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have with a small exhibition, four Viking tents and knowledgable guides dressed as Vik-
ings who can show you nearby Viking graves and explain Kaupang's past.
On Wednesday (family day) and weekends, they cook Viking soup and bread, and fire
up the forge. The guides can also tell you where to find other Viking cemeteries in the Lar-
vik area.
Larvik Museum
MUSEUM
(
48 10 66 00;
www.larvikmuseum.no
;
adult/child combined ticket Nkr50/10;
noon-4pm Tue-
Sun late Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hours rest of year)
This multi-part museum is spread across the town and is under the auspices of the broader
Vestfold Museene.
Verkensgården
MUSEUM
(Nedre Fritzøegate 2; noon-4pm Tue-Sun end Jun-early Aug, noon-4pm Sun rest of year)
Verkensgården has tools and implements from a local 17th-century sawmill and ironworks.
There's also a permanent geological exhibition documenting the evolution of blue lar-
vikite, a beautiful, locally quarried 500-million-year-old type of granite.
Larvik Maritime Museum
MUSEUM
(Skottebrygga and Jærbuen; Kirkestredet 5)
A 1730 brick structure immediately east of the harbour is home to maritime art and a num-
ber of impressive model ships. Colin Archer, the famous Norwegian naval architect and
shipbuilder, was from Larvik and his beautiful skate,
Jærbuen II,
dating to 1898, is also
usually docked here.
Herregården Manor House
HISTORIC BUILDING
( 48 10 66 00; Herregårdsbakken; noon-4pm Jun-mid-Sep)
The classic baroque timber Herregården manor house was constructed in 1677 as the home
of the Norwegian governor-general, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, the Duke of Larvik. As
the illegitimate son of King Frederik IV of Denmark, Gyldenløve was given a dukedom
and packed off to Norwegian obscurity. It's furnished in 17th- and 18th-century style.
