{{Infobox museum | name = Aulestad | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{coord|61.2173|10.265952|format=dms|display=title,inline|type:landmark}} | former_name = <!-- or |former_names= --> | established = {{start date|1935|||df=y}} | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Follebu, Innlandet, Norway | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking = <!-- or |car_park= --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | network = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= --> }} thumb|Barn at Aulestad thumb|Residence at Aulestad '''Aulestad''' is a farm and writer's house museum in Follebu in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located along County Road Fv255 (''Bjørnsonvegen'') between Vinstra and Hovemoen.<ref>[http://www.maihaugen.no/no/Aulestad/ Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons hjem Aulestad (Maihaugen)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808015400/http://www.maihaugen.no/no/Aulestad/ |date=2010-08-08 }}</ref>
The farm is best known as the former residence of Karoline and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Nobel Laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson lived here with his family from 1875 until his death in 1910. The farm is still owned by members of the Bjørnson family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fjordtours.com/en/hotels-in-norway/fjord-pass-activities/aulestad-the-home-of-bjornstjerne-bjornson/ |title=''Aulestad - The Home of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson'' (fjordtours) |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053109/http://www.fjordtours.com/en/hotels-in-norway/fjord-pass-activities/aulestad-the-home-of-bjornstjerne-bjornson/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The manor was added to The Sandvig Collections at Lillehammer after Karoline Bjørnson's death in 1934. In 1935 Aulestad opened as a museum. It serves as a museum of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's life and work. Since 2011. Aulestad has been part of the Lillehammer museum which operates Maihaugen, together with the Norwegian Olympic Museum and Bjerkebæk, the former home of author Sigrid Undset.<ref>[http://www.maihaugen.no/no/info/Om-Maihaugen1/Organisasjon1/ ''Stiftelsen Lillehammer Museum om oss'' (maihaugen.no)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423025632/http://www.maihaugen.no/no/info/Om-Maihaugen1/Organisasjon1/ |date=April 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Aulestad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=https://www.snl.no/Aulestad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lillehammermuseum.no/ ''Stiftelsen Lillehammer museum'' (lillehammermuseum)]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1YME6_the-sandvigs-collections ''The Sandvig's Collections'' (Groundspeak, Inc.)]</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003415/http://www.bjornsonvegen.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=130 Bjørnsonvegen website] {{Commons category|Aulestad}}
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Category:Museums in Innlandet Category:Literary museums in Norway Category:Farm museums in Norway
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