(same as the model at Henrik Ibsen Museum, Venstøp)
This city model shows what Skien looked like before the great city fire in 1886. The church is located where the market square is today, and the area was called Bjørneskjær. A copy of this model is exhibited at the Henrik Ibsen Museum at Venstøp to illustrate the urban environment in which Henrik Ibsen grew up. Just to the right of the church you can see Stockmannsgården, where Henrik Ibsen was born.