Rygnestadtunet

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Rygnestadtunet is an open-air museum in Valle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located at the Nordigard farm in northern part of the village of Rygnestad in the Setesdal region, near the junction of the Norwegian National Road 9 and Norwegian County Road 45, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the village of Valle. The farm museum today looks exactly as it did when it was deserted in 1919. The farm was legally protected in 1923, it was purchased by the Setesdal Museum in 1938, and it was opened to the public as a museum in 1940. Excavations in the area indicate that the site has been populated since at least 900 AD.

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