Region: Vesteralen

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Ticket Hurtigruten Museum

Ticket to the Hurtigruten Museum

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Tickets Sortland Museum

Entry tickets for Sortland Museum.

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Hoodie, Andenes Lighthouse

Black hoodie with the logo of Andenes Lighthouse in red.

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Group Tickets Hurtigruten Museum

Group ticket for 10 or more people

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Ticket, Andøy Museum

Ticket for adults to the Andøy museum (Entrance for children under 16 is free)

A ticket is valid for one day, the day it is used.

Includes the Polar Museum, the Island Museum and the Fishing Museum.

Please click HERE to see our opening hours.

Our Struggle

Our struggle – the history of the Labor Movement in Vesterålen.

Jennestad Trading Post

Time has stood still since the closure of the store in the pier in 1982. Step up and experience a bygone era in the general store.

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The new Hurtigruten Museum

The new Hurtigruten Museum is our most relevant project. The museum opened on 28 August 2021.

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Our Struggle conference in Sortland

Our Struggle conference gathered almost 400 young people in the old cinema at Sortland.

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1000 stories

Immerse yourself in stories small and large from our museums, ranging from boat graves from the Viking Age to the construction of the Ofotbanen railway, and potato setting.

First prototype for GaiaVesterålen

Visit the first prototype to GaiaVesterålen at Øksnes museum in the summer of 2023.

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War sailors // a traveling exhibition

War sailors // a traveling exhibition visits Narvik and Sortland in August and September. We meet eight people who were children and young people when the war turned them into war sailors.

Open Weekend at Melbo Manor

Open museum and activities for children both days.

SILENT FILM in historic surroundings

Come and see the silent film PAN in Melbu community centre. Light refreshments and music at Melbo Manor.

Uniform telegraph operator

Black uniform jacket and trousers for telegraph operator. The uniform is part of the collection of the Hurtigruten Museum.

History workshop with GaiaVesterålen in Øksnes

Join us in influencing what will be shown on the large model of Vesterålen, in a workshop at Øksnes Museum!

Visit the Hurtigruten Museum during the winter holidays

Welcome to a winter holiday filled with many exciting activities. Bring your family to visit!

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Allocation to technical and industrial heritage sites

The County Council has allocated NOK 2 750 000 to technical and industrial cultural monuments and sites in Nordland. The grant goes to Neptun Herring Oil Factory and Fagerli’s old power station.

Hurtigruten 130th anniversary

The 130th anniversary is just around the corner: – Hope as many as possible will celebrate with us!

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Course in object photography for the Collection Network in Nordland

Museum Nord has this week arranged courses at Melbu in object photography for the collection network in Nordland.

Tiny Doll in bed

Perhaps the oldest toy in our collection. A doll mother and her baby

Coordinator exhibition renewal

Are you young and newly educated, is structured, thinks strategically, likes to work with others, is willing to travel and is passionate about making our museums ready for the future? Look at us!

Hurtigruten Museum

A monument to Norway’s Transport history: Visit the bridge, engine room and cabins on the Finnmarken express route (1956) in its iconic barley. Feel the atmosphere in the lounges from the steamship Finmarken (1912). Activities for children and families. Hurtigruta’s importance is told in modern exhibitions. Food and drinks are served in the dining room anno 1956. Welcome aboard!

Neptun Herring Oil Factory

A piece of northern Norway’s industrial history. The country’s most modern herring oil factory when it was established in 1910. Cooperation with the occupying forces during World War II and predation on nature is part of Neptun’s exciting history. Protected by the National Heritage Board as a technical-industrial cultural monument.

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Summer guests at Andøy museum

Hot days at Andenes and this years first museum visitors.

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Hurtigruten Museum honored with international award

The Hurtigruten Museum is honored with the International Steel Design Awards.

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GaiaVesterålen presents first prototype

On Wednesday 8 June at 1800 GaiaVesterålen presents the first version of the Vesteråls model at Sortland Museum.

