Western Norway Emigration Center

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. .

Western Norway Emigration Center is operated in cooperation with the Museum Centre in Hordaland (Museumssenteret i Hordaland) which focusing on the preservation of the social and cultural history of Hordaland. King Harald and Queen Sonja have honored the museum with a visit. Western Norway Emigration Center is the site of several activities throughout the year including weddings, meetings, concerts, and festivals. There are guided tours around the center. There is also a library with books about Norwegian emigration to North America.

In 1996, Brampton Lutheran Church was dismantled and moved from Brampton Township, Sargent County, North Dakota. The entire church, with all inventory, was given as a gift to the Western Norwegian Emigration Center. Volunteers, both Norwegian and American, dismantled the church for transport to Sletta, where it was re-assembled. Brampton Lutheran Church was subsequently consecrated by Ole Hagesæther, Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin (1994–2008) and officially reopened as Emigrantkirka på Sletta.

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