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.   

Events

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Tromsø
10.10.26
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Introduction to the exhibitions: Girjegumpi, Folkeskikk, Mother Dough

Welcome to three short introductions to the museum’s exhibitions: "Girjegumpi", "Folkeskikk", "Mother Dough"
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Tromsø
11.10.26
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Guided tour of the exhibition: Mother Dough

Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition "Mother Dough" at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø
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Bodø
11.10.26

Creative Workshop: Make Your Own Mask

Inspired by Maritea Dæhlin’s exhibition "A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow", we invite you to a creative workshop "Make your own mask" where you can make your own mask in the Festsalen at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum on Sunday, 11 October, from 13:00–15:00.
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Bodø
16.10.26

Welcome to Kulturnatta (Culture Night) at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Bodø

During Kulturnatta in Bodø, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum invites both young and old to exciting experiences and activities from morning until evening. Everything is completely free!
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Tromsø
18.10.26

Creative Workshop: Friendship Buttons

What makes a good friend? On Sunday, October 18, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø invites you to a workshop: Friendship Buttons, where we will make buttons inspired by the theme of friendship.
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Tromsø
25.10.26

Guided tour of the exhibition Jannik Abel: "Folkeskikk. Fem folkebevegelser - én kamp"

Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition Jannik Abel: "Folkeskikk. Fem folkebevegelser - én kamp" (Folkeskikk/Good Manners: Five Popular Movements – A Fight).
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Exhibitions

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Joar Nango står i et lokale med naturmaterialer som treverk og skinn, samt verktøy og ser mot fotografen.
Tromsø
19.03.26
Joar Nango

Girjegumpi

The nomadic library of Sámi architecture, initiated in 2018 by the Tromsø-based architect and artist Joar Nango, has now, after several years of travelling around the world, come to Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum where it will stay for the coming years.
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Bodø
30.04.26 — 25.10.26
melanie bonajo

When The Body Says Yes

The exhibition When the body says Yes, which will be shown from April 30th to October 25th 2026, presents three central video installations by Dutch artist melanie bonajo (they/them), a queer, non-binary artist known for their explorations of the body, intimacy, and social belonging in a technological age.
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ZeftLand no. 8, (2019), Hani Zurob, Artist collection (Paris studio)
Tromsø
04.06.26 — 08.11.26

Mother Dough: The Slow Alchemy of Witnessing

There are cities where history does not pass, but accumulates—layer upon layer—within land, bodies, and memory. This exhibition unfolds between Gaza and Tromsø, two geographies shaped by different yet resonant forms of colonial legacies.
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Tre politibetjenter bærere en demonstrant kledt i rødt mellom seg. Kun den knytta neven til demonstranten vises.
Tromsø
04.06.26 — 25.10.26
Jannik Abel

Folkeskikk/Good Manners: Five Popular Movements – A Fight

The term “folkeskikk”, which roughly translates to “good manners”, is often associated with social conventions: saying thank you at mealtimes, listening, showing consideration for others. In Jannik Abel’s practice, the term takes on a new meaning. Here “manners” is about an ethical responsibility, about responding to injustice with presence, care and action.
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Bodø
03.09.26 — 31.01.27
Maritea Dæhlin

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

Through video, analogue photography, sound, and works on mirrors, Maritea Dæhlin explores how the body, ritual, and landscape can open spaces for memory, play, and processes of healing.
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Tromsø
08.10.26 — 17.09.28

Gimme Shelter: Home and protection

A dwelling is the physical setting of people’s lives, primarily intended to provide protection and a place to live. But what is a home?
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Upcoming exhibition

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Svalbard
31.10.26
Lena von Goedeke

Orbitals

What happens to our sense of space, time and human connection when nothing is fixed? For years, artist Lena von Goedeke has lived and worked in Longyearbyen, Svalbard: a place where permafrost is loosening its hold on the land, and day and night stretch into entire seasons, and where you might lose your track because you can’t calibrate your vision in the barren and volatile landscape. 
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Bodø
19.11.26 — 14.03.27

NKM Annual Exhibition 2026

The national jury for the Annual Exhibition 2026 has completed its final round of selection. Out of a total of 1,163 submitted works, 57 works by 52 artists have been selected for the exhibition. This year’s selection represents the breadth of the Norwegian contemporary craft field and reflects some of the most pressing themes of our time.
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