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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

Blue Ice Explorer: Plan your own holiday in Greenland

Blue Ice Explorer

Plan your own holiday in South Greenland

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

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Blue Ice Explorer – UNESCO sites 5 days

Blue Ice Explorer

UNESCO sites 5 days

Visit Hvalsey, Igaliku and Qassiarsuk – 3 of the UNESCO sites – together with South Greenland’s colourful town Qaqortoq.

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Greenland Tours

Hearts of the Inuit

6 days during winter in Disko Bay with Inuit settlement visit

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Blue Ice Explorer: Traditional kayak experience – 1 day

Blue Ice Explorer

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Explore the old inuit culture by paddling in a kayak built using the traditional, greenlandic methods.

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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.

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 Inuit 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 in the Disko Bay, North Greenland. Photo by Qeqertarsuaq Museum

Qeqertarsuaq Museum

Qeqertarsuaq, Postboks 70
3953,
Phone: +299 92 11 53More information
Sisimiut Museum

Sisimiut Museum

Sisimiut, Jukkorsuup Aqqutaa 6,
3911,
Phone: (+299) 862 550More information
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Upernavik Museum

Upernavik, Niuertup Ottup Aqq B 12,
3962,
Phone: (+299) 964 852More information
Guests visiting Qasgiannguit Museum in Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Qasigiannguit Museum

Qasigiannguit, Poul Egedesvej 24,
3951,
Phone: +299 91 14 77 / +299 52 31 14More information
Qaqortoq Museum in summer, South Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Qaqortoq Museum

Qaqortoq, Torvevej B 29,
3920,
Phone: +299 64 10 80More information
Nuuk Art Museum covered in snow in Winter. Photo by Nuuk Art Museum

Nuuk Art Museum

Nuuk, Vandsøvej 5,
3900,
Phone: +299 32 77 33More 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 at sunset. Photo by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Narsarsuaq Museum

Narsarsuaq, P.O. Box 46
3923,
Phone: +299 23 45 68 / +299 66 53 68More information
Entrance view of Narsaq Museum located in South Greenland in Winter. Photo by Narsaq Museum

Narsaq Museum

Narsaq, Louise Vej B-49,
3921,
Phone: +299 66 16 59More information
Evening light over the museum and old town parts of Nanortalik in South Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Nanortalik Museum

Nanortalik, Kiffat Aqqutaa B 21,
3922,
Phone: +299 61 34 06More information
Old colonial buildings that serves as the local museum today. Photo by Maniitsoq Museum

Maniitsoq Museum

Maniitsoq, Illunnguit 11,
3912,
Phone: +299 81 31 00More information
The collection’s main room. Photo by Kulusuk Museum

Kulusuk Museum

Kulusuk, B 179
3915,
Phone: +299 53 12 45 / +299 27 68 49More information
Woman sewing flower patterns onto kamik - a part of the Greenlandic national costume. Photo by Kittat Economusee

Kittat Economusée

Nuuk, Hans Egedesvej 29 B-45,
3900,
Phone: +299 36 63 98More information
Office Desk in Kangerlussuaq Museum. Photo - Filip Gielda, Visit Greenland

Kangerlussuaq Museum

Kangerlussuaq, B 1714,
3910,
Phone: +299 53 28 97More information
View of Ittoqqortoormiit. Photo by Ittoqqortoormiit Museum

Ittoqqortoormiit Museum

Ittoqqortoormiit, B-186
3980,
Phone: +299 99 12 80More information
The Art Museum In The Day. Photo by Filip Gielda, Visit Greenland

Ilulissat Art Museum

Ilulissat, Aron Mathiesenip Aqqutaa 7,
3952,
Phone: +299 387771More information
A presentation for MS Fram guests at the Uummannaq museum in Greenland

Uummannaq Museum

Uummannaq, Alfred Berthelsenip Aqq. B 9,
3961,
Phone: (+299) 954556More information
Testing kayaking skills at the museum in Tasiilaq in East Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl – Visit 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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