Muustrøparken is a free public sculpture park in Straumen on Inderøy. It opened in the year 2000 as the municipality's millennium site. Its motto is "the meeting of old and new times."
Eleven sculptures by Nils Aas (1933 to 2004) are placed around the grounds. Eight were gifts from the artist himself, the rest donated by his family or commissioned by the Friends of Muustrøparken. The best-known is Flyndra, the flounder, made in collaboration with Vang Mekaniske Verksted on Inderøy. Since 2006 the sculpture also has sound, composed by Øyvind Brandtsegg. The flounder refers to Inderøy's municipal coat of arms, four gold flounders on a red field, which Nils Aas also drew.
The park has an amphitheatre seating 500, an old water mill with a small hydroelectric turbine, the stone bridge Muusbrua from 1816, and Ringstu, one of the oldest houses in Straumen.
The park is open around the clock, all year, and entry is free. The Nils Aas Kunstverksted museum is a few hundred metres away and offers guided tours of the park by arrangement.
Eleven sculptures by Nils Aas (1933 to 2004) are placed around the grounds. Eight were gifts from the artist himself, the rest donated by his family or commissioned by the Friends of Muustrøparken. The best-known is Flyndra, the flounder, made in collaboration with Vang Mekaniske Verksted on Inderøy. Since 2006 the sculpture also has sound, composed by Øyvind Brandtsegg. The flounder refers to Inderøy's municipal coat of arms, four gold flounders on a red field, which Nils Aas also drew.
The park has an amphitheatre seating 500, an old water mill with a small hydroelectric turbine, the stone bridge Muusbrua from 1816, and Ringstu, one of the oldest houses in Straumen.
The park is open around the clock, all year, and entry is free. The Nils Aas Kunstverksted museum is a few hundred metres away and offers guided tours of the park by arrangement.