I love to visit Nuuk museum once in a while

The national museum in Nuuk is the first museum in Greenland and started in the mid 60´s. 

The museum works with archaeology, history, arts, and crafts. 

One of the most remarkable finds was made in 1972 by two men, Hans, and Jokum Grønvold, who were out hunting and found these 500-year-old mummies, that was from the Thule culture. Because of our cold and dry nature, these mummies were preserved very well.

You can see several mummies in the museum and can read about this find also about the Saqqaq, Independence, Dorset and Late Dorset cultures.

There are 4-5 framed boxes like this one above, each showing very old things that belonged to a woman, a man, a hunter etc. Very interesting, Some of the things are still used today, maybe just upgraded a bit. 

You get to see how the Greenlanders used to live vs. the Danes during colonization. The one above is the Greenlanders home while the one underneath was a typical home for a Danish family.  

If your kid is not that into history and old things, there is a kid corner where they can read a cartoon history book, draw or play with toys 🙂 

The museum is located in the old part of Nuuk, where many old houses are still in use today. The cathedral and the statue of Hans Egede are also nearby. 
This area is very well visited both by locals and the tourists, because of the museum, a cute cafe´ and the cruise pontoon nearby. 

Experience some cultural tours about Greenland myths here!

Read our ultimate guide to Nuuk.

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Laali Berthelsen

Laali Berthelsen, 38 years Born and raised in Nuuk, Greenland Self-employed Working in the health and tourism industry. I´ve been working with tourism since 2008 in Greenland and abroad, as a tour leader, expedition guide, destination guide, VIP guide, etc. and have travelled for many years both for work and pleasure. I have also had many different projects, like: - Personal development courses for the youth and adults in Greenland (mostly for social damaged groups) - Health courses for companies and schools - Working as an consultant at The Sports Confederation of Greenland Following are my degrees: - 2009 Service economist, tourism as specialty - 2012 Fitness instructor - 2015 Personal trainer - 2016 Nutritionist - 2019 Positive psychology supervisor

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