North Cape Museum
The North Cape Museum ( Norwegian : Nordkappmuseet ) is a museum in the Norwegian city of Honningsvåg in the municipality Nordkapp .
It is located in the center of the city in the port area at the address Holmen 1 . The quay for cruise ships and the bus stop are in the immediate vicinity.
The museum is dedicated to culture, fishing and whaling in Finnmark . In addition, the history of tourism to the North Cape is covered. It also functions as a local museum for the municipality of Nordkapp. Various special exhibitions are shown in the museum several times a year.
The museum opened in 1982. It was built by the North Cape History and Museum Association . The chairman of the board at the time of the opening was Dagfinn Krog , the curator and museum director was Kjersti Skavhaug . In 1997 it was taken over by the Nordkapp municipality. It is part of the Finnmark Region's Coastal Culture and Reconstruction Museums .
literature
- Michael Möbius, Annette Ster, Norway , DuMont Reiseverlag Ostfildern 2017, ISBN 978-3-7701-7827-8 , page 383.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 101
Coordinates: 70 ° 58 ′ 53.1 ″ N , 25 ° 58 ′ 12.4 ″ E