Nanortalik Museum
| Data | |
|---|---|
| place |
Nanortalik 
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| Art |
Local museum
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| architect | partly Peter Anton Cortsen and Helge Bojsen-Møller |
| opening | 1982 |
| management |
Jonas Bertelsen
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| Website | |
The Nanortalik Museum ( Danish Nanortalik Museum , Greenlandic Nanortallip Katersugaasivia ) is the local museum of Nanortalik .
history
The Nanortalik Museum is today an open-air museum consisting of ten buildings. The first building was put into use in 1982. Since then, other buildings have been added regularly, so that the entire area now serves as a museum.
Building and exhibition
The museum now consists of ten buildings:
- B-2 : The building was erected in 1863 and after a restoration it became part of the museum on December 27, 2004. The building houses a special exhibition on health care history and fire fighting equipment over time.
- B-6 : The building was constructed in 1860 and became part of the museum on August 1, 1992. It includes an exhibition on the bakery over time as well as a special exhibition on the equipment of the old bakery, which was used until 1969.
- B-7: The building was erected in Sissarissoq in 1820 and moved to Nanortalik in 1836. It has been used as a museum since August 1, 1982 and serves as an exhibition space for the museum's collections.
- B-8 : The building dates from 1837. It has served as a museum since the summer of 1990. It includes an exhibition on Poul Nørlund's 1921 excavation in Herjolfsnæs ( Ikigaat ). The exhibition also includes copies of clothing from the Grænlendingar era found during the excavation . In the back room there is an exhibition on sheep breeding in the former municipality of Nanortalik.
- B-9 : The building dates from 1904 and has served as an office and exhibition space for the museum collections since 2011 and is the main building of the museum complex
- B-10 / B-11 : The building complex dates from 1931 and has served as an exhibition room and museum archive since 2006. It was restored from 2008 to 2009.
- B-18 : The building dates from 1847 and was used as a museum office and archive from 1990 to 1996 and has been used as a location for technical exhibitions since 1998.
- B-20 : The building was erected in 1839. It has been a museum since the summer of 1987. Objects from the time of the oil production are exhibited there, as well as large copper pots, bacon presses, rope winches for moving the whales, large barrels for storing bacon, various types of transport barrels and various cooper tools.
- B-21 : The building dates from 1848. It was used as a museum office and archive from July 1996 and is now used as an archive and workplace for the production of exhibitions.
- B-105 : The building was erected in 1852 and has served as a museum since the summer of 1990. It houses a special exhibition on means of transport. Umiaks and hunting weapons are in the attic . On the ground floor are kayaks and other water transport.
- B-122 : The building was erected in 1840. It has served as a magazine and museum workshop since 1990.
- BX : The building is a peat wall house that was inaugurated on June 21, 1989. It was built by older students along with their social studies teacher. A trainee lawyer and residents of the nursing home took part in the planning. In addition, the museum director contributed to the completion. The entire construction of the peat wall house was carried out voluntarily from decaying materials and only a few new materials such as roofing felt and nails were used. The establishment of the peat wall house is based on the interests of the population and was entirely donated by them.
With the exception of the peat wall house, all of the museum's buildings are protected. For a detailed description of the history and architecture of the individual buildings, see the list of architectural monuments in Nanortalik .
Web links
- Official website of the Nanortalik Museum
- Nanortalik Museum at visitgreenland.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nanortalik Museum (Danish, English, German) on the museum website