Østfoldmuseene – Fredrikstad Museum is located in the Tøihuset in the Old Town, with entrance from Tøihusgaten. Here you will find 3 different exibitions and a small charming museum store. 

As you enter the museum, you will find the latest exibition called Østfold in war 1939-45- Operation Polar Bear. ​​​​​​

Norway was neutral when war broke out in Europe in September 1939, and Østfold became the first county to be affected when the German invasion forces arrived on the night of 8-9. April 1940. The attack came as a surprise to Norway, but women and men stood up to the occupiers with their lives at stake – also in Østfold. The exhibition shows their history.

Over 500 square metres, the story of some of the most dramatic moments that have taken place in Østfold and Norway – ever – is told.

See Norwegian and German weapons and uniforms, explore everyday life and resistance in Østfold, listen to radio broadcasts and study historical objects that have never been exhibited before.

Fredrikstad Museum has their own "History bar", called "Bar 1567". The "bartender" in Bar 1567 on the museum's ground floor serves you the history of Fredrikstad in a completely new and innovative way.

In the exhibition, you meet women and men from high and low in society who have left their footprints in the city.

On the museum's 2nd floor you will find the Timeline. Here you get closer to the objects and can immerse yourself in the story and the people. In the Timeline you can learn about the city's history through a chronological exhibition that shows objects from the city's long history, bound together through texts about people who have lived here.