Home port

Home port

The home port of the emigrant ship Restauration is Finnesand quay on Mosterøy, near Utstein Kloster Hotel and the historic Utstein Monastery.
Address: Mosterøyveien 661, 4156 Mosterøy – which is part of Stavanger municipality.

This is an area rich in national history.
Utstein Monastery is Norway’s only preserved medieval monastery, and it was the royal farm of Harald Hårfagre (Fairhair), who is considered the first king of all Norway after uniting the country following the Battle of Hafrsfjord.
There are several archaeological finds from the Viking Age in the area.
Fjøløy Fortress, built by the Germans during World War II. Fjøløy Lighthouse.
The area is a beautiful and well-preserved cultural landscape offering great experiences.
More information at: visitutstein.com

Watch a video about life in the Rennesøy district, where the home port is located (YouTube).

Previous home ports for Restauration since its launch in 2010 have included Judaberg on Finnøy (where it was built), Natvigs Minde on Hundvåg in Stavanger, and Åmøy Harbor on Vestre Åmøy.

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Emigrant Exhibit

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At the home port of Restauration, at Finnesand quay on Mosterøy near Utstein Kloster Hotel in Norway there is an emigrant exhibit in one of the hotel’s conference rooms.Together with the ship Restauration, it forms an emigrant center.

The exhibit is usually accessible when the conference room is not in use by Utstein Kloster Hotel guests. Contact the hotel for information.

The emigrant room was officially opened on Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2021.

From the opening:

In the media:


• The newspaper Bydgdebladet (use e.g. Google translate): «Magnificent celebration when the Emigrant Center opened: – I think this is one of the most important things that has happened in Norway» («Storslått feiring da Utvandrersenteret åpnet: – Jeg tror dette er noe av det viktigste som har hendt i Norge»)

• Næringsforeningen (The Stavanger Chamber of Commerce) – (use e.g. Google translate): Opened Emigration Center on Leif Erikson day / (Åpnet Utvandringssenter på Leif Erikson Day 9. Okt)

• Maybe sailing Norway-USA again in 2025 as PDF.
• Tysvaer supports the establishment of the Emigration Center as PDF.
• Two blind passengers onboard Restauration as PDF.
  

A historical retrospective:

A part of original program (scanned) from the 150th anniversary in 1975:
– part 1 and part 2

Newspaper article from this anniversary with His Majesty King Olav V:
– article no 1 and article no 2

(Video / recording of The 150th anniversary (October 1975) in Carnegie Hall: The Emigrant Memorial in 1975, including King Olav and Erik Bye at Carnegie Hall in New York (NRK). (Only one minute at the start is in Norwegian.)

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