Anna Jensen, Museum på campingplassen / Museum at the campsite

unless otherwise stated, images are courtesy of Sophie Lepetit

About three kilometers north of the small town of Brønnøysund with some 5,000 inhabitants, located along the coast in central Norway, there is a camping site of which the wooden structure pictured above is part. 

The images above and below of the interior of this small wooden building show that it is decorated in a very special way..

Life and works

This decorative feast is the work of Anne Jensen, who is the owner of the campsite.

She was born in 1944 and lived for decades in the farmhouse that was situated on the area along the Mosheim road and now houses the campsite.

During a trip she made in the early 1990s, she got the idea of ​​exploiting the area around the farm as a campsite. 

She realized that plan in 1994, initially with a limited number of pitches and facilities, but gradually growing into a full-fledged campsite with good facilities, including the decorated wooden building, which is referred to as Museum,

It is a museum with all kinds of old things, which to a large extent evoke memories of the past.

It started with Anna Jensen making sure that all kinds of things that were used on the farm, such as tools and utensils, were preserved.

But she had also already built up a collection of all kinds of other things such as iron stuff in all shapes and sizes, stately furniture, animal figures, gnomes, coffee pots, jugs, plates and so on.

These are objects that occur in individual pieces in many households, but what is special about the Museum is the overwhelming impression that the large size and variety of the collection as a whole makes.

Anna Jensen has had great pleasure in assembling the extensive collection of “stuff” and she often knows its origins.

Visitors to the Museum sometimes indicate that they would like to buy a part of the collection, but Anna Jensen is not willing in this regard, the collection must remain a unity

above image as on the webiste  of the camping

The campsite's website also contains some images of sculptures that adorn the site, as can be seen in the image above. It does not mention who made these sculptures. Of course, the first thought that comes to mind is that these sculptures are also creations of Anna Jensen.

Documentation

* Website Brønnøy Kommuneb  

* Website Mosheim Camping

* Entry on Tripadvisor

Anna Jensen

Museum at the camping

Mosheim 43 

8908 Brønnøysund, Nordland County, Norway

visitors welcome

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