Greenland National Museum

The Greenland National Museum (Greenlandic: Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu) is located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.[1] The museum has many artefacts related to archaeology, history, art, and handicrafts and also has information about ruins, graveyards, buildings etc.[2] It is based in a warehouse which was built in 1936.[3]

Greenland National Museum in Nuuk

Qilakitsoq mummies

A major display in the museum contains the Qilakitsoq mummies. The mummies consist of three women and a six-month-old child, half of the mummies found at Qilakitsoq.

Other displays

The museum also houses a display on social change in the 1950s and one on geology. Several other nearby buildings also fall under the museums protection, such as the restocked cooper's workshop and a display on blubber vats and presses.

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References
  1. "The Museum". Greenland National Museum. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. "#46 National Museum of Greenland - Adopt-a-Museum". adopt.museum140.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. "Greenland National Museum". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.


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