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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 — 05.10.25

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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25.02.25 — 31.08.25

Everything is Speaking – Stories in Motion

Nordnorsk Kuntmuseum welcomes you to the new museum department in Bodø/Bådåddjo with the exhibition “Everything is Speaking – Stories in Motion”. The exhibition shows a selection of artworks from the museum’s collection from the 19th century to the present day, by artists with northern Norwegian, Sámi, Norwegian and international backgrounds.

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15.03.25 — 03.08.25

Kväänibiennaali 2025

The third edition of the Kven Biennial shines a spotlight on Kven contemporary art, and challenges the public to consider what Kven art can be. The biennial is the first exhibition at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum to feature exclusively artists with a Kven background.

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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

02.05.25 — 01.08.25

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

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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Events

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Join us for a creative workshop

, 11:30 — 13:00

Welcome to a creative workshop at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø. In our SKAPE workshop, our museum facilitator will help you to explore your own creative corners.

Guided tour of the exhibition "To Nature"

Join our museum educator on a journey through the nature of northern Norway, seen through the eyes of artists for almost 200 years. The exhibition ‘To Nature’ is based on works from the museum's collection. The guided tour will be in English and is included in the entrance fee. Welcome to the exhibition!

Verksted: Dripp painting med Artful Dementia Research Lab

18.06.25 — 18.06.25

, 10:00 — 12:00

Velkommen til et samskapende multisensorisk verksted sammen med Artful Dementia Research Lab onsdag 18. juni kl. 10:00-12:00, hos Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum i SKAPEverkstedet.