Qaqortoq Museum
Qaqortup Katersugaasivia
Local history museum housed in a historic 1804 colonial building that once served as a trading department. The collection features permanent exhibits on Dorset, Thule, and Norse cultures alongside traditional Inuit boats and hunting equipment. Read more…
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Housed in the historic Forstanderskabshus, a former Royal Greenland Trading Department building dating to 1804, the museum is the oldest structure in the region. The permanent collection focuses on the archaeological and cultural history of the Dorset, Thule, and Norse civilizations. Displays include traditional umiak boats, kayaks, hunting tools, and Greenlandic national costumes.
The museum includes preserved historical rooms that once hosted the explorer Knud Rasmussen and the pilot Charles Lindbergh. In addition to archaeological finds and local art, the site features a dedicated sub-department called the Greenlandic Tele-Museum. The institution was officially established in its current form on June 21, 1998, and utilizes several historic colonial buildings to present the area's heritage.
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