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Mondays closed. Tuesday-Sunday 11-17

Bodø

Mondays closed. Tuesday-Sunday 11-17

Svalbard

10:00 — 18:00

What's happening

Visit our exhibitions. We offer guided tours, art workshops, talks, lectures, special tours and other events. Regular guided tours are included in the entrance fee.

At our Tromsø location, we have a unique SKAPE Workshop that is available during opening hours. Visitors are welcome to use a range of materials and equipment for creative expression. Use of the workshop is free of charge.

At our Bodø location, we have a presentation and event space called Festsalen. This space will host activities such as lectures, artist talks, film screenings and other workshop activities. Festsalen is also available for private events. Please contact … for further details.

Exhibitions

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I am what I have done

16.11.24 — 14.09.25

Stay away

In the artwork "Stay away" (2019), a polar bear looks us in the eye and gives us a clear message: You should not be here. This landscape was not created for humans.

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25.01.25 — 12.10.25

Layers of Time - Everyday Life in Svalbard

Three generations with different connections to Svalbard meet through their different artistic expressions. Can we learn anything from the old photographs?

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En dame kledd i en lang kjole som er hvit med rødt mønster fra samisk kultur. Hun står ved en fjord i arktisk landskap

Our Arctic Archive

Høysalen (The high hall) will regularly house new works from the collection and function as a kind of project space, with complicated installations from the collection that mainly highlight female artists in the collection from Sápmi/Northern Norway.

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Knud Andreassen Baade, "Fuglefjell, Hestmandø", 1844

from our collection

To nature

This exhibition looks to the nature of the North through a selection of artworks from the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum's collection. Common to the artists represented is that they convey nature, but with different perspectives, approaches, and presences.

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Upcoming exhibition

2

Maritea Dæhlin

– A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow

Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum is delighted to announce Maritea Dæhlin’s first major solo presentation "– A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow" – in Norway and Svalbard.

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Adelsteen Normann:

Impressionist of the North

On October 4, 2025, we open the doors to a grand exhibition that breathes new life into one of Northern Norway’s most significant artists! Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) was a pioneer of Norwegian landscape painting and a vital bridge between the dramatic nature of Northern Norway and the European art audience.

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Events

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Kreativt maleverksted for barn: Mal som Frida Kahlo med TIFF Junior

, 11:30 — 13:30

, 11:30 — 13:30

Introduction to the exhibitions: "Layers of Time," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature"

Welcome to three short introductions to the museum’s exhibitions: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature."

Introduction to the exhibitions: "Layers of Time," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature"

Welcome to three short introductions to the museum’s exhibitions: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature."

Velkommen til åpningen av Solidaritetsteppet på Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum i Bodø

, 13:00 — 16:00

Hold av datoene – «Solidaritetsteppet» kommer til Bodø! Bli med på spennende arrangementer når «Solidaritetsteppet» stilles ut på Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum i Bodø.

Velkommen til boklansering i samarbeid med Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale

Velkommen til boklansering i samarbeid med Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale på Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Festsalen, lørdag den 6.9, kl. 14.00, fri inngang.

Guided tour in the exhibition: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard"

Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard". Three generations of artists, each with different connections to Svalbard, come together through photographic and musical expressions.

Guided tour in the exhibition: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard"

Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard". Three generations of artists, each with different connections to Svalbard, come together through photographic and musical expressions.

Åpent syverksted: Lag din egen lapp til Solidaritetsteppet

, 11:30 — 15:30

09.09.25 — 12.09.25

, 11:00 — 16:30

Bli med på syverksted i forbindelse med «Solidaritetsteppet» på Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum i Bodø! Lag din egen lapp i solidaritet med noen og del en historie gjennom broderi, klipping eller collage.

Introduction to the exhibitions: "Layers of Time," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature"

Welcome to three short introductions to the museum’s exhibitions: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature."

Introduction to the exhibitions: "Layers of Time," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature"

Welcome to three short introductions to the museum’s exhibitions: "Layers of Time – Everyday Life in Svalbard," "Our Arctic Archive," and "To Nature."