COD fishing with Abid Raja

02 April 2023

Member of Parliament and Liberal Party deputy leader Abid Raja and museum director Geir-Are Johansen stand in front of a traditional fishing boat, a jacket, with blue skies and Lofoten mountains in the background

Museum Nord has been visited by Abid Raja and Vågan Venstre

On the agenda was an update on the work that has been going on with the SKREI project since the opening of Hurtigrutemuseet, where Raja, then Minister of Culture revealed that SKREI would be granted state funding.

As part of the visit, there was also time for a fishing trip with the historic wooden fishing vessel Anne Bro. We appreciate Raja’s sustained enthusiasm and faith in SKREI!

SKREI – National Museum of cod

A new national museum and experience centre

SKREI Research Center (SRC)

SKREI Research Center (SRC) is a three-year project to create an infrastructure that coordinates international, interdisciplinary research and knowledge on topics related to Arctic cod.

SKREI receives NOK 2 million from Nordic Last og Buss

Published 31 May 2023

The largest single contribution from a local business to date. – I am touched and quite humbled when I see that SKREI means so much to so many in the region, says museum director Geir Are Johansen in connection with the presentation of a symbolic check this week.

The Nora Project and Iceland Trip

Published 25 May 2023

How to contribute to sustainable tourism? How will we be able to build environmentally friendly museums in the future and get younger generations to move to rural areas? These are some of the questions the Nora project will discuss and explore over the next three years.

What role should the museum have in my community?

Published 24 May 2023

What role should the museum have in my community? This question was asked by participants in the Council meeting of Museum Nord.

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