's permanent exhibition "Life on Norrbyskär 1892-1952" tells us about all the people who lived and worked on the island. Part of this exhibition is a fantastic scale model of the islands.

Guided tours
Every day we offer guided tours based on the ferry situation. Along with the museum's own expert guides you travel with our little tour train around the beautiful island. You may experience a journey back in time to industrialism and sawmill era of greatness. We conclude with a visit to the museum where you will find our fantastic exhibition of the history of Norrbyskär and an amazing scale model where you get an overview over the island the way it looked in the 1920s.

Craft shop
Here various local artisans display their products.
Do you need a nice gift or perhaps something beautiful for yourself, we recommend a visit to our little shop.

History walk
Norrbyskär's Museum has placed 22 signs around the island with pictures and text about the area during the sawmill era and the people who worked here. You can look at the pictures and reed short texts about Norrbyskärs history by clicking on the map below. Images and text will open a new window in the form of a pdf file. In the museum you can get a map of the island.

Other
Beautiful archipelago
The archipelago surrounding Norrbyskär consist of some hundred islands and rocks. In the outer archipelago you'll find seals, and in several nature reserves birds such as razorbill, guillemot, goose and erandskua are protected. Bring a picnic and find your own favourite spot on a rock or by the beach.

Fishing at Norrbyskär
You find a varied hobby fishing entirely for free. On the outside of the island the grayling comes very close to shore. There's also a lot of fishing for whitefish. In the bays, where the water is shallower, there's plenty of prey for pike and towards the evening the bigger perch come in to stay overnight and eat.

Contact us
You can reach us at 090-18 57 10 or museum@norrbyskar.se

Find us
Norrbyskär is located about 40 km south of Umeå. You get here by the ferry leaving from Norrbyn, about 40 km south of Umeå.