Gøtu Fornminnisfelag (Museum Association)

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Blásastova in Norðragøta is one of the many old houses around the country that have been converted into a local native museum. These museums and the surrounding buildings have been preserved as a significant cultural heritage at the initiative of the Gøtu Fornminnisfelag.
ÓLAVUR FREDERIKSEN/TRAP FAROE ISLANDS, 2021

In 1969, Arnleyg Jacobsen and her husband, Tummas Jacobsen, took the initiative to found the museum association Gøtu Fornminnisfelag. The restoration of the nearly 200-year-old Blásastova farmhouse had already begun in Norðragøta. In 1971, the farm was ready for a royal visit, and it has since served as a museum with a great wealth of historical objects.

Later in the 1970s, the association bought and restored the neighbouring building Glyvrahanusarhús, which was an old fisherman’s dwelling. It is used both as a museum and as the association’s common room.

Around the square formed by the two houses, there were two other buildings from the 19th century, Jákupsstova and Hjá Peri, which the owners also restored. Together with the old church from 1833, these buildings form an entire neighbourhood, which today constitutes a unique museum environment from the mid-19th century. In the basement of Jákupsstova, some old walls called Tróndargrund can be seen. They are said to be the last remains of Tróndur í Gøtu’s house.

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