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Museums

The museums of Greenland offer a modern voyage of discovery through a history of culture and art.

Greenland has always been a land for travellers, whether they be the very first people to set their sealskin-clad feet on our rocky ground about 4500 years ago, or the European explorers who arrived at the start of the last century.

The huge distances between settlements made long voyages necessary back then, as they do today, and this long historical journey is particularly evident in the narratives at our local museums. Visitors will gain a better understanding of how our ancestors survived in the harsh environment and how they managed to make the best of what the country and the sea had to offer in the way of game animals and materials. You will also learn how the ability to adapt culture and resources was developed.

Visitors will gain a better understanding of how our ancestors survived in the harsh environment.

Package Tours

Arctic Friend: Best of Greenland – On a budget

Arctic Friend

Best of Greenland - On a budget

Starts at the Arctic Circle in Kangerlussuaq, with lots of wildlife, arctic tundra and not least the inland ice cap.

FROM DKK17,490
Blue Ice Explorer: Plan your own holiday in Greenland

Blue Ice Explorer

Plan your own holiday in Greenland

Are you dreaming of going to Greenland and would you prefer to plan your own trip?

FROM €24
Discover The World: Essential West Greenland

Discover The World

Essential West Greenland

The perfect introduction to Greenland - explore at leisure visiting Disko Bay, Sermermiut valley and a local settlement on optional activities.

FROM £2,169
Tasermiut Expeditions: Wonders of Greenland

Tasermiut Expeditions

Wonders of Greenland

A full-featured 8 day trip: easy hikes surrounded by glaciers, ice-walk, viking ruins UNESCO Heritage & sailing among icebergs. June to September

FROM €2.195
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NATIONAL MUSEUM, ART MUSEUMS & AIRCRAFT MUSEUMS

There are museums in all the larger towns in Greenland and they all tell of our connection to the past, each with a focus on the local environment and cultural conditions. Throughout the year special exhibitions are on display at local museums, including art and photo exhibitions by local and international artists.

Although our history is long, the world of museums in Greenland is fairly new, since all of the museums have been established within the last forty to fifty years. Each part of the country has its own unique history to tell, sometimes expanded by theme museums like the art museums in Nuuk and Ilulissat, or the museum in the South of Greenland which is devoted to the history of communication, all the way from the transfer of messages by kayak to today’s internet.

The airports in Narsarsuaq and Kangerlussuaq, built by the Americans, each have their own museum describing the history of aviation and the importance of air transportation during the Second World War.

Old toys recreated at the living village at Qasigiannguit Museum in Greenland. By Mads Pihl
The museum in Ilulissat in Greenland. By Mads Pihl
A museum guest at Tasiilaq Museum in East Greenland testing her kayaking skills on a practice log

NORSE HISTORY AND IMMIGRATION CULTURES

Often the museums themselves are part of the narrative they tell, as they are usually located in old buildings near the harbour, in buildings from the colonial era, or in buildings tied to airports.

At the same time, the museums are centers of knowledge of local historical events – the local museum can show you the way to ruins from the era of the Norsemen, or sites where tents and huts were erected by Eskimo immigrants.

At the museums, the stories of the different cultures coming to Greenland meet, and by viewing artifacts and reading about local history, you will learn how waves of nomadic peoples, Norsemen, Christian Europeans, and with time, people from all over the world, have shaped the history of Greenland, and are shaping our modern society today.

Local providers

Qeqertarsuaq Museum

Qeqertarsuaq, Postboks 70
3953,
Phone: (+299) 921 153More information
Sisimiut Museum

Sisimiut Museum

Sisimiut, Jukkorsuup Aqqutaa 9,
3911,
Phone: (+299) 862 550More information
Tasermiut 3

Tasermiut South Greenland Expeditions

Qassiarsuk, B-873 Qassiarsuk
3923,
Phone: (+299) 522 822More information
Upernavik Museum 1

Upernavik Museum

Upernavik, Niuertup Ottup Aqq B 12,
3962,
Phone: (+299) 964 852More information
Qasigiannguit Museum 02

Qasigiannguit Tourist Bureau

Qasigiannguit, Ilimanap Avkuserna 3,
3951,
Phone: (+299) 247 492More information
Qasigiannguit Museum 04

Qasigiannguit Museum

Qasigiannguit, Poul Egedesvej 24,
3951,
Phone: (+299) 911 477 / (+299) 523 114More information
Qaqortoq Museum 06

Qaqortoq Museum

Qaqortoq, Torvevej B 29,
3920,
Phone: (+299) 641 080More information
Nuuk Art Museum 03

Nuuk Art Museum

Nuuk, Vandsøvej 5,
3900,
Phone: (+299) 327 733More information
The National Museum of Greenland 01

The National Museum of Greenland

Nuuk, Hans Egedesvej 8,
3900,
Phone: (+299) 322 611More information
Narsarsuaq in South Greenland

Narsarsuaq Museum

Narsarsuaq, P.O. Box 46
3923,
Phone: (+299) 234 568 / (+299) 665 368More information
Narsaq Museum 01

Narsaq Museum

Narsaq, Fiskervej B-98,
3921,
Phone: (+299) 661 659More information
Nanortalik Museum 09

Nanortalik Museum

Nanortalik, Kiffat Aqqutaa B 21,
3922,
Phone: (+299) 613 406More information
Maniitsoq Museum 01

Maniitsoq Museum

Maniitsoq, Illunnguit 11,
3912,
Phone: (+299) 813 100More information
Kulusuk Museum 01

Kulusuk Museum

Kulusuk, B 179
3915,
Phone: (+299) 531 245More information
Kittat Economusee 02

Kittat Economusée

Nuuk, Hans Egedesvej 29 B-45,
3900,
Phone: (+299) 366 398More information
Kangerlussuaq Museum 01

Kangerlussuaq Museum

Kangerlussuaq, Box 1006
3910,
Phone: (+299) 841 300More information
Ittoqqortoormiit Museum 01

Ittoqqortoormiit Museum

Ittoqqortoormiit, B-186
3980,
Phone: (+299) 991 280More information
Ilulissat Artmuseum 01

Ilulissat Art Museum

Ilulissat, Emanuel A. Petersen Museum Aron Mathiesenip Aqq. 7,
3952,
Phone: +299) 944 443More information
Greenland Travel 01

Greenland Travel

Copenhagen, Wilders Plads 13 A,
1403,
Phone: (+45) 33 13 10 11More information

Disko Line

Ilulissat, Kussangajaannguaq 13,
3952,
Phone: (+299) 945 301More information
Blue Ice Explorer 03

Blue Ice Explorer

Narsarsuaq, Box 58
3923,
Phone: (+299) 665 499 / (+ 299) 497 371More information
A presentation for MS Fram guests at the Uummannaq museum in Greenland

Uummannaq Museum

Uummannaq, Alfred Berthelsenip Aqq. B 9,
3961,
Phone: (+299) 954 461More information
Testing kayaking skills at the museum in Tasiilaq in East Greenland

Ammassalik Museum

Tasiilaq, B41
3913,
Phone: (+299) 36 77 37 & (+299) 36 78 26More information
Aasiaat Museum

Aasiaat Museum

Aasiaat, Niels Egedesvej 2,
3950,
Phone: (+299) 89 25 97 & (+299) 89 47 61More information

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