Statue of Liberty in New York with copper from Visnes
Did you know that the copper in the Statue of Liberty in New York was taken out from a mine in Visnes? Due to this fact we have our own small copy in Visnes today. Visnes is lokcated 15 minutes by car from Haugesund.
The Story about
Visnes Mining Area
Once upon a time Visnes was Norway's biggest working place and Northern Europe's biggest copper plant. Visnes was number two in Norway with electric light (1885), first with telephone (1880) and first with drilling machine (1875), something that made the mining much easier.
All this was due to modern technology imported from countries further south in Europe.
Visnes Mining Museum
Today Visnes is a museum area, consisting of
The Mining Museum
Workers' Homes
The Administration Building
Cafe Fransehagen
The Smelting Hut ruins
King Oscar's Gate
The Gazebo
Visit us
The main season 2026 (with varying opening hours) runs from April 7th to October 8th.
The museum is open every day there is a cruise ship in Haugesund, and the Hop-On Hop-Off buses stop at our location.
Please check our Facebook page “Visnes Gruvemuseum” for opening hours.
The summer season is from June 1st to August 31st. During this period, we are open every day from 09:00 to 15:00.
The museum is open from 11:00 to 15:00 on both Sundays during the winter, Easter, and autumn school holidays.
Group Tours
We welcome group visits by appointment all year round.
Visnesvegen 380, 4262 Avaldsnes visnes.gruvemuseum@gmail.com
+47 406 35 816