Great-grandmother’s perennials of our time

Lecture with Mari Marstein: “Great-grandmother’s perennials in our time. Look at the old garden plants with a new look!” 

Reginedagan

Head to Bø in Vesterålen from 22 to 31 July and take part in activities, lectures and cultural events. 

Book launch and two talks on World War II in the north

Lecture with Åsa Elstad and Baard H. Borge on the occasion of the launch of the three-volume work on World War II in the north – the first overall presentation of the war in the region.

Christmas workshop and super sales on annual passes

At the Hurtigruten Museum we start christmas celebrations on November 26th! 

Marine Radar

Marine radar type Furuno 2.3 cm. The instrument is mounted in a wooden rack. Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.

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History collection in Vesterålen

What part of Vesterålen’s history do you think is important to be told? GaiaVesterålen wonders about this question, and is they immediately in the process of collecting history in Vesterålen.

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New strategy coming

Museum Nord’s current strategic plan is coming to an end, and we are in the process of working on a new strategic plan.

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Melbo Manor receives funding from the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture

Melbo Manor has been awarded NOK 50,000. from the Directorate of Agriculture for the 2023 season.

Historical Walking Tour of Andenes

A guide will take you on a walk through the old part of the town.

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Joint meeting of the museums in Nordland

From 21 to 22 September, Helgeland Museum, Nordland Museum and Museum Nord gathered for the annual joint meeting of the museums in Nordland. New this year is that the Árran Julevsáme guovdásj/Lule Sami Center, the Norwegian Aviation Museum and the Narvik Centre also participated.

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Staff gathering 2023

Museum Nord’s staff gathering 2023 took place at Stokmarknes from 18 to 19 October.

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Mapping of archives at Øksnes

This week, representatives of the National Archives and Museum Nord are gathered at Øksnes Museum to map archives.

Melbo Manor

From quiet farm to a small industrialized city within a few decades (1890–1920). The businessman and landowner Chr. Frederiksen was in the center of the activities. Visit the mansion that has been restored to it´s former glory.

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Our Struggle at sortland museum

On Saturday 12 June 2021, the exhibition “Our Struggle – The History of the Labour Movement in Vesterålen” opened at Sortland Museum.

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Rainy weather = Museum weather

Take the opportunity to explore our museums.

Christmas market at Bø Museum

Christmas market at Bø Museum
Saturday, November 27, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Introducing the first version of the Vesteråls model

GaiaVesterålen and Sortland Museum invite you to view the first prototype model of Vesterålen, the model deals with Øksnes and parts of Andøy. The work is part of the research project in GaiaVesterålen.

Risøyrenna 100 years

Risøyrenna is 100 years old this year. Here is the programme for the anniversary celebrations at Stokmarknes on 25 June.

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Norway leads record-breaking climate project

The EU is now giving NOK 270 million to a research project that will improve the districts’ ability to deal with climate change. The Resist climate project is led by SINTEF, and is the largest EU award for a Norwegian-led climate project ever.

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Autumn holiday at the museums

Visit our museums during the autumn holidays! There are several autumn holiday activities at the museums this week – both for young and old.

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Our Struggle on Tour

During this week, students at upper secondary schools in Lofoten and Vesterålen will experience an exciting interactive forum theater based on the exhibition Vår Kamp.

Ship model of DS Lofoten

Ship model 1:16 in glass display case of the Hurtigruten ship DS Lofoten.

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Sami transducion crafts and lectures

Welcome to a course in Sami traditional crafts the weekend of March 17-19, as well as the lecture “Tore Hund sin čehporis (leather collar / trap)”!

Hurtigruten in the war

During World War II, the Hurtigruten route became a war zone where many Vesterålings were also affected. At the same time, the population along the coast was even more dependent than before on Hurtigruten for freight and necessary travel. As many as fourteen Hurtigruten ships were sunk in the period 1940-45, in addition to three “replacement express routes.

