June 1st starts The Jekt Trade Museum summer season 2026. Here you can participate in daily tours and exciting activities.
Photo: Ernst Furuhatt
Daily tours
Learn about the amazing history of yachting with a guide! The tour starts outside where you will learn more about the houses in Bodøsjøen Open-air museum and fishing and farming community. After this, you will take a tour of the exhibition and learn about the time before and during the jetty.
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11:30 English (55min)
13:00 Norwegian (55 min)
15:00 English (55min)
*Language can be changed if needed
Activities for the whole family
The exhibition at The Jekt Trade Museum offers several fun activities for the whole family.
Try tying a boatman's knot
Dress up in costumes in “Bergen”
Load stockfish with the lifting boom
See if you can catch fish in our popular fishing game
From left: Dressing up in Bergen and fishing game. Photo: Karoline OA Pettersen
Enjoy a wonderful meal in café Vengen Skafferi
In restaurant Vengen Skafferi you can enjoy exciting flavors in our beautiful and historic surroundings, with views of both the sea and mountains.
Photo: Ernst Furuhatt
Family Thursdays
Every Thursday from June 25th there will be exciting activities for the whole family! Each Thursday contains one of the activities mentioned below, and see the full program and description of activities below.
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Takes you to the boathouses in the open-air recreation area where you will hear about Lofoten fishing in the old days - and finally, the story of 13-year-old Jakob, and how he worked as a cook boy on his first trip to Lofoten fishing.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Outside the entrance
Registration at the reception -
Here you will be in Hunstadhuset, which is an old Nordland house that takes you all the way back to the 19th century. Here you will get to make klappaks and play with old-fashioned toys outdoors.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Hunstadhuset -
Takes you to the boathouses in the open-air recreation area where you will hear about Lofoten fishing in the old days - and finally, the story of 13-year-old Jakob, and how he worked as a cook boy on his first trip to Lofoten fishing.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Outside the entrance
Registration at the reception -
Here you will be in Hunstadhuset, which is an old Nordland house that takes you all the way back to the 19th century. Here you will get to make klappaks and play with old-fashioned toys outdoors.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Hunstadhuset -
Join us on an exciting tour with the house's skipper where you will hear about the history of the skipper. The skipper will take you on a tour afterwards, where you will learn about life on board and activities in the exhibition.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: The amphitheater in the exhibition -
Takes you to the boathouses in the open-air recreation area where you will hear about Lofoten fishing in the old days - and finally, the story of 13-year-old Jakob, and how he worked as a cook boy on his first trip to Lofoten fishing.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Outside the entrance
Registration at the reception -
Join us on an exciting tour with the house owner. the jekt skipper , where you will hear about the history of the yacht skipper. The yacht skipper will take you on a tour afterwards, where you will get to know what life was like on board and activities in the exhibition.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: The amphitheater in the exhibition -
Takes you to the boathouses in the open-air recreation area where you will hear about Lofoten fishing in the old days - and finally, the story of 13-year-old Jakob, and how he worked as a cook boy on his first trip to Lofoten fishing.
Time: 12:00 and 13:00
Max number: 20 (including parents)
Price: See prices at the bottom of the page
Meeting point: Outside the entrance
Registration at the reception
Photo: Karoline OA Pettersen
Right by the sea with the mountains in the background, amidst the spectacular natural landscape of Bodøsjøen Open-air museum, located The Jekt Trade Museum A museum that tells the story of the raw coastal culture, and the story of how the Jects brought Northern Norway and the rest of Europe together.
Together with the only originally preserved Nordlandjekt at the center of the exhibition, invites the Jekt trade museum you to take a deep dive into a world we don't recognize today.
On The Jekt trade museum you enter a world full of power and powerlessness, profit and risk. You will learn about hardships and life on board, the fishing and farming community, and not least the history of the stockfish trade. With Bodøsjøen Open-air museum consisting of 14 different buildings surrounding The Jekt trade museum , it helps to deepen the history of Nordland and life in the fishing and farming community.
Ticket prices
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Adult: 150NOK
Honors/Student: 130NOK
Children under 18 years: Free
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Small family ticket: 1 adult and 1 child 150NOK
Large family ticket (2 adults with children): 300NOK