Category:Western Norway Emigration Center
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English: Western Norway Emigration Center (Norwegian: Vestnorsk utvandrarsenter or Vestnorsk utvandringssenter) is an open-air museum located at the village of Sletta on the island of Radøy in Hordaland, Norway. The museum consists of six historical buildings, reassembled in a rural environment. The building were re-located from Minnesota and North Dakota from locations characterized by Norwegian American immigration during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Norsk bokmål: Vestnorsk utvandringssenter (Vestnorsk utvandrarsenter) er en avdeling i Museumssenteret i Hordaland lokalisert på Sletta i Radøy kommune. Senteret ble grunnlagt av Asbjørn Ystebø i 1996. Bygningssamlingen består av seks emigranthistoriske hus som alle ble bygget opp av norske emigranter til Midtvesten i USA og senere demontert og flyttet til Sletta.
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- The Emigrant Church, Sletta (11 F)
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