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Visitor Record in 2024

231.000 guests visited a MUST-museum last year.

Never before have this many people visited one of the eight MUST museums in a single year. At MUST, we are delighted to have welcomed a total of 231 000 visitors in 2024. This represents a 5.5 percent increase from the previous year, which was also a record-breaking year.

Visitor numbers for our four museums that are open year-round are as follows:

  • Stavanger Museum: 52 509 (50 114)

  • Stavanger Art Museum: 53 420 (51 122)

  • IDDIS – Norwegian Printing Museum and Norwegian Canning Museum: 60 851 (57 986)

  • Stavanger Maritime Museum: 32 758 (23 997)

In addition, our seasonal museums – Utstein Monastery, Holmeegenes, Ledaal, and Breidablikk – have welcomed a significant number of visitors.

Well over 29 000 guests have visited these four museums.

Moreover, the sailing museum ships Anna af Sand and Wyvern have had approximately 2000 guests on board.

CEO Siri Aavitsland is very pleased.

"New exhibitions and activities have delighted both the public and critics, leading to a record-breaking number of visitors! Increased collaboration with artists, cultural and educational institutions, festivals, organizations, clubs, and associations has opened the door to engaging and often innovative projects. This has brought us a more diverse audience – which is inspiring and a testament to how important culture is in our lives," says a proud CEO, Siri Aavitsland, about the 2024 visitor record.

At MUST, we look ahead and hope to welcome just as many visitors to our museums during the anniversary year of 2025.

At all our locations, Stavanger's 900-year anniversary will be marked and celebrated with events and exhibitions throughout 2025.

A warm welcome!
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