These museums can be relevant: Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden - formerly named Kristiansand Museum (until 1990). Kristiansand Cannon Museum, Batteri Vara, a museum in a German fortress from the World War II. Sørlandets Art Museum, in the town centre of Kristiansand. Vest-Agder Museum Gimle, a former manor house, next door to the natural history museum & botanical garden above. Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand, an open-air museum, often for simplicity called Kristiansand Museum.