This is an interesting museum with some of the insightful events from the history of Stavanger. Also, the nicely designed boats and cruises can be interesting to look at. The downside of this museum is that they don’t have the English translations of the events. Nonetheless, the museum still remains very unique and influential to look at!

Great museum in the heart of old town, right next to the harbor. Plus, free for graduate students with ID!

An amazing place to see how shipping in stavanger began and modern shipping

Lovely place to visit if in Stavenger, lots of I formation and a few activities for children as well. Getting tickets also means you can get into a few other museums nearby! Good deal.

A good museum showing the history of Stavanger and it's link to the fishing and oil industries. The building is also very interesting with examples of a shop, office and home. My only request is for more information in English. I can read a basic level of Norwegian, but some of the text was very detailed - more translations would have been appreciated.

We liked it here! The first part of the museum gives you a good idea of the city maritime history. On the second floor is a beautifully made children area. On the third floor you get a notion about the life and work conditions of the workers there. The ticket price was affordable and gives you access to other museums. The kids get free access to.

Not worth a visit. Most interesting might be the old building. Not showing many ships. No stories imo. Some old rooms which show offices and shop of the past.

Hello! If u see a little kid on the season ticket when you get in there, that’s me!! Please give me money for it, you have used my face for over 10 years, and I haven’t got a single kroner for it! Please fix this immediately! You get a two star for this.

I've been wanting to go here since we arrived. I love this place. I love the ocean and all things maritime. A lot of artifacts that are well mixed with the history and even a few videos. It has a good walking/pathway flow. I'll be back😊

Really interested museum. The downstairs exhibition gave a good overview of the history and people of Stravanger. The upstairs consisted of a children's playroom including shop, boat and dress up equipment. The third floor was a mock-up on how the building would have been used with the kitchen, office, living room, etc. Price was really reasonable, as ticket also gives access to 4 other Stravanger museums.

This is such a cute place. There's so much to learn here. There's a lush play area for kids to use with built in features like a ship and a wooden shop with lots of play items. The museum is reasonably priced for a family, and allows re-entry into the museum. Very useful for the play area for kids! I would pop here again

Really fun museum for kids! I was not expecting it to be so child friendly, but there is a huge room for make believe play with a boat and a food shop, bank, and post office and tons of dress up clothes. My 7 year old didn't want to leave! Highly recommend to stop by when you have museum tickets for the Stavanger Children's Museum or Canning Museum since one tickets gets you into all the museums in a day.

Loved to visit here. I loved how they have shown the history of Stavanger and it's harbour including knowledge and history from world war. The exhibits are amazing and shows how the inside of ships look like such as ship owners office, sailors løft and things they have onboard. Lovely.

Great place to learn about maritime side of Stavanger and it's connections to wars and trade

Very friendly staff and a well put together exhibit. If you're tall you'll have to watch out for your head^^ They also have a booklet with englisch translations for the exhibit.

Good museum to learn about the local fisherman and the sardine and herring industry.

Loved this place, calm and welcoming and a small cafe that looked very good (we had eaten elsewhere otherwise would of tried it) there was a ticket you could buy for multiple museums but we were short on time so this was the only one we visited.

Very good museum which serves some delicious waffles at a reasonable price. Not a huge place but you can easily spend well over a hour in this place.

On top of everything about the city’s seafarers (which is crucial to the becoming of Stavanger), a temporary exhibition on the seafarers of the two great wars is also carefully curated. The museum also got restored seafare office and apartment for sailors, quite nostalgic and it’s got the Nordic Skansen museum vibe.

A great introduction to the history of Stavanger and Norway's part in the World Wars. English translations of the exhibits are available, and the app will help guide you through them as well. A very good start to a journey here.

Staff were very helpful. It is a great nautical and local history museum. Most exhibit placards are in Norwegian, but staff provide a booklet with English translations (or use Google translate's camera feature.) Be sure to check out the building construction itself, as it is very old and impressive. The tide prediction machine is an incredibly sophisticated analog computer built in 1947 which created tide tables until retired in the 1970s. It is worth the admission price alone. Hang on to your admission receipt as it gets you free entry into the Canning museum and a variety of other locations in Stavanger on the same day. I believe admission is half off if you already visited the petroleum museum on the same day. Just show your receipt.