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Jennestad Trading Post opens for the summer

Now you can visit the old pier at Jennestad where there are lots of old whimsical goods exhibited from the trading post’s heyday.

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Autumn holiday 2023 at the museums

Are you looking for fun activities for families during the autumn holidays? Look here!

Children’s shoes in fish skin

A little girl in Alsvåg wore shoes made of fish skin during the war in Øksnes

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Advent activities at the museums

Get into the Christmas spirit with the museums! Here you will find an overview of large and small activities over the next few weeks.

Andøy Museum

Climb the stairs of the tall cast iron tower of Andenes lighthouse. Exhibition on the harbor development. Also exhibition: Life of a Polar hunter.

Seabed Exhibition

Seabed talks about the importance of the sea in the north, the vulnerable ecosystem in the ocean and the consequences of marine litter and pollution that are the subject of the exhibition.

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Hurtigruten Museum opens 28 August

Culture Minister Abid Raja is making the official opening of the new Hurtigruten Museum at Stokmarknes. The opening takes place on Saturday 28 August at 14.00.

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Cultural Programme 2022

A new year is underway and we have planned a lot of exciting things for 2022. Explore our cultural programme and see if you can find something for you.

Oil fence turns 50

Gamle Oksøy visits Sortland on 21 June at 13-17 June, as part of the 50th anniversary of the oil conservation.

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Risøyrenna 100 years

Risøyrenna is 100 years old this year. Here is the programme for the anniversary celebrations at Stokmarknes on 25 June. Welcome aboard!

Festive evening: Sortland in the 70s

Sortland Museum and Sortland Library invite you to a FEST EVENING about Sortland in the 70s with lectures, pictures, stories, food and music!

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Revision of private archives in Vesterålen

Together with the Archives in Nordland, Jaroslav Bogomolov, is carrying out an revision of private archives in Vesterålen this week.

War sailors from the north – lecture with author Roger Albrigtsen

Welcome to a lecture with Roger Albrigtsen about his book series “War sailors from the north”, a strong depiction of the brutal reality of the war sailors during World War II.

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Visitor numbers for 2022 set a record

After all the visitor numbers for October have been registered, we now have 250,000 visitors in Museum Nord. That’s a new record!

Leather case

Leather case with copper fittings with handles and leather closing straps.

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Visit the museums during the winter holidays

The museums are ready to give you and your family a pleasant experience during the winter holidays.

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Phone photo workshop at Sortland

Phone photo workshop in Sortland: Several eager colleagues showed up to learn how best to use the mobile for photography

Stolen years: Children in the North during WW2

Stolen years: Children in the north during World War 2 tells about children’s fates and everyday life in the north during the war, and can be visited at Sortland museum in May/June 2023.

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The Norwegian Coastal Administration Museum’s summer cruise 2023

Throughout the month of June, the Norwegian Coastal Administration Museum has carried out this year’s summer cruise with the museum ship MS Gamle Oksøy. The cruise has sailed along almost the entire Norwegian coast from Kristiansand to Gamvik, and back to Kristiansand, where Gamle Oksøy has its home port. 

Manager with commercial flair applied to Museum North Group

We are looking for a leader with entrepreneurial spirit and drive.

The fish hook in Langenesvær

Read about the fishing hook in Langenesvær, which became the municipal coat of arms

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Borderless collaboration

Museum Nord participates in the Arctic European Tourism Cluster – a cross-border project on regenerative, sustainable tourism.

Lofoten coffin

The white gold of the sea is still important. The fisherman must have that little extra, a sixth sense, about the weather and about the nature of the fish.

Seabed Digital English

Seabed Digital is based on the exhibition Seabed where through videos one learns facts about the sea and fun exercises.

HURTIGRUTEN MUSEUM OPENS ON 28 AUGUST

Culture Minister Abid Raja makes the official opening of the new Hurtigruten Museum at Stokmarknes. The opening takes place on Saturday 28 August at 14.00.

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GaiaVesterålen won the National Sustainability Award

GaiaVesterålen won courage in the Museum: Creative dissemination of sustainability at the National Museum Meeting in Skien. The prize is awarded by the Norwegian Museum Association.

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Oil fence turns 50

Norwegian oil spill protection celebrates 50 years. The Museum of the Norwegian Costal Administration marks this with sailing along the Norwegian coast this summer. On 21 June the boat Gamle Oksøy visits Sortland.

100th anniversary of Risøyrenna

Welcome to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of risøyrenna in Risøyhamn on 25 June.

Hurtigruten Museum 1 year

We invite you to a family day in connection with the 1-year celebration of the Hurtigruten Museum. There will be activities for children, discounted tickets for families, coffee and cake.

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Exhibition opening and several talks

This week there will be an exhibition opening and several lectures. A highlight is the opening of the exhibition Bæsj – Portalen til fortiden at Bø Museum.

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GaiaTalent – mobilization against exclusion

GaiaTalent starts mobilization against young exclusion in Nordland. Young digital talents outside work and school, as well as public and private actors in the region, are now invited to join forces.

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Digitization project with the National Library

In collaboration with the National Library of Norway, Museum Nord is in the process of digitizing audio and video cassettes.

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Experience history digitally

Did you know that we have several digital offerings from our museums? Here we have collected some suggestions for digital material that you can delve into.

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GaiaVesterålen participated in UNG2024

Can gaming contribute to less exclusion among young people? GaiaVesterålen participated in UNG2024 together with talents from GaiaTalent.

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GaiaVesterålen collects history of Vesterålen 

Four out of five workshops for the local population have now been conducted to collect the story of Vesterålen. How will the work continue in the future?

Children’s activities and lectures

Children’s activities 12-15, lecture with Cathrine Thoresen at 17

The Museums of the Norwegian Coastal Administration

The Museums of the Norwegian Coastal Administration is the agency museum of the Norwegian Coastal Administration. Museum Nord represents Region Nordland.

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We are looking for two new leaders

Do you have an interest in management, economics and cultural history? We are now looking for two new leaders!

The mast spire of the jekta Fremad

Once the Jekta Fremad sailed up and down the coast between Breistrand and Bergen, building prosperity and trade relations. The mast spire from Breistrand bears witness to a bygone era

GAIA: Fixing Workshop – free course in clothing repair

Do you have clothes that need repairing but aren’t sure where to start? 🧥🪡🤔 Then this course is for you! Sortlands Husflidslag, Sortland Museum, Sortland Library, and GaiaVesterålen invite you […]

Bø Museum

Experience the history of Bø through objects and exhibitions, coastal culture and the authorship of Regine Normann, boathouse and rorbu. Fairytale forest for children. Artscape Nordland and outdoor gallery nearby. Museum gift shop. The man from the sea and the open-air gallery. Museum shop.

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Summer museums 2021

Museum summer! From Andenes to Å and inwards towards Narvik you will find us and the good stories. Welcome!

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Open Hurtigruten Museum

Remember to sign up for a tour of the Hurtigruten Museum on 27 August!

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Living on the edge project

Living on the Edge will look at ecological shifts in the North Atlantic over time. The pre-project is funded by the NPA.

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What happens this weekend?

There are several events and exhibitions waiting to visit this weekend!

Summer opening at Øksnes Museum

Øksnes Museum opens for the summer season 28 June, and is open Tuesday–Sunday from 11–16 up to 7 August.

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Cultural Heritage Days 2022

Bring your family and spend the Cultural Heritage Days 2022 at our museums. Here you will find an overview of events and programs.

Lecture with Johan Borgos

Johan Borgos gives a lecture on Sami place names in Vesterålen.

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GaiaTalent

GaiaTalent is a measure against exclusion among young people. We want to connect digital talents in exclusion with the need for digital competence in rural areas